Single:
Wings of an Eagle entered the Australian singles chart* on 6 November 1972 and peaked at #9. The song was #66 on the Top 100 of 1973.
Songwriter:
Russell Morris
Producer:
Peter Dawkins
Record label of Australian release:
HMV
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Australian music journalist Ian McFarlane said the song was “brilliant”.
The song is about Reincarnation, according to Morris, an eagle often represented in Aboriginal Dreamtime stories as carrying the soul before it is let go to its next life.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_of_an_Eagle
Milesago:
Wings Of An Eagle was a beautiful, lushly-produced and typically multi-faceted song from Russell’s own pen, and he put in an astonishing vocal performance. With this number, Russell explored his growing interest in theosophy and the concept of Red Indian spiritual guides.
Read more: www.milesago.com/artists/morris.htm
Lyrics:
Well I′m looking up at an overcast sky in the morning
I can’t hear the warning as it calls to you
As the birds migrate and the wind is raised
I′ll see the eagle soaring
Although I’m just a pawn in nature’s game like you
Wah hoo wah hoo, wah hoo …
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