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"Eye in the Sky" is a song by British rock band the Alan Parsons Project, released as a single from their sixth studio album, Eye in the Sky (1982), in May 1982. It entered the US Billboard charts on 3 July and hit No. 3 in October 1982, [ 5 ] No. 1 in both Canada and Spain, and No. 6 in New Zealand, becoming their most successful release.
Eye in the Sky was the last platinum record in the United States from the band. [7] Eye in the Sky contains the title track, the Alan Parsons Project's biggest hit, [8] with lead vocals by Eric Woolfson. The album itself was a major success, reaching the top 10 (and sometimes the number one slot) in numerous countries. [9]
The Alan Parsons Project released eleven studio albums over a 15-year career, the most successful ones being I Robot (1977), The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980) and Eye in the Sky (1982). Many of their albums are conceptual in nature and focus on science fiction , supernatural , literary and sociological themes.
Alan Parsons OBE (born 20 December 1948) [2] is an English audio engineer, songwriter, musician and record producer.. Parsons was the sound engineer on albums including the Beatles' Abbey Road (1969) and Let It Be (1970), Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), and the eponymous debut album by Ambrosia in 1975.
Alan Parsons wanted the first song on the album to be "Eye in the Sky", but felt there needed to be an introduction leading up to it. As he was working on ideas at home on his Fairlight CMI, he wrote a riff that he liked, which ultimately became "Sirius". [3] This riff was played using a clavinet sample with added tape delay. [4]
The Best of the Alan Parsons Project: Released: 4 November 1983; Label: Arista (#205 509) 99 25 49 19 — 20 — 16 53 CAN: Gold [14] NZ: Gold [24] US: Gold [15] The Best of the Alan Parsons Project, Vol. 2: Released: January 1988; Label: Arista (#258 634) — — — — — — — — — The Instrumental Works: Released: November 1988 ...
Single by The Alan Parsons Project; from the album Eye in the Sky; B-side "Children of the Moon" Released: December 1982 [1] Recorded: Late 1981: Genre: Soft rock: Length: Single: 4: 55 Album: 5:06 7" single: 4:09: Label: Arista: Songwriter(s) Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson: Producer(s) Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson: The Alan Parsons Project singles ...
The Best of the Alan Parsons Project is a 1983 greatest hits compilation by the Alan Parsons Project. In addition, it contained a new song "You Don't Believe", which would be included on the next Project album, Ammonia Avenue .