Eye in the Sky (song)

"Eye in the Sky" is a song by the British rock band the Alan Parsons Project, included as the second track on their sixth studio album, Eye in the Sky (1982), in May 1982. It was written and produced by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, with the latter also handling the song's lead vocals. The instrumental piece "Sirius" segues into "Eye in the Sky" on the album. On the single release, "Eye in the Sky" appears on its own, with "Sirius" edited out.

B-side

• "Mammagamma"
• "Gemini"

ReleasedMay 1982^[1]

RecordedLate 1981

StudioAbbey Road, London

Quick facts Single by the Alan Parsons Project, from the album ...

"Eye in the Sky"
Single by the Alan Parsons Project
from the album Eye in the Sky
B-side	"Mammagamma" "Gemini"
Released	May 1982[1]
Recorded	Late 1981
Studio	Abbey Road, London
Genre	Pop rock[2] art pop[3] yacht rock[4]
Length	4:36 (album version) 3:55 (7-inch version)
Label	Arista
Songwriters	Alan Parsons Eric Woolfson
Producers	Alan Parsons Eric Woolfson
The Alan Parsons Project singles chronology
"Snake Eyes" (1981) "Sirius" / "Eye in the Sky" / "Mammagamma" (1982) "Psychobabble" (1982)

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The song was inspired by Eric Woolfson's thoughts on surveillance and religion.^[5]

In several countries, "Eye in the Sky" was released as the lead single from their 1982 album of the same name. It entered the US Billboard Hot 100 chart at No. 85 on 3 July 1982.^[6] By September, "Eye in the Sky" entered the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100, eclipsing "Time" as their highest charting song on that listing.^[7] The following month, "Eye in the Sky" achieved a peak position of No. 3.^[8] The song also reached No. 1 in both Canada and Spain, and also peaked at No. 6 in New Zealand, becoming their most successful release.

In 2019, Alan Parsons recorded a version in Catalan, under the title "Seré els teus ulls al camí" ("I'll be your eyes on the road"), for the CD edited by La Marató de TV3, a telethon devoted to raising funds for the research of incurable diseases.^[9][10]