"
Sirius" / "Eye in the Sky" / "Mammagamma" (1982)
"Psychobabble" (1982)
"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,[4] No. 1 in both Canada and Spain, and No. 6 in New Zealand, becoming their most successful release. The instrumental piece entitled "
Sirius"
segues into "Eye in the Sky" on the original recording.
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.[5][6]
Overview
On the original recording, the 1:54 minute instrumental piece entitled "
Sirius" immediately precedes, and segues into, "Eye in the Sky". On the single release, "Eye in the Sky" appears on its own, with "Sirius" edited out; that was the version usually played on pop radio at the time. However,
album-oriented rock and
classic rock stations now almost always include the "Sirius" intro.[citation needed]
Critics in Europe and North America have pointed to similarities between the melody of the choruses of
Lady A's 2010 single "
Need You Now" and "Eye in the Sky".[28][29]
^"Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 28 May 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Alan Parson Project".
^"Top 100 Singles". RPM. 37 (19). republished online at CollectionsCanada.gc.ca. 25 December 1982. Archived from
the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
^Hermann, Andy (23 February 2004).
"Jonatha Brooke: Back in the Circus". PopMatters. Retrieved 11 October 2015. Even better is her completely unexpected take on that old Alan Parsons Project chestnut, "Eye in the Sky", which she reclaims as a heart-wrenching folk ballad.