Angel Eyes (Roxy Music song)

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"Angel Eyes"
Roxy Music Angel Eyes.jpg
Single by Roxy Music
from the album Manifesto
B-side "My Little Girl"
ReleasedAugust 1979 (1979-08) [1]
Recorded1978/79
Genre
Length3:32 (Album version)
3:06 (7" single)
6:37 (12" extended remix)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Roxy Music
Roxy Music singles chronology
"Dance Away"
(1979)
"Angel Eyes"
(1979)
"Over You"
(1980)
Music video
"Angel Eyes" on YouTube

"Angel Eyes" is a song by the English rock band Roxy Music. It was released in August 1979 as the third single from their sixth studio album Manifesto (1979), and peaked at No. 4 in the UK.

Contents

The single was a disco re-recorded version of the album track, [2] which was more in a rock vein, and (just like the previous single "Dance Away") was also released as an extended 12" dance mix (still a relatively new format at that time). The single version of "Angel Eyes" later replaced the album version for subsequent releases. The album version was first re-released on The Thrill of It All (1995) box set. The 1999 re-mastered version of the Manifesto album finally restored the original version of the song. [3] The single re-recording of the song omits the last verse.

Coincidentally, the song was in the UK top 20 at the same time as another song called "Angeleyes" by the Swedish group ABBA. [4]

"Angel Eyes" was also the first record for which Roxy Music made a specific music video. [5] It was directed by Bill Stewart, who also directed the controversial Protect and Survive Public Information Film series [6]

Track listing

  1. "Angel Eyes" – 6:39
  2. "My Little Girl" – 3:08
  1. "Angel Eyes" – 3:08
  2. "My Little Girl" – 3:08

Personnel

Musicians

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [16] Silver250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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