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"Angel Eyes" | ||||
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Single by Roxy Music | ||||
from the album Manifesto | ||||
B-side | "My Little Girl" | |||
Released | August 1979[1] | |||
Recorded | 1978/79 | |||
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Length | 3:32 (Album version) 3:06 (7" single) 6:37 (12" extended remix) | |||
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Producer(s) | Roxy Music | |||
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"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.
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.[ citation needed]
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Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom ( BPI) [15] | Silver | 250,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |