Angel Eyes (Roxy Music song)

"Angel Eyes"
Single by Roxy Music
from the album Manifesto
B-side	"My Little Girl"
Released	August 1979 (1979-08)[1]
Recorded	1978/79
Genre	Pop rock dance disco
Length	3:32 (Album version) 3:06 (7" single) 6:37 (12" extended remix)
Label	Polydor/E.G./Atco
Songwriter(s)	Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay
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 album Manifesto, and peaked at No. 4 in the UK.

The single was a disco re-recorded version of the album track, 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 Thrill of It All box-set. The 1999 re-mastered version of the Manifesto album finally restored the original version of the song.^[2] 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.^[3]

"Angel Eyes" was also the first record that Roxy Music made a specific music video for.^[4]

Track listing[]

• 12" Single (POSPX 67 )

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

• 7" Single (POSP 67)

1. "Angel Eyes" - 3:08
2. "My Little Girl" - 3:08

Personnel[]

• Bryan Ferry – lead vocals, keyboards
• Andy Mackay – oboe, saxophone
• Phil Manzanera – electric guitar
• Gary Tibbs – bass guitar^[5]
• Paul Carrack – keyboards
• Paul Thompson – drums
• Fiona Hibbert - Harp^[6]

Charts[]

Peak positions[]

Original release

References[]

External links[]

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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