"Old and Wise" | ||||
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Single by The Alan Parsons Project | ||||
from the album Eye in the Sky | ||||
B-side | "Children of the Moon" | |||
Released | December 1982[1] | |||
Recorded | Late 1981 | |||
Genre | Soft rock | |||
Length | Single: 4:55 Album: 5:06 7" single: 4:09 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Songwriter(s) | Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson | |||
Producer(s) | Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson | |||
The Alan Parsons Project singles chronology | ||||
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"Old and Wise" is a ballad by the Alan Parsons Project from the album Eye in the Sky, released in December 1982.
The song reached number 21 on the U.S. Billboard AC chart[2] in early 1983 and number 74 in the United Kingdom; the first of the band's singles to chart in that country.[3]
Lead vocal
[edit]The lead vocal on the original release of "Old and Wise" was performed by former Zombies vocalist Colin Blunstone.[4] Blunstone made several appearances on Alan Parsons Project albums, but "Old and Wise" was the only single with Blunstone as lead singer to gain airplay. Blunstone later re-recorded the song for his own two-disc Best Of album, titled Old and Wise, released in 2003.[5]
An early version (without orchestration or the saxophone solo) featuring Eric Woolfson singing a guide vocal was included as one of the bonus tracks on the 2007 remastered edition of Eye in the Sky.[6]
Sampling
[edit]- Kendrick Lamar sampled "Old and Wise" on "Keisha's Song (Her Pain)", from his album Section.80.
- B.o.B sampled "Old and Wise" on "Campaign", from his mixtape F--- Em We Ball.
- Pryda sampled vocals from "Old and Wise" on the song "Shadows" from his album Eric Prydz Presents Pryda.
- Fat Jon sampled the song in "Everywhere" (track 4) of Lightweight Heavy.
- Styles P sampled the song on "Shadows", from the 2010 album The Green Ghost Project.
- Daft Punk sampled two micro vocal samples for their single "Face to Face" from the 2001 album Discovery.
References
[edit]- ^ "Old and Wise".
- ^ "Billboard charts".
- ^ "Alan Parsons Project singles charts history". Official Charts. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ Mendoza, Bart (5 September 2014). "Fifty years of Zombies". Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ "Old and Wise - Colin Blunstone". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ https://www.the-alan-parsons-project.com/eye-in-the-sky