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Old and Wise

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"Old and Wise"
Single by The Alan Parsons Project
from the album Eye in the Sky
B-side"Children of the Moon"
ReleasedDecember 1982[1]
RecordedLate 1981
GenreSoft rock
LengthSingle: 4:55
Album: 5:06
7" single: 4:09
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson
Producer(s)Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson
The Alan Parsons Project singles chronology
"Psychobabble"
(1982)
"Old and Wise"
(1982)
"You Don't Believe"
(1983)

"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 74 in the United Kingdom, the first of the band's singles to chart in that country.[2]

Background

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The lead vocal on the original release of "Old and Wise" was performed by former Zombies vocalist Colin Blunstone.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5]

Personnel

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Chart performance

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Chart (1982–1983) Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] 31
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] 19
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 74

References

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  1. ^ "Old and Wise".
  2. ^ "Alan Parsons Project singles charts history". Official Charts. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  3. ^ Mendoza, Bart (5 September 2014). "Fifty years of Zombies". Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Old and Wise - Colin Blunstone". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Eye in the Sky (1982) | the Alan Parsons Project".
  6. ^ "The Alan Parsons Project – Old and Wise" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  7. ^ "The Alan Parsons Project – Old and Wise" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 November 2024.