“Angel Eyes” by Roxy Music

"Angel Eyes" started life as a rock track on Manifesto, Roxy Music's sixth studio album, from 1979, then got a disco makeover: for its release as the album's third single that August, the band re-recorded it as a dance track, dropped the last verse and, as with "Dance Away" before it, put out an extended 12-inch mix. Bryan Ferry and Andy Mackay wrote it, and the band produced it themselves.

The single version went on to push the original off later pressings of the album, and the rock take only resurfaced on the 1995 box set The Thrill of It All before the 1999 remaster of Manifesto put it back where it belonged. It was also the first Roxy record to get its own music video, directed by Bill Stewart, and it hit 4 in the UK, sharing the top 20 with ABBA's "Angeleyes".

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