| Old and Wise | |
| Cover: | The-alan-parsons-project-old-and-wise-arista.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Alan Parsons Project |
| 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 |
| Producer: | Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson |
| Prev Title: | Psychobabble |
| Prev Year: | 1982 |
| Next Title: | You Don't Believe |
| Next Year: | 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 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]
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]