| "Into the Lens" | ||||
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| Single by Yes | ||||
| from the album Drama | ||||
| B-side | "Does It Really Happen?" | |||
| Released | September 1980[1] | |||
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| Length | 8:33 3:47 (single) | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
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| "Into the Lens" on YouTube | ||||
"Into the Lens" is a song written by Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes. It was originally released in 1980 by progressive rock band Yes, of which Horn and Downes were a part, as a part of the album Drama, before being reworked as "I Am a Camera" for the 1981 album Adventures in Modern Recording by the Buggles, a duo consisting of Horn and Downes; both versions were released as singles, with the Yes single being re-titled "Into the Lens (I Am a Camera)".[3]
The Yes version of the song additionally credits Steve Howe, Chris Squire, and Alan White as co-songwriters; all of the songs on Drama were credited to the entire band.
- ^ Welch, Chris (2003). Close to the Edge: The Story of Yes (2 ed.). Omnibus Press. p. 294. ISBN 0-7119-9509-5.
- ^ Reed, Ryan (4 December 2018). "All 183 Yes Songs Ranked Worst to Best". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
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