Into the Lens

"Into the Lens"
Single by Yes
from the album Drama
B-side"Does It Really Happen?"
ReleasedSeptember 1980[1]
Genre
Length8:33
3:47 (single)
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Yes singles chronology
"Don't Kill the Whale"
(1978)
"Into the Lens"
(1980)
"Owner of a Lonely Heart"
(1983)
Music video
"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.

  1. ^ Welch, Chris (2003). Close to the Edge: The Story of Yes (2 ed.). Omnibus Press. p. 294. ISBN 0-7119-9509-5.
  2. ^ Reed, Ryan (4 December 2018). "All 183 Yes Songs Ranked Worst to Best". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference AIMR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).