Sky Pilot (song)

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"Sky Pilot"
Single picture sleeve, 1968
Single by Eric Burdon & the Animals
from the album The Twain Shall Meet
A-side	"Sky Pilot (Part One)"
B-side	"Sky Pilot (Part Two)"
Released	January 1968 (UK) May 1968 (US)[1]
Recorded	1967
Genre	Psychedelic rock
Length	7:27 (album) 2:55 (single Part 1) 4:30 (single Part 2)
Label	MGM 1373 (UK) MGM K13939 (US)
Songwriter(s)	Eric Burdon Vic Briggs John Weider Barry Jenkins Danny McCulloch
Producer(s)	Tom Wilson
Eric Burdon & the Animals UK singles chronology
"Monterey" (1967) "Sky Pilot" (00000002) "White Houses" (1968)
Eric Burdon & the Animals US singles chronology
"Good Times" (1967) "Sky Pilot" (1968) "Monterey" (1968)

"Sky Pilot" is a 1968 song by Eric Burdon & the Animals, released on the album The Twain Shall Meet. When released as a single the song was split across both sides, due to its length (7:27). As "Sky Pilot (Parts 1 & 2)" it reached number 14 on the U.S. pop charts, number 15 on the Canadian RPM chart,^[2] and number 7 on Canada's CHUM Chart.^[3]

The US single version on MGM was released in both Mono and Stereo versions. The latter was labeled with the phrase 'Saturation Sound'. Also present was echo effects on the line 'How high can you fly' and a trail off of bagpipes at the end of Part Two. The unique mix is unavailable on current editions of the Animals compilations.