Into the Lens

"Into the Lens"
"Into the Lens"
Single by Yes
from the album Drama
B-side	"Does It Really Happen?"
Released	September 1980
Genre	Progressive rock; progressive pop;
Length	8:33; 3:47 (single)
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Geoff Downes; Trevor Horn; Steve Howe; Chris Squire; Alan White;
Producer(s)	Yes; Eddy Offord;
Yes singles chronology
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.

^ 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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[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.

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