It was one of the first rock songs to use a vocoder, developed by EMS, to distort vocals. It is also one of the few songs by the band featuring the vocals of Alan Parsons, who sings the first verse through the EMI vocoder. Actor Leonard Whiting performs the lead vocals for the remainder of the song, with Eric Woolfson and a choir as backing vocals.
The single appeared on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart peaking at #80 in October 1976.
The 1987 reissued version of the song contains a guitar solo near the end, before the "Quoth the Raven"/"Nevermore, nevermore, nevermore, never!" refrains and a few licks between the lyrics.
In 2004, the choral band Gregorian made a cover of the song for their album The Dark Side.
American rapper Danny Brown sampled the song for "Clean Up" on his 2013 album Old.
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