| Gyroscope | |
| Cover: | The Tea Party Transmission promo.jpg |
| Caption: | Promo CD Single, PRCD 8224-2, USA |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Tea Party |
| Album: | Transmission |
| A-Side: | "Babylon", "Gyroscope", "Temptation (edit)", "Temptation" |
| Released: | 1998 |
| Recorded: | Alkemical Studios (Montreal) |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Label: | EMI Music Canada |
| Producer: | Jeff Martin |
| Prev Title: | Psychopomp |
| Prev Year: | 1998 |
| Next Title: | Heaven Coming Down |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
"Gyroscope" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tea Party. It was released as a promotional single in Australia, Canada and the USA.[1] It received airplay on Australian radio station Triple J.
"Gyroscope" started off as just a Middle Eastern-styled riff on a saz, and that is what the bass line became; it started with an Edges of Twilight feel, then the beat was completely reversed and a lot of electronics were added. The band also wrote a Middle Eastern version of the song without lyrics.[2]
Black metal band Melechesh recorded a cover version for their 2006 album Emissaries.