| Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow | |
| Cover: | Keep_Your_Eye_On_The_Sparrow_-_Merry_Clayton.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Merry Clayton |
| Album: | Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow |
| Released: | July 1975 (U.S.) |
| Label: | Ode |
| Prev Title: | Oh No Not My Baby |
| Prev Year: | 1975 |
| Next Title: | Emotion |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
| Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow) | |
| Cover: | Baretta's_Theme_(Keep_Your_Eye_On_The_Sparrow)_-_Rhythm_Heritage.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Rhythm Heritage |
| Album: | Disco-Fied |
| B-Side: | My Cherie Amour |
| Released: | April 1976 (U.S.) |
| Genre: | Disco |
| Length: | 3:15 |
| Label: | ABC |
| Producer: | Steve Barri, Michael Omartian |
| Prev Title: | Theme from S.W.A.T. |
| Prev Year: | 1975 |
| Next Title: | Theme from Rocky (Gonna Fly Now) |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
"Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow", also known as "Baretta's Theme", is a song written by Morgan Ames and Dave Grusin, recorded by multiple artists during the summer of 1975. Merry Clayton's version was the first to chart, reaching #45 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
A version by Rhythm Heritage became a Top 20 hit in 1976. The band recorded it as a semi-instrumental number, with subdued vocals by Oren and Luther Waters. It was selected as the theme to the TV show Baretta, starring Robert Blake.[1] "Baretta's Theme" was released as a single in the spring of 1976, reaching #20 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #15 in Canada.[2]
| Chart (1975) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada RPM Top Singles[3] | 71 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] | 45 |
| U.S. Billboard R&B | 42 |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100[5] | 58 |
| Chart (1976) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[7] | 22 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles[8] | 15 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] | 20 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 14 |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100[10] | 16 |
