The Raven (song)

"The Raven"
Single by the Alan Parsons Project
from the album Tales of Mystery and Imagination
B-side"The Fall of the House of Usher" (prelude)
ReleasedSeptember 1976
Genre
Length3:43
Label20th Century
Songwriters
ProducerAlan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project singles chronology
"(The System of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether"
(1976)
"The Raven"
(1976)
"To One in Paradise"
(1976)

"The Raven" is a song by the Alan Parsons Project, recorded in April 1976 at Mama Jo's Studio, North Hollywood, Los Angeles. It is the second track on their debut album, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, which is a tribute to author and poet Edgar Allan Poe. The song's lyrics are based on Poe's poem of the same name and were written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson. It was also released as a single in North America and charted on the US Billboard Hot 100.