One of the biggest hits of the 80s was nearly abandoned before becoming a chart-topping soft rock favorite that still resonates more than 40 years later.

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Originally written as the intro to a hit rock song, it went on to become one of the most recognizable pieces of music in sports.

When the Alan Parsons Project released "Eye in the Sky" in 1982, it quickly became the group's biggest commercial success. But before it reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became one of the ...