Australian funk music group Swoop released their second studio album The Woxo Principle in November 1995, which was preceded by its third single, "Apple Eyes" in October.[2][3] The band had signed with Mushroom Records in the previous year, which issued two earlier singles, "Neighbourhood Freak" (November) and "Rock Dog" (August 1995.[2] The line-up for the album and associated singles was Joshua Beagley on electric and acoustic guitars, Chris Brien on drums, bells, tambourine and voices, Armando Gomez on wood block, Alex Hewetson on bass guitar, Roland Kapferer on lead vocals, Brendan St Ledger on piano, electric pianos, organ, clavinet, synthesisers, xylophone, mellotron and talk box and Fiona Ta'akimoeaka on lead vocals.[2]
"Apple Eyes" was co-written by Beagley, Kapferer, Hewetson and Ta'akimoeaka.[4] Co-producers of the track are Beagley, Kapferer, Ashley Cadell and Robbie Rowlands.[5] It is the highest charting single by Swoop, which peaked at No. 9 on the ARIA singles chart in January 1996.[2][5]
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