Born Cross-Eyed

"Born Cross-Eyed" is an original composition by the San Francisco psychedelic rock group the Grateful Dead. It was written by rhythm guitarist Bob Weir during the band's sessions creating the album Anthem of the Sun, produced by David Hassinger, in 1968. It was released as a B-side with the single "Dark Star", one of the band's best-known musical excursions.[1][2][3][4]

"Born Cross-Eyed"
Single by Grateful Dead
from the album Anthem of the Sun
A-side"Dark Star"
ReleasedApril 1968
1977
Recorded1968
GenrePsychedelic rock, Acid Rock
Length2:54
LabelWarner Bros.
WEA Records Ltd
Songwriter(s)Bob Weir
Producer(s)Grateful Dead
David Hassinger
Grateful Dead singles chronology
"'The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)/Cream Puff War'"
(1967)		 "Born Cross-Eyed"
(1968)		 "'Dupree's Diamond Blues/Cosmic Charlie'"
(1969)

The single was first released in April 1968 by Warner Bros. Records and is a different mix than the version included on the Anthem of the Sun album. The single was re-released in the UK in 1977 as a promotion distributed with the Dark Star magazine. The single release included lyrics of Dark Star on the back cover.

This single version of the song would be later released as part of the compilation album What a Long Strange Trip It's Been by Warner Bros. in 1977, the twelve-CD retrospective box set The Golden Road (1965-1973) in 2001, released by Rhino Records (a subsidiary of Warner Bros.), and the 2003 re-release of Anthem of the Sun by Rhino.

Albums
The alternate cover sleeve of the single that was released in the United Kingdom.

The following are the albums on which the song has appeared:

Studio albums
Live albums
Compilation/Box sets

References
  1. Dodd, David. "Greatest Stories Ever Told: "Born Cross-Eyed"", dead.net. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  2. Dodd, David. "Born Cross-Eyed", The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  3. "Born Cross-Eyed", Grateful Dead Family Discography. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  4. "Born Cross-Eyed", Grateful Dead Lyric and Song Finder. Retrieved October 1, 2016.


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