{{Short description|British electronic music group (1996–2002)}} {{Distinguish|Seeing I|All-seeing eye (disambiguation)}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = All Seeing I | image = | caption = | image_size = | origin = [[Sheffield]], England | genre = {{flatlist| * [[Big beat]] * [[electronic music|electronic]] * [[trip hop]] * [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] * [[House music|house]] }} | years_active = 1996–2002 | label = [[London Records]] | Also Known As = | website = | current_members = Dean Honer<br/>Jason Buckle<br/>DJ Parrot | past_members = }} The '''All Seeing I''' were a British [[electronic music]] group from [[Sheffield]], England, comprising [[Dean Honer]], Jason Buckle and DJ Parrot (real name Richard Barratt).<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|pages=14/5}}</ref>
==Biography== The band released their first single "I Walk" in 1997, but it was not until the year after that they gained mainstream commercial success with the song "[[The Beat Goes On (Sonny & Cher song)|Beat Goes On]]", a [[remix]]ed [[cover version|cover]] of the [[Sonny Bono]] song, using the vocals from [[Buddy Rich]]'s version, which were sung by his daughter Cathy.<ref name="Larkin90"/>
Their works were something of a Sheffield collective, and the trio worked with artists from the city including [[Tony Christie]], [[Jarvis Cocker]], [[Philip Oakey]], [[Babybird]] and many others.<ref name="Larkin90"/>Their regular live vocalist was Bozz, who later went on to form electronica duo [[Hiem]].
All Seeing I were asked in November 1998 to produce a cover of "[[The Beat Goes On (Sonny & Cher song)|Beat Goes On]]" for [[Britney Spears]]' debut album ''[[...Baby One More Time (album)|...Baby One More Time]]''.<ref name="Larkin90"/> They have also remixed a variety of artists, including [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]].
Dean Honer also fronts the similarly styled group, [[I Monster]].
Buckle went on to be a part-time member of [[Fat Truckers]] and formed [[Relaxed Muscle]] with [[Jarvis Cocker]]. He also has a brief cameo as one of the Weird Sisters rock band in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', along with Cocker, Pulp's [[Steve Mackey]], [[Steven Claydon]] of [[Add N to (X)]], and [[Phil Selway]] and [[Jonny Greenwood]] of [[Radiohead]].
Barratt was part of the duo [[Sweet Exorcist (band)|Sweet Exorcist]] with [[Richard H. Kirk]].
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
|- ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK">UK chart positions: * {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4380/all-seeing-i/ |title=All Seeing I UK chart peaks |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=3 October 2020}} * <nowiki>*Chart Log UK </nowiki>{{cite web|url=http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_A.HTM|title=Chart Log UK 1994–2010: A> All Seeing I|publisher=zobbel - Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz|access-date=3 October 2020}}</ref>
! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|SCO]]<br /><ref>Scottish studio albums chart peaks: * {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/19990926/40/ |title=Pickled Eggs and Sherbet |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=3 October 2020}} </ref>
|- ! scope="row"| ''[[Pickled Eggs and Sherbet]]'' | * Released: September 1999 * Label: [[FFRR Records|FFRR]] <small>(#3984 29241)</small> * Formats: [[Compact disc|CD]], [[Compact Cassette|CS]] | 45 || 81 |}
===EPs=== *1999: ''The All Seeing I'' – free 5-track promo CD with ''[[Jockey Slut]]'' magazine ([[London Records]])
===Singles=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" style="width:2em;"| Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title ! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Album |-
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK"/>
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Dance Singles and Albums Charts|UK<br />Dance]]<br /><ref>UK dance singles chart peaks: * {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/19980322/104/ |title=Beat Goes On |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=3 October 2020}} </ref>
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br /><ref name="NZ">{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+All+Seeing+I |title=New Zealand chart peaks |publisher=charts.nz |access-date=3 October 2020}}</ref>
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|SCO]]<br /><ref>Scottish singles chart peaks: * {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19980322/41/ |title=Beat Goes On |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=3 October 2020}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19990117/41/ |title=Walk Like a Panther |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=3 October 2020}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19990912/41/ |title=1st Man in Space |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=3 October 2020}} </ref>
|- | 1997 | style="text-align:left;"| "I Walk" | — || — || — || — | rowspan="4"| ''Pickled Eggs and Sherbet'' |- | 1998 | style="text-align:left;"| "[[The Beat Goes On (Sonny & Cher song)#All Seeing I version|Beat Goes On]]" | 11 || 1 || 40 || 23 |- | rowspan="2"| 1999 | style="text-align:left;"| "[[Walk like a Panther]]"<br /><small>(featuring [[Tony Christie]])</small> | 10 || — || — || 10 |- | style="text-align:left;"| "[[1st Man in Space]]"<br /><small>(featuring [[Philip Oakey]])</small> | 28 || — || — || 33 |- | colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |}
===Promotional singles=== * "Megabeat" (1998) * "Disco Pussy" (1999)
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
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