Sympathy

About Sympathy

"Sympathy" is a song by the English progressive rock band Rare Bird. It became the band's only UK chart entry when it peaked at number 27 in the UK Singles Chart in 1970. The song reached No. 1 in Italy and in France, selling 500,000 copies in France and over one million globally. A 1970 cover version of the track by The Family Dogg reached number two in the Netherlands. In 1992, a version by Marillion reached number 17 in the UK, becoming their 17th Top 40 hit. The song has also been covered by Toyah in 1985, and sampled by Faithless in 2002. The cover art features a painting by Marc Harrison titled The Birdwoman Of Zartacla (later also used for the cover of the June 1981 issue of the Heavy Metal magazine). more »