Evening Star (Judas Priest song)

"Evening Star"
Single by Judas Priest
from the album Killing Machine
B-side	"Beyond the Realms of Death (live)"
Released	27 April 1979[1]
Recorded	1978
Studio	Utopia, London Basing Street, London CBS, London
Genre	Hard rock heavy metal
Length	4:06
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Rob Halford Glenn Tipton
Producer(s)	James Guthrie Judas Priest
Judas Priest singles chronology
"Take on the World" (1979) "Evening Star" (1979) "Living After Midnight" (1980)

"Evening Star" is a song by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, originally released on their 1978 album Killing Machine, and released as a single in April 1979. Following the success of the previous single "Take on the World", it again charted in the UK but it only reached No. 53.[2]

Personnel

• Rob Halford – vocals
• K. K. Downing – guitar
• Glenn Tipton – guitar
• Ian Hill – bass guitar
• Les Binks – drums

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)[3]	53

References

1. "Music Week" (PDF). p. 58.
2. "Official Singles Chart Top 75". Official Charts Company. 13 May 1979. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
3. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2022.