"Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow", also known as "Baretta's Theme", is a song written by Morgan Ames and Dave Grusin, recorded by multiple artists during the summer of 1975. Merry Clayton's version was the first to chart, reaching #45 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
A version by Rhythm Heritage became a Top 20 hit in 1976. The band recorded it as a semi-instrumental number, with subdued vocals by Oren and Luther Waters. It was selected as the theme to the TV show Baretta, starring Robert Blake. "Baretta's Theme" was released as a single in the spring of 1976, reaching #20 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #15 in Canada.
Chart history Merry Clayton Chart (1975)PeakpositionCanada RPM Top Singles71U.S. Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 – 45U.S. Billboard R&B42U.S. Cash Box Top 10058 Sammy Davis Jr. Chart (1976)PeakpositionU.S. Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959–2004101 Rhythm Heritage ("Baretta's Theme") Chart (1976)PeakpositionCanada RPM Adult Contemporary22Canada RPM Top Singles15U.S. Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 – 20U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary14U.S. Cash Box Top 100Cash Box Top 100 Singles, June 19, 197616
Other versions The Latin band El Chicano covered the song on their 1975 LP Pyramid of Love and Friends. Sammy Davis Jr.'s version of "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow" was released in 1976. It reached #101 on the Billboard Bubbling Under chart.Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959–2004
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