Born Cross-Eyed

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“Born Cross-Eyed”

Single by Grateful Dead
from the album Dark Star/Born Cross-Eyed

B-side

Dark Star

Released

April 1968

1977

Format

7"-LP album

Recorded

1968

Genre

Psychedelic rock, rock

WEA Records Ltd

Grateful Dead
David Hassinger

Grateful Dead singles chronology

The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)/Cream Puff War
(1967)

Dark Star/Born Cross-Eyed
(1968)

Dupree's Diamond Blues/Cosmic Charlie
(1969)

Born Cross-Eyed is an original composition by the San Francisco, CA Psychedelic rock group the Grateful Dead. It was written by rhythm guitarist Bob Weir during the bands 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 bands most well-known musical excursions.

The single was first released in April of 1968 by Warner Bros. Records as a single and is a different mix than the song that was actually released 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. This version included lyrics of Dark Star on the back cover as well as a message stating "this record presented exclusively by Dark Star Magazine with the kind cooperation of WEA Records Ltd".

This single version of the song would be later released three times:

As part of the compilation album What a Long Strange Trip It's Been by Warner Bros. in 1977
As part of the twelve-CD retrospective box set The Golden Road (1965-1973) in 2001, released by Rhino Records (a subsidiary of Warner Bros.)
And on the 2003 re-release of Anthem of the Sun by Rhino featuring the tracks included in The Golden Road (1965-1973) box set.

[edit] Albums

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

The following are the albums the song as been a part of:

Studio albums
- Anthem of the Sun, Grateful Dead, 1968
- Anthem of the Sun, Grateful Dead, 2003 (expanded re-release)
Live albums
- Dick's Picks Volume 22, Grateful Dead, 2001
Compilation/Box sets
- Dark Star/Born Cross-Eyed (single), Grateful Dead, 1968
- The Golden Road (1965-1973), Grateful Dead, 2001
- Some Of Our Best Friends Are, Various Artists, 1969
- The Grateful Dead/Anthem Of The Sun, Grateful Dead, 1976
- What a Long Strange Trip It's Been, Grateful Dead, 1977

[edit] See also

v • d • e Grateful Dead

Jerry Garcia • Bob Weir • Phil Lesh • Bill Kreutzmann • Mickey Hart • Vince Welnick Ron "Pigpen" McKernan • Tom Constanten • Keith Godchaux • Donna Jean Godchaux • Brent Mydland • Bruce Hornsby

Side projects and spin-off bands	The Other Ones • The Dead • Jerry Garcia Band • Ratdog • Phil Lesh and Friends • Rhythm Devils • Donna Jean and the Tricksters • Missing Man Formation • New Riders of the Purple Sage • Old and in the Way • Legion of Mary • Reconstruction • Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band • Kingfish • Bobby and the Midnites

Related articles	Eric Andersen • John Perry Barlow • Dark Star Orchestra • Deadhead • Bob Dylan • Bill Graham • Gerrit Graham • Grateful Dead discography • The Grateful Dead Movie • Grateful Dead Records • Grateful Dead songs • Rick Griffin • David Grisman • Dan Healy • Robert Hunter • Jazz Is Dead • Alton Kelley • Steve Kimock • Ned Lagin • Dick Latvala • Branford Marsalis • Stanley Mouse • Rex Foundation • Merl Saunders • Laurence Shurtliff • Owsley Stanley • Summer Jam at Watkins Glen • Sunshine Daydream • Howard Wales • Wall of Sound • Wharf Rats

Studio albums	The Grateful Dead • Anthem of the Sun • Aoxomoxoa • Workingman's Dead • American Beauty • Wake of the Flood • Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel • Blues for Allah • Terrapin Station • Shakedown Street • Go to Heaven • In the Dark • Built to Last

Live albums	Live/Dead • Grateful Dead • Europe '72 • History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice) • Steal Your Face • Reckoning • Dead Set • Dylan & The Dead • Without a Net • One From the Vault • Infrared Roses • Two from the Vault • Grayfolded • Hundred Year Hall • Dozin' at the Knick • Fallout from the Phil Zone • Terrapin Station (Limited Edition) • Live at the Fillmore East 2-11-69 • Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Grateful Dead • View From The Vault, Volume One • View From The Vault, Volume Two • Nightfall of Diamonds • Postcards of the Hanging • Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 • View from the Vault, Volume Three • Go to Nassau • Birth of the Dead • View from the Vault, Volume Four • The Closing of Winterland • Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead • The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack • Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966 • Truckin' Up to Buffalo • The Complete Fillmore West 1969 • Fillmore West 1969 • Live at the Cow Palace • Three from the Vault • Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1 • Road Trips Volume 1 Number 2 • Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings • Dicks Picks (36 Volumes) • Digital Download Series (12 Volumes)

Compilations and box sets	Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead • What a Long Strange Trip It's Been • Dead Zone: The Grateful Dead CD Collection (1977–1987) • The Arista Years • Selections from the Arista Years • So Many Roads (1965–1995) • So Many Roads (1965–1995) Sampler • The Golden Road (1965–1973) • The Very Best of the Grateful Dead • Beyond Description (1973–1989)