"Electric Eye" is a song from Judas Priest's 1982 album Screaming for Vengeance. Considered by fans as one of Judas Priest's defining songs, it has become a staple at concerts, usually played as the first song.
Introduced by "The Hellion" (previous track on the album), the song concerns a satellite that floats above the Earth; monitoring everything that the people of Earth do. The song contains the line:
This line insinuates that the Electric Eye has been commissioned by the government to spy on the people of Earth. The Eye is clearly portrayed to be a tool of oppression - a way for the government to spy on the citizens.
With the lyrics of the last verse in mind (There's nothing you can do about it / Develop and expose / I feed upon your every thought / And so my power grows), the Eye can be considered a metaphor for the repressive government itself - an always-vigilant, nigh-almighty force, forever unreachable by an ordinary man, whose power lies in monitoring one's every step and action.
One might also note that it is thematically similar to the title track of The Alan Parsons Project's Eye in the Sky (album), which was released that same year.
This Song was played in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and is also featured on PlayStation 2 video game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s as a master track and also includes "The Hellion."