"The Sphinx" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1978 by Ariola Records as the single from her third album Never Trust a Pretty Face.
The song was composed and produced by Anthony Monn, and marked a change in Lear's repertoire as her first downtempo disco ballad.
[2][3] "The Sphinx" was released as the advance single from the singer's third studio album Never Trust a Pretty Face in late 1978.
The song was a moderate chart success, reaching the top 20 across Europe, and remains one of Lear's biggest hits of the disco era.
Lear re-recorded the song for the 1998 album Back in Your Arms, and included the new version on her greatest hits compilation Forever Glam!