In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel song)
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| "In Your Eyes" | ||
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| Single by Peter Gabriel | ||
| from the album So | ||
| Released | 1987 | |
| Format | 7" single, 12" single, CD single | |
| Recorded | 1986 | |
| Genre | Pop/Rock | |
| Length | 5:29 | |
| Label | Geffen Records | |
| Writer(s) | Peter Gabriel | |
| Producer(s) | Peter Gabriel, Bill Laswell and Daniel Lanois | |
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| Peter Gabriel singles chronology | ||
| "Sledgehammer" (1986) |
"In Your Eyes" (1986) |
"Red Rain" (1987) |
"In Your Eyes" is a hit rock/pop single from Peter Gabriel's 1986 album So. It reached #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks and #26 on Billboard Hot 100 in both 1986 and 1987. It was not released as a single in the UK. Gabriel later released an extended version of the song which was 7-9 minutes in length (as compared to the original 5:29). Like many of his songs, "In Your Eyes" contains significant African influences, even more so when performed live (on the So tour) as an extended vocal duet with Youssou N'Dour.
In 1989, the song appeared in Cameron Crowe's classic romantic film, Say Anything. It is most famous for its appearance in the "boombox scene," where a broken-hearted Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) serenades his former girlfriend (Ione Skye) outside her bedroom window. Although this made "In Your Eyes" perhaps the most well known Peter Gabriel song aside from "Sledgehammer," it failed to crack the top 20, and was thus omitted from greatest hits compilation Shaking the Tree in favor of five other songs from So. It was included on the US version of his 2003 compilation Hit, but not on the European or Japanese versions.
Rosanna Arquette was allegedly the inspiration. However it has been said that they did not meet until after the song was released.
[edit] Track listing
- "In Your Eyes" (LP Version) – 5:29
- "In Your Eyes" (Special Mix) – 8:56
[edit] Cover versions
- Neal Morse recorded an acoustic version of the song, along with Solsbury Hill, for an Inner Circle (fan club) release.
- A pop/punk rendition of the song was released by the band SR-71.
- An acoustic cover was also performed by Darren Hayes for the "I Miss You" single.
- Jeffrey Gaines has released both a studio and an acoustic cover of the song (this version is often mistaken for Ben Harper).
- Christian artist Nichole Nordeman performed a cover of the song on her album Woven & Spun.
- Aaron Lewis of Staind performed a cover of the song with his previous band J-Cat.
- The Pat McGee Band covered this song on one of his live shows
- It was sung by Kalan Porter, Teresa Sokyrka and Jacob Hoggard on Canadian Idol.
- Lori McKenna contributed a cover of the song to the 2005 compilation "High School Reunion."
- The band Sr-71 covered "in your eyes" on thier album "here we go again" (Mitch Allen sing the hit song)
