Sexy Eyes (Dr. Hook song)

"Sexy Eyes"
Single by Dr. Hook
from the album Sometimes You Win
B-side "Help Me Mama"
Released January 28, 1980
Recorded 1979
Genre Post-disco, blues rock
Length 02:58
Label Capitol
Writer(s) Chris Waters, Keith Stegall, Bob Mather
Producer(s) Ron Haffkine
Certification Gold
Dr. Hook singles chronology
"Better Love Next Time"
(1979)		 "Sexy Eyes"
(1980)		 "Years from Now"
(1980)

"Sexy Eyes" is a song by Dr. Hook, released as a single in early 1980. In the United States, the single reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified Gold by the RIAA.[1] It was also a Top 10 hit in Canada (#8) and the United Kingdom (#4).

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australia (KMR) 41
Canadian RPM Top Singles 8
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary 1
Germany 2
New Zealand [2] 1
UK 4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 5
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary 6

Year-end charts

Chart (1980) Rank
Canada 65
New Zealand [3] 27
UK [4] 60
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [5] 25

Cover versions

Swedish singer Siv-Inger (Siw Inger) published a German cover of the song "Sexy eyes" 1980.

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2009). Top Pop Singles. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research, Inc. p. 286. ISBN 0-89820-180-2. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
  2. ↑ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=2892
  3. ↑ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=3869
  4. ↑ http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1980.shtml
  5. ↑ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1990.htm

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