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“In Your Eyes” is a song by musician Peter Gabriel from his 1986 album So. It reached #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks and #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1986.

It was not released as a single in the UK. Gabriel later released an extended version of the song which was nearly 9 minutes in length (as compared to the original 5:29 version that appears on the album). 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.

The song was the finale of the Secret World Tour, and is the final track on the Secret World Live album.

In 1993, Gabriel performed the song on Saturday Night Live.

The song was included on the US version of his 2003 compilation Hit, but not on the European or Japanese versions.

In 2005, after 19 years of accumulated sales, the song brought Gabriel his first Gold single, certified in the U.S. by the RIAA.[3]

In 1988 (at the end of the 1987 NFL season), NBC Sports used “In Your Eyes” in for the prologue (narrated by Dick Enberg) of the AFC Championship Game between the Denver Broncos and Cleveland Browns.

The song was used twice in the 1989 Cameron Crowe film, Say Anything…, as well as in its trailer. An iconic scene from the film occurs when broken-hearted Lloyd Dobler serenades his ex-girlfriend, Diane Court, outside her bedroom window by holding a boombox up above his head and playing the song for her. The scene has become a standard pop culture reference for romance. Repopularized by its usage in the film, the song reentered the charts but narrowly failed to crack the top 40 in its second run, reaching as high as #41.
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  • Secret World Live (disc 2)
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  • New Blood
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  • So (Remastered)
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  • Miss
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  • kemp678

    :o) :o) the light the heat.....I wanna touch the light the heat... :o) :o) boy oh boy...those are GREAT words.....

    Wednesday evening

  • TOMHINKLE57

    THE TREATMENT OF THIS BY VITAMIN STRING QUARTET IS PRETTY DECENT TO RELAX TO.

    26 days ago

  • XimenaDoherty

    I always see John Cusack holding up a boombox when I hear this song. ALWAYS. [3]

    last month

  • artgriswald

    A TRULY BEAUTIFUL SONG!!!!!!

    last month

  • BrewsterNorth

    The most romantic song ever recorded [2]

    last month

  • britagent1

    of all the fruitless searches....the price of experiencing...so universal. yet so personal....awesome!

    March 2012

  • MEL_MEL

    If I ever get married, I want this song to be played at the wedding [4]

    March 2012

  • tcbp

    If I ever get married, I want this song to be played at the wedding [3]

    March 2012

  • jasminder82

    One of my favourite songs of all time.

    March 2012

  • TheFructose

    The most romantic song ever recorded.

    March 2012

  • kenet87

    "i get so tired working so hard for our survival..." ah, amazing.

    February 2012

  • LisaMatasha

    magical

    February 2012

  • h1970s

    MOST UNIVERSAL RELATABLE SONG EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

    January 2012

  • Izzysmiles

    I swoon for this song. It hits me in an odd place in my heart. I love it.

    January 2012

  • kellykimxx

    I like to listen to this song at top volume and let the music surround me.

    October 2011

  • chablin

    GReat voice and great album ;)

    October 2011

  • kikikirsche

    I want to touch the light, the heat I see in your eyes

    October 2011

  • robhop31

    I love this song. However this version is not worth a hill of beans.

    October 2011

  • Mustrad

    This New Blood version is the best of all the others from that album

    October 2011

  • berj91

    The New Blood version is stunning.

    October 2011
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