In Your Eyes (5:28)

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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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love I get so lost, sometimes
days pass and this emptiness fills my heart
when I want to run away
I drive off in my car

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  • Ennish

    I've known this song for as long as I can remember, but it wasn't until a few years ago that I realized it was a Peter Gabriel song all along. Still pretty much embedded in my DNA, though.

    7 Apr 2:03am Reply
  • klippshaw

    the new blood version >>>>>>

    14 Mar 5:23am Reply
  • Drazba

    ah scott--you devil

    18 Jan 11:41pm Reply
  • sl8221958

    If I ever get played at a wedding, I want this song to be married. [13]

    10 Jan 5:03pm Reply
  • radio_face

    PETE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    23 Nov 2012 Reply
  • FRAMERMCB

    Excellent musician, excellent song! Thank you Mr. Gabriel for being on the cutting edge of pushing the musical barrier - both with lyrics and the use of homogenous instruments!

    21 Nov 2012 Reply
  • wisaac5440

    Thanks for an awesome 25th anniversary performance of this album in Toronto Sept 2012.

    15 Nov 2012 Reply
  • DesertBlu

    Who would not get lost in this..

    3 Nov 2012 Reply
  • nearfield

    Thanks for an Awesome show in Boston on 24SEP2012!!!

    26 Sep 2012 Reply
  • Lynnbookworm

    awesome beautiful 80's fave!

    24 Sep 2012 Reply
  • msippigirl

    :)

    22 Aug 2012 Reply
  • PaigeBurnham

    This song is beauty and perfection. I love Peter Gabriel!

    20 Jun 2012 Reply
  • tabletopdrummer

    Great groove

    15 Jun 2012 Reply
  • jdr11201

    I grew up listing to Peter Gabriel this track has always made me remember people I miss. Good times those days! Thanks Peter G. :)

    2 Jun 2012 Reply
  • TOMHINKLE57

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

    3 May 2012 Reply
  • BrewsterNorth

    The most romantic song ever recorded [2]

    21 Apr 2012 Reply
  • britagent1

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

    28 Mar 2012 Reply
  • MEL_MEL

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

    19 Mar 2012 Reply
  • tcbp

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

    17 Mar 2012 Reply
  • jasminder82

    One of my favourite songs of all time.

    16 Mar 2012 Reply
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