Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
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| "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" | ||
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| Single by The Platters | ||
| B-side(s) | "No Matter What You Are" | |
| Released | 1958 | |
| Genre | Doo wop | |
| Length | 2:40 | |
| Label | Mercury | |
| Writer(s) | Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern | |
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| The Platters singles chronology | ||
| I Wish (1958) |
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (1958) |
Enchanted (1959) |
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| Single by Blue Haze | ||
| B-side(s) | "Anna Rosanna" | |
| Released | 1972 | |
| Format | 7" single | |
| Length | 3:16 | |
| Label | A&M | |
| Writer(s) | Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern | |
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"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" is a song written by American composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach for their 1933 Broadway musical Roberta. It has been covered by numerous artists, possibly the most famous of which was recorded in 1959 by the doo wop group The Platters, which became a number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. A 1972 remake by British band Blue Haze also became popular. The song was featured in the 1973 film American Graffiti and in the 2004 Golden Globe-winning film Being Julia. Saxophone player Boots Randolph did an acoustic cover of the song on the B-side of his LP Yakety Sax.
The song features significantly in both the plot and soundtrack of Hou Hsiao-Hsien's 2006 film, Three Times. The Platters' rendition is also the centerpiece song to Steven Spielberg's 1989 film Always.
| Preceded by: "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" by David Seville and The Chipmunks |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single January 19, 1959 |
Succeeded by: "Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price |
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