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 was performed by Irene Dunne for the 1934 film rendition Roberta with Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Randolph Scott. 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. In 1970 Vic Damone covered this song with a very dramatic, different and interesting rendition. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes became one of Vic Damone's most famous songs. A 1972 remake by British band Blue Haze also became popular. Saxophone player Boots Randolph did an acoustic cover of the song on the B-side of his LP Yakety Sax.
The song has been featured in several films, including George Lucas's American Graffiti (1973) and much later in the 2004 Golden Globe-winning film Being Julia, directed by István Szabó. The Platters' rendition is the centerpiece song to Steven Spielberg's 1989 film Always, and features significantly in both the plot and soundtrack of Hou Hsiao-Hsien's 2006 film, Three Times.
| 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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