Doctor My Eyes

"Doctor My Eyes" is a 1972 song written and performed by Jackson Browne and included on his debut album Jackson Browne. Featuring a combination of an upbeat piano riff — accidentally found courtesy of an instrument with a broken action that Browne was writing songs on — together with Browne's trademark big poetic vision, it was a surprise hit, reaching number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in spring 1972. (Indeed Browne would not see the Top 10 again until 1982's soundtrack hit "Somebody's Baby".) "Doctor My Eyes" became a concert mainstay for Browne, and was included on both his later compilation albums. The late great Jesse Ed Davis played the guitar fills and solo on this hit.

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The Jackson 5 recorded "Doctor My Eyes" on their 1972 Lookin' Through the Windows album, and the song was released as a single in Europe, where it became a Top 10 hit for them.

Paula Cole also did a cover of the song for the soundtrack of the 2004 film Eulogy. Ben Folds recorded the song on the soundtrack for the 2002 film The Banger Sisters.

Sheryl Crow did a cover for her 2008 album Detours.