Hungry Eyes
| "Hungry Eyes" | ||||
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| Single by Eric Carmen | ||||
| from the album Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack From The Vestron Motion Picture | ||||
| Released | November 7, 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1987, Beachwood Studios, Beachwood, OH | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 4:06 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Writer(s) | John DeNicola, Franke Previte | |||
| Producer(s) | Eric Carmen | |||
| Eric Carmen singles chronology | ||||
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"Hungry Eyes" is a song performed by Eric Carmen, and was featured in the film Dirty Dancing.[1] The song was recorded at Beachwood Studios in Beachwood, OH in 1987. "Hungry Eyes" peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #3 on the Cash Box chart in 1988. The song was not released commercially in the UK, but it managed to peak at #82 in January 1988, having charted purely on import sales.
It was written by John DeNicola and Franke Previte. DeNicola and Previte also co-wrote, with Donald Markowitz, the song "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" also from Dirty Dancing.
Cover versions
It's also been covered by Swedish singer Anders Fernette and by New Found Glory, and features as a bonus track on the Japanese/UK version of their covers album From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II.
In popular culture
The song was referenced in the Family Guy episode "Emission Impossible," in which Stewie Griffin sings the song while playing the piano at a party. Later, in season 5's Padre de Familia, it is replayed in a cutaway gag when Patrick Swayze is arrested for alleged child sexual abuse (referencing Swayze being older than the character he was playing) and the song plays while he is being raped in jail.
It has also been featured in a television advertisements for the Irish fast food restaurant abrakebabra and Hungry Jacks in Australia around the early 2000s, and in 2010 for a television advertisement for Tim Hortons in Canada. In the US, the song is now used in a commercial for Pretzel M&M's.
Chart performance
| Chart (1987-1988) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Tracks | 2 |
| U.S. Cash Box | 3 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary | 6 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 2 |
| Dutch Singles Chart[2] | 16 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[2] | 18 |
| Swedish Singles Chart[2] | 6 |
| UK Singles Chart | 82 |
References
- ↑ Dennis Hunt (December 24, 1987). "Carmen Re-Sees Success With 'Hungry Eyes'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Hungry Eyes", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved November 26, 2010)
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