Eyes Wide Open (Gotye song)

"Eyes Wide Open"
Single by Gotye
from the album Making Mirrors
B-side "Atimot ot Edo",
"Smoke and Mirrors"
Released 5 November 2010
Format Digital download, 10" vinyl
Recorded 2010
Genre Worldbeat, alternative rock
Length 3:07
Label Eleven: A Music Company
Writer(s) Wally De Backer
Producer(s) Wally De Backer
Gotye singles chronology
"Hearts a Mess"
(2007)		 "Eyes Wide Open"
(2010)		 "Somebody That I Used to Know"
(2011)

"Eyes Wide Open" is a song by the Belgian-born Australian musician Gotye from his third studio album Making Mirrors. It was released as a digital download on 5 November 2010 in Australia and 4 June 2012 in the United States and United Kingdom. The song was written and produced by Gotye. It peaked at No. 55 on the Australian Singles Chart and was voted in at No. 25 in the 2010 Triple J Hottest 100.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Eyes Wide Open" was first released onto YouTube on 25 October 2010 at a total length of three minutes and eighteen seconds. It features stop-motion animation of creatures riding on spider-legged transports over several barren terrains, searching for water. Perhaps due to the lack of water, their faces crumble. Underneath, we see Gotye's face as he sings the song but the face gets hidden away due to the use of water. The singer's face is also shown when the creatures project it in holograms through their eyes.[1]

Track listing

Digital download
  1. "Eyes Wide Open" – 3:07
10" vinyl
  1. "Atimot ot Edo"
  2. "Eyes Wide Open" BIG MON
  1. "Smoke and Mirrors"
  2. "Eyes Wide Open" (PVT Remix)

Was recently made ``Most Notable Song of 2010– 2012

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2010–12) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) 55
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2] 33
UK Official Streaming Chart Top 100[3] 78
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 96
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[5] 28
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[4] 22
US Rock Songs (Billboard)[4] 35

Radio and release history

Region Date Label Format
Australia 5 November 2010[6] Eleven: A Music Company Digital download
Germany 4 May 2012 Universal Music CD single
United Kingdom 4 June 2012[7] Island Records Digital download (re-release)

References

  1. ↑ "Gotye – Eyes Wide Open – official film clip". YouTube.
  2. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Gotye – Eyes Wide Open" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  3. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/official-streaming-chart/
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Gotye – Eyes Wide Open (Billboard chart history)". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Gotye Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Alternative Songs for Gotye. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  6. ↑ Eyes Wide Open – Single by Gotye iTunes
  7. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a378432/gotye-announces-details-of-new-single-eyes-wide-open.html

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