Promises, Promises (Naked Eyes song)

"Promises, Promises"
Single by Naked Eyes
from the album Burning Bridges
B-side	"Low Life " "(What) In the Name of Love" "A Very Hard Act To Follow"
Released	1983
Format	7" vinyl, 12" vinyl
Genre	New wave, synthpop
Length	3:43
Label	EMI
Writer(s)	Pete Byrne Rob Fisher
Producer(s)	Tony Mansfield
Naked Eyes singles chronology
"Voices In My Head" (1983) "Promises, Promises" (1983) "When the Lights Go Out" (1983)

"Promises, Promises" was the second hit single for the British group Naked Eyes in 1983. The song went on to become a top-20 hit in the US that October, peaking at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.^[1] It was their follow up to their earlier hit "Always Something There to Remind Me" by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, which was a top-ten hit in the US in mid-1983. Madonna performs background vocals on the Jellybean 7" and 12" mixes of the song. These versions weren't released until 2001 in the compilation album Everything and More.

Chart performance

Cover Versions

• In 2014, singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston released a cover version of the song on the multi-artist compilation album Here Comes The Reign Again: The Second British Invasion.^[5]

Use in media

• The song is featured in the Playstation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows versions of Grand Theft Auto V on Non Stop Pop FM.

References

External links

• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics