Blue Eyes (Elton John song)
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"Blue Eyes (song)" redirects here. For other songs with the same title, see Blue eyes (disambiguation).
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| "Blue Eyes" | ||||||||||
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| Single by Elton John | ||||||||||
| from the album Jump Up! | ||||||||||
| B-side | "Hey Papa Legba" | |||||||||
| Released | March 1982 | |||||||||
| Genre | Pop | |||||||||
| Length | 3:27 | |||||||||
| Label | Geffen (US/Canada) Rocket |
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| Writer(s) | Elton John (music) Gary Osborne (lyrics) |
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"Blue Eyes" is a song, of the ballad type, performed by Elton John. It was released in 1982, both as a single and on the album Jump Up!, which reached No. 8 in the UK. In the US, the song went to No. 12 on the Billboard Magazine Hot 100 and No. 1 on the adult contemporary chart.[1]
The video for the song was filmed in Australia.
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[edit] Technical details
Musically, the song is complex, with the verses in the key of B flat, and the chorus in the key of D minor. An instrumental solo, in the related flat major key of E flat, serves as a middle and outro.
[edit] Band
- Elton John – piano, vocals
- Dee Murray – bass
- James Newton-Howard – synthesizer, Fender Rhodes electric piano, string arrangements
- Jeff Porcaro – drums
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 128.
