You Open My Eyes
| "You Open My Eyes" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 "You Open My Eyes" Front cover | ||||
| Single by Hoodoo Gurus | ||||
| from the album Crank | ||||
| A-side | "You Open My Eyes" | |||
| B-side | "Something I Forgot to Say" / "Television Addict" | |||
| Released | February, 1994 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 3:20 | |||
| Label | BMG | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Brad Shepherd | |||
| Producer(s) | Ed Stasium | |||
| Hoodoo Gurus singles chronology | ||||
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"You Open My Eyes" is a single by iconic[1][2] Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus which reached #43 on the ARIA Singles Charts.[3] It was released on BMG in February, 1994; and was written by Brad Shepherd.[4] This was the first Hoodoo Gurus single that was not written or co-written by Dave Faulkner. The B side, "Something I Forgot to Say", was written by Faulkner.[4] The second B side was a cover of The Victims' "Television Addict" written by James Baker and Faulkner (both were members of The Victims and of Hoodoo Gurus).[4] The music video for "You Open My Eyes" was directed by former Guru, Kimble Rendall and was their most expensive to date.[5]
"... found Brad taking over lead vocal duties on a Hoodoo Gurus single. Though Brad had sung on every album since Mars... this was the first time that people started crying out, 'It's a hit!' (or were they saying, 'that's our Hitler!'?) The video was pretty spectacular and was the most expensive of our career even though we were charged a fraction of its true cost - thanks, Kimble!" - Dave Faulkner.[6]
Track listing
CD Maxi-single
- "You Open My Eyes" (Shepherd)[4] — 3:20
- "Something I Forgot to Say" (Faulkner)[4] — 2:57 unreleased demo from 1992
- "Television Addict" (Baker, Faulkner)[4] — 3:25 recorded live to air in Perth, October 31, 1993
Personnel
- Richard Grossman — bass
- Dave Faulkner — lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Mark Kingsmill — drums
- Brad Shepherd — guitar, vocals
- Vicki Peterson (The Bangles) — backing vocals (track 1)
- Producer — Ed Stasium (track 1), Hoodoo Gurus (tracks 2, 3)
- Engineer — Paul Hamingson (track 1)
References
- ^ "ARIA Awards 2007: About Hall of Fame". ARIA Awards. Archived from the original on February 2, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
- ^ Pope, Mark (2007-05-07). "ARIA presents the 2007 ARIA Hall of Fame" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
- ^ "Australian Singles Charts "You Open My Eyes"". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
- ^ a b c d e f "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
- ^ "IMDb entry on Kimble Rendall". IMDb. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
- ^ Faulkner, Dave (June 2000). "Pop and punishment". Julia Thiel. Archived from the original on 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
- ^ "Discogs entry on Crank". Retrieved 2008-02-09.
- ^ "Discogs entry on "You Open My Eyes"". Retrieved 2008-02-09.