Lazy Eye (Silversun Pickups song)
"Lazy Eye" is the third single from Silversun Pickups' debut album Carnavas. The band performed the song on the Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Later With Jools Holland, and Last Call with Carson Daly. The song is a playable track on Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: World Tour.
| "Lazy Eye" | ||||
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| Single by Silversun Pickups | ||||
| from the album Carnavas | ||||
| Released | September 16, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | Beer Wine Fish, Echo Park; Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California, 2006 | |||
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| Length | 5:54 | |||
| Label | Dangerbird | |||
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| Producer(s) | Dave Cooley | |||
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An alternate version of the song, with a length of 7:27, was played on XMU before the shorter version was played on FM and other XM channels. This version was featured on their demo CD (which featured early versions of four tracks).
Music video
The music video for "Lazy Eye" was directed by Suzie Vlcek and produced by Eric Morgan. Former band member, Kennedy, makes a cameo appearance in the video as a bartender and the band's original drummer, Elvira Gonzalez, makes a cameo appearance as a box office/door attendant.
The video received extensive airplay on MTV, MTV2, MTVU, VH1, Fuse, MuchMusic, MTV (Latin America), International Music Feed and many other international broadcast outlets. The popularity of the video led to the creation of a VH1 "Pop-Up Video" version.[1] The "Lazy Eye" music video was among the MTV2 Subterranean "Viewers Top 20 Music Videos of 2007" list.[2]
Charts
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[12] | 44 |
| Peru Weekly Chart | 2 |
| Scotland (Official Charts Company)[13] | 73 |
| UK Physical Singles Chart (Official Charts Company)[14] | 55 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 91 |
Year-end Charts
| Chart (2007–08) | Peak position |
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| Peru Year-end chart | 20 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks | 17 |
| Triple J Hottest 100 | 28 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[15] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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^shipments figures based on certification alone | ||
In popular culture
The song was featured in the television series The O.C., Criminal Minds, and Reaper, the 2008 film Prom Night, a promo for Major League Baseball's 2008 All-Star Game, a video package at the end of FOX's coverage of the 2008 World Series, a video package for CBC's 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs, a 2012 New Zealand New World Supermarket advertising campaign and the video games Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour, and Forza Horizon.
References
- http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/815938/lazy-eye-pop-up-video.jhtml
- http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2007/12/news-mtv2-subterranean-top-20-videos.html
- https://imvdb.com/video/silversun-pickups/lazy-eye
- https://imvdb.com/video/silversun-pickups/lazy-eye
- https://imvdb.com/video/silversun-pickups/lazy-eye
- https://imvdb.com/video/silversun-pickups/lazy-eye
- https://imvdb.com/video/silversun-pickups/lazy-eye
- https://imvdb.com/video/silversun-pickups/lazy-eye
- https://imvdb.com/video/silversun-pickups/lazy-eye
- https://imvdb.com/video/silversun-pickups/lazy-eye
- https://imvdb.com/video/silversun-pickups/lazy-eye
- "Silversun Pickups Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
- "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- "American single certifications – Silversun Pickups – Lazy Eye". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH.