Lost in Your Eyes
"Lost in Your Eyes" is the sixth single from American singer-songwriter, Debbie Gibson, and the first from her second album, Electric Youth. The song was written by Gibson in late 1987 and published by Creative Bloc Music, Ltd. and Deborah Ann's Music in early 1988, with the rights eventually administered by the Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP). A beta arrangement had been performed on the Out of the Blue Tour.
"Lost in Your Eyes" | ||||
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Single by Debbie Gibson | ||||
from the album Electric Youth | ||||
B-side | "Silence Speaks (A Thousand Words)" | |||
Released | December 12, 1988[1] | |||
Recorded | July–August 1988 | |||
Genre | Piano pop | |||
Length | 3:34 (album version) 3:51 (video version) | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Debbie Gibson | |||
Producer(s) | Debbie Gibson | |||
Debbie Gibson singles chronology | ||||
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Released in December 1988, the ballad climbed to number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and remained there for three weeks, becoming her most successful single. In Canada it also reached number one for three weeks, and outside North America, "Lost in Your Eyes" experienced moderate chart success, reaching number seven in Australia and the top 40 in Belgium, Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom. One variant mixed from the original multitrack, "Lost in Your Eyes" (Piano and Vocal Mix/3:34), was only available in Europe as Track 3 of the CD3 release #A8970CD.
Re-recordings
In 2006, Gibson rearranged the song with Tim and Ryan O'Neill for the O'Neill Brothers album Someone You Love. In 2010, Gibson re-recorded the song in both English and Japanese as extra tracks for the Japan-exclusive album Ms. Vocalist.
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
All-time charts
Certifications
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Covers
- Filipino acoustic band Nyoy Volante & The Mannos covered the song on their 2006 self-titled album.
- Filipina singer Sarah Geronimo did a cover of this song for her album Music and Me in 2009.
- Japanese singer Nana Mizuki did an acoustic rendition of this song in MTV Unplugged, aired January 29, 2017. Mizuki's version is pretty much true to the original arrangement. Nana Mizuki's version (MusicPlayOn)
References
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- "RPM 100 Singles – March 18, 1989" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 49 no. 20. March 18, 1989. p. 6. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
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