When You Close Your Eyes

"When You Close Your Eyes" is a song by Night Ranger from their 1983 album Midnight Madness.[2]

"When You Close Your Eyes"
Single by Night Ranger
from the album Midnight Madness
Released1983 (1983)
GenrePop metal[1]
Length4:08
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Pat Glasser
Night Ranger singles chronology
"Sister Christian"
(1984)		 "When You Close Your Eyes"
(1983)		 "Sentimental Street"
(1985)

In the U.S., the single reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 7 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[3][4]

Ultimate Classic Rock ranked When You Close Your Eyes at number five on their list of Top 10 Night Ranger Songs[5]

In the music video, scenes of the band performing are interspersed with a man's memories of his ex-girlfriend, and scenes showing her current situation, a housewife married to a chimpanzee.

Charts
Year-end chart (1984)Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[6] 98
Billboard Hot 100 14
Billboard Mainstream Rock 7
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References
  1. "36 Essential '80s Pop Metal Tracks". Stereogum. 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2020-06-02. #28
  2. Roth, Jason (November 2001). "Motorin' Mania". Spin. p. 88.
  3. "Night Ranger - Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  4. "Night Ranger - Mainstream Rock". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  5. December 28, Matt WardlawPublished:; 2012. "Top 10 Night Ranger Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2020-08-17.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. "Talent Almanac 1985: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 96 no. 51. December 22, 1984. p. TA-19.


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