In Your Eyes
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'2012' Review...face of surly seismic booms and cataclysmic tsunamis. And when an Aerosmith cover of "In Your Eyes" played, Mother Nature would shed a tear and give up on her apocalyptic master plan. Doves would fly, bad actors would awkwardly hug and... In this article: Roland Emmerich, The Day After Tomorrow, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Michael Bay, Independence Day, Candy, Margarita, Global warming, and Godzilla |
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National Post | November 06, 2009
Chris Knight on DVDs: Legends both: biplane & boom box
...the footage; Crowe then had to find the perfect song for it to play. He hit on Peter Gabriel's In Your Eyes after hearing it on a tape from his 1986 wedding to Nancy Wilson. As Crowe recalls, he sent Gabriel a copy of the film and then was...
In this article: Cameron Crowe, John Cusack, Alfred Hitchcock, Say Anything, Peter Gabriel, North by Northwest, Cary Grant, and Touch
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Boston Herald | October 25, 2009
Torturous interrogation technique isn't music to everyone's ears
...music to everyone's ears In the iconic teen movie "Say Anything," a despondent John Cusack holds a boombox above his head and blares the song "In Your Eyes" outside the bedroom window of his estranged girlfriend. When Cusack does this,...
In this article: CIA, National Security Archive, IPod, Gitmo, John Cusack, Detainee, Glee, and Say Anything
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OK! Magazine | November 03, 2009
The PhilmGuy's DVD Review: 'Rocky: The Undisputed Collection' and 'North by Northwest'
...including a trivia game and a fresh retrospective on the seminal movie that features the iconic image of Cusack blasting "In Your Eyes" on the boom box he holds aloft. Also out this week: Aliens in the Attic - Ashley Tisdale vies for a...
In this article: Rocky, North by Northwest, DVD, John Cusack, Say Anything…, Blu-ray, Alfred Hitchcock, I Love You, Beth Cooper, and Cary Grant
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Entertainment Weekly | November 03, 2009
'Say Anything': Boom box up!
...release of the movie two decades ago. Today's publicity stunt will also have over-the-emo-top-named band the Lloyd Dobler Effect playing an acoustic version of Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes. " What it will not have, but which I have...
In this article: Peter Gabriel, Say Anything…, David Geffen, Cameron Crowe, Wired, John Cusack, Rosanna Arquette, and Lloyd Dobler Effect
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Bleacher Report | October 27, 2009
Playing Devil's Advocate: Where Does Alabama Go If Nick Saban Leaves?
...coat and a giant boom box, and camp him out in Saban's yard, have him raise the giant speakers over his head, and play Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes." Who would we turn to? A simple, lighthearted exchange of harmless emails led me to...
In this article: Nick Saban, Alabama, Ohio State, Alabama Crimson Tide football, John Cusack, Ann Arbor, Tennessee, and Fox Sports
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AlterNet.org: War on Iraq | May 22, 2008
John Cusack's War War on Iraq AlterNet
...corporate media. Back in 1989, in his smash hit, Say Anything, John Cusack famously stood outside the home of the woman he loved with a boom box above his head blasting Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes." With his latest films on the...
In this article: John Cusack, Grace Is Gone, Iraq War, War, Inc., Hollywood, Iraq, AlterNet, U.S., and Naomi Klein
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Wikipedia | October 27, 2009
Raisins (South Park)
...play Peter Gabriel" (a reference to the famous scene in Cameron Crowe's Say Anything... wherein John Cusack serenades Ione Skye with "In Your Eyes "). Stan does so (choosing the comparatively less romantic "Shock the Monkey"), only to find...
In this article: Stan, Butters, Kyle, Lexus, South Park, Say Anything..., and DVD
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www.washingtonpost.com | November 11, 2007
Movie Songs No Longer Rule Pop Charts
...than the movie." The famous scene in "Say Anything ... ," in which John Cusack holds a stereo above his head outside Ione Skye's window and blares Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes," almost featured a different tune. "That needed to be the...
In this article: Oscar, Cameron Crowe, Sondre Lerche, John Sayles, Jim Sheridan, John Cusack, Diane Warren, Burt Bacharach, and Say Anything
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"In Your Eyes" is a hit rock/pop single from Peter Gabriel's 1986 album So. It reached #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks and #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1986. It was not released as a single in the UK. Gabriel later released an extended version of the song which was nearly 9 minutes in length (as compared to the original 5:29). Like many of his songs, "In Your Eyes" contains significant African influences, even more so when performed live (on the So tour) as an extended vocal duet with Youssou N'Dour.
"In Your Eyes" was written about Gabriel's one-time girlfriend, actress Rosanna Arquette.
In 1989, the song appeared in the Cameron Crowe film, Say Anything, in a scene where broken-hearted Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) serenades his former girlfriend (Ione Skye) outside her bedroom window by holding up a boombox above his head and playing the song for her. (This scene has become a standard pop culture reference for romance.) Although this re-popularized the song, it charted but failed to crack the top 40 in its second run, reaching #41.
The song was the finale of the Secret World Tour, and is the final track on the Secret World Live album.
In 1993, Gabriel performed the song on Saturday Night Live.
The song was included on the US version of his 2003 compilation Hit, but not on the European or Japanese versions.
This song also appeared in the 2005 episode of Cold Case entitled "Family", involving a 1988 murder. The song apears towards the end when case is resolved.
- Name:
- In Your Eyes
- Genre:
- Pop/Rock/ballad
- Release Date:
- January 01, 1986
- Preceded By:
- "Sledgehammer"
- Produced by:
- Peter Gabriel, Bill Laswell and Daniel Lanois
- Written By:
- Peter Gabriel
- Recorded By:
- Peter Gabriel
- Length:
- 5:29
- Record Label:
- Geffen Records
- Recording Dates:
- 1985
- Audio Format:
- 7" single, 12" single, CD single
- From Album:
- So
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