Close My Eyes Forever Explained

Close My Eyes Forever
Cover:Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne - Close My Eyes Forever.png
Type:single
Artist:Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne
Album:Lita
B-Side:Under the Gun
Recorded:1987
Genre:Glam metal[1] [2]
Label:RCA
Producer:Mike Chapman
Chronology:Lita Ford
Prev Title:Back to the Cave
Prev Year:1988
Next Title:Falling In and Out of Love
Next Year:1989

"Close My Eyes Forever" is a duet by Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne from Ford's 1988 album Lita. The song was written by Ford and Osbourne as the result of an accident in the studio, during which they both drank heavily and inadvertently wrote the lyrics to the song together.[3] [4] This song is Ford's highest charting single, peaking at number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1989, and number 25 on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. It is also Osbourne's highest charting single of his solo career. The song was one of four singles from the album Lita.[5]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1989)! scope="col"
Peak
position
US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard)[6] 25

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)!scope="col"
Position
US Billboard Hot 100[7] [8] 77

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bowar. Chad. Best 20 Hair Metal Ballads of the '80s and '90s. 2021-02-24. LiveAbout. en.
  2. J. Bennet. Cue the Guitar Solos, Here Are Ten Hott Hair Metal Love Ballads for Valentine's Day. February 13, 2015. February 25, 2021. Vice. en.
  3. Web site: Close My Eyes Forever by Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne Songfacts. Songfacts. May 22, 2018.
  4. Web site: Ozzy Osbourne Recalls His Accidental Hit With Lita Ford. Ultimate Classic Rock. 24 October 2014 . May 22, 2018.
  5. Web site: Close My Eyes Forever - Lita Ford. AllMusic. May 22, 2018.
  6. Lita Ford Chart History: Mainstream Rock. Billboard. July 9, 2023.
  7. December 23, 1989 . 1989 The Year in Music: Top Pop Singles . Y-22 . Billboard . 101 . 51 .
  8. Web site: Billboard Top 100 – 1989.