| Looking Through the Eyes of Love | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Gene Pitney |
| Album: | I Must Be Seeing Things |
| B-Side: | There's No Livin' Without Your Lovin' |
| Released: | June 1965 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Label: | Musicor Records 1103 |
| Producer: | Stan Kahan, Gene Pitney |
| Prev Title: | Last Chance to Turn Around |
| Prev Year: | 1965 |
| Next Title: | Princess in Rags |
| Next Year: | 1965 |
| Looking Through the Eyes of Love | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Partridge Family |
| Album: | The Partridge Family Notebook |
| B-Side: | Storybook Love |
| Released: | 1972 |
| Recorded: | 1972 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Label: | Bell Records 45,301 |
| Producer: | Wes Farrell |
| Prev Title: | Breaking Up Is Hard To Do |
| Prev Year: | 1972 |
| Next Title: | A Friend and a Lover |
| Next Year: | 1973 |
"Looking Through the Eyes of Love" is a song written and composed by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. It first became a popular hit in 1965 by Gene Pitney. In 1972, The Partridge Family recorded a hit cover version.
Gene Pitney was the first artist to have a hit recording of "Looking Through the Eyes of Love" in 1965. His version reached number 3 in both Canada and the United Kingdom, number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100, and number 34 in Australia in 1965.[1] It was featured on Pitney's 1965 album, I Must Be Seeing Things.[2]
The song was produced by Stan Kahan and Pitney.[3]
The Partridge Family released a cover version of the song as a single in 1972 that reached number 9 on both the U.S. adult contemporary chart and UK Singles Chart,[4] number 16 in Canada,[5] and number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100,[6] the group's final Top 40 hit. Their cover was produced by Wes Farrell and released on Bell Records. It was featured on their 1972 album, The Partridge Family Notebook.