Sexy Eyes (Dr. Hook song) explained

Sexy Eyes
Cover:Sexy_Eyes_-_Dr._Hook.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Dr. Hook
Album:Sometimes You Win
B-Side:Help Me Mama
Released:January 28, 1980
Recorded:1979
Length:
  • (Single edit)
  • (Album version)
Label:Capitol
Producer:Ron Haffkine
Prev Title:Better Love Next Time
Prev Year:1979
Next Title:Years from Now
Next Year:1980

"Sexy Eyes" is a song by Dr. Hook, released as a single in early 1980. It was the second of three singles from their LP Sometimes You Win.

In the United States, the single reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, tying it with "Sylvia's Mother" as the highest-charting song for the band, and was certified Gold by the RIAA.[1] It was also a Top 10 hit in Canada (#8) and the United Kingdom (#4), in the process becoming the band's last top thirty hit in the UK.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)41
Canadian RPM Top Singles8
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary1
Germany 2
New Zealand[2] 1
South Africa (Springbok)[3] 20
UK Singles Chart4
US Billboard Hot 1005
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)6
US R&B (Billboard)67

Year-end charts

Chart (1980)Rank
Canada [4] 65
New Zealand[5] 27
UK[6] 59
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] 25

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Pop Singles. Joel Whitburn . 2009 . Record Research, Inc. . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin . 978-0-89820-180-2 . 286 . April 15, 2012.
  2. Web site: NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart . Nztop40.co.nz . May 18, 1980 . October 17, 2016.
  3. Web site: SA Charts 1965–March 1989. September 2, 2018.
  4. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . October 17, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160425051319/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.0272&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 . April 25, 2016 .
  5. Web site: Top Selling Singles of 1980 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart . Nztop40.co.nz . December 31, 1980 . October 17, 2016.
  6. "UK Singles of the Year" Record Mirror December 27, 1980: 30
  7. Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1990/Top 100 Songs of 1990 . Musicoutfitters.com . October 17, 2016.