Shut Your Eyes Explained

Shut Your Eyes
Cover:shutyoureyes1.jpeg
Type:single
Artist:Snow Patrol
Album:Eyes Open
Released:20 April 2007 (Germany),[1] [2] [3] 21 September 2007 (Netherlands)[4]
Recorded:2005
Genre:Indie rock
Length:3:17
Label:Umvd Import, Polydor, Fiction
Producer:Jacknife Lee
Prev Title:Open Your Eyes
Prev Year:2007
Next Title:Signal Fire
Next Year:2007

"Shut Your Eyes" is a song by the Northern Irish band Snow Patrol. Initially a track on their 2006 album Eyes Open, it was released as a single in several countries in 2007.

The various B-sides featured on the single are taken from a Snow Patrol live performance at Columbiahalle, Berlin on 9 February 2007.[5] The live renditions of "Spitting Games", "Run" and "Chocolate" included on the single later appeared on the Australian version of the "Signal Fire" single.[6]

The band's drummer, Jonny Quinn, has declared that "Shut Your Eyes" is his favourite song to play live because of the interaction with the audience when the band perform it.[7]

Music video

The official music video was directed by Mark Thomas and it premiered on Yahoo! Music on 10 July 2007.[8]

Track listing

German CD
  1. "Shut Your Eyes" – 3:17
  2. "Headlights on Dark Roads" (Live in Berlin) – 3:35
  3. "Chocolate" (Live in Berlin) – 3:01
  4. "You're All I Have" (Live in Berlin) – 4:38
  1. "Shut Your Eyes" – 3:17
  2. "Set the Fire to the Third Bar" (Live in Berlin) – 3:27
  3. "Spitting Games" (Live in Berlin) – 4:19
  4. "Chasing Cars" (Live in Berlin) – 4:29
  1. "Shut Your Eyes" – 3:17
  2. "Open Your Eyes" (Live in Berlin) – 5:44
  3. "Run" (Live in Berlin) – 5:36
  4. "Shut Your Eyes" (Live in Berlin) – 3:29
Dutch CD
  1. "Shut Your Eyes" – 3:17
  2. "Chasing Cars" (Live in Berlin) – 4:29

This was the only Dutch release, released on 5 October 2007.

Unofficial Releases
  1. "Shut Your Eyes" (Main Mix) – 7:28
  2. "Shut Your Eyes" (Dub Mix) – 6:56
  1. "Shut Your Eyes" (Naum Gabo Remix) – 7:00

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)Position
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 29
Germany (Official German Charts)[17] 72

All-time charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Snow Patrol : Shut Your Eyes (CD1 Digi). https://archive.today/20120918075546/http://www.universal-music.de/musik/snowpatrol/detail/product/99270/0/shut-your-eyes--cd1-digi-. dead. 2012-09-18. Universal Music. 2009-07-15.
  2. Web site: Snow Patrol : Shut Your Eyes (CD2). https://archive.today/20130212084444/http://www.universal-music.de/musik/snowpatrol/detail/product/99271/0/shut-your-eyes--cd2-. dead. 2013-02-12. Universal Music. 2009-07-15.
  3. Web site: Snow Patrol : Shut Your Eyes (CD3). https://archive.today/20130213011411/http://www.universal-music.de/musik/snowpatrol/detail/product/99272/0/shut-your-eyes--cd3-. dead. 2013-02-13. Universal Music. 2009-07-15.
  4. Web site: Snow Patrol - Shut Your Eyes. Universal Music. 2009-07-15.
  5. Web site: Steffen Hung . Snow Patrol - Shut Your Eyes . swisscharts.com . 2012-03-24.
  6. Web site: Single : Signal Fire . Snow Patrol . 2012-03-24.
  7. Web site: Drum solo: One on one with Snow Patrol's Jonny Quinn . Demma . Ashley . 6 November 2009 . Starpulse . 2009-11-09 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20100212222700/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/11/06/drum_solo_one_on_one_with_snow_patrol_s_ . February 12, 2010 .
  8. Web site: News : Snow Patrol Premieres "Shut Your Eyes" On Yahoo! Music . Snow Patrol . 2007-10-07 . 2012-03-24 . 11 December 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071211144934/http://www.snowpatrol.com/news/default.aspx?nid=8283 . dead .
  9. Web site: Shut Your Eyes: Part 1 (Dig): Snow Patrol: Music . Amazon . 2012-03-24.
  10. Web site: Shut Your Eyes: Part 2: Snow Patrol: Music . Amazon . 2012-03-24.
  11. Web site: Shut Your Eyes: Part 3: Snow Patrol: Music . Amazon . 2012-03-24.
  12. Web site: Snow Patrol Shut Your Eyes Netherlands 5" CD SINGLE (421666) . Eil.com . 2012-03-24.
  13. Web site: Shut Your Eyes at Juno Records . https://archive.today/20130420155941/http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/303804-01.htm . dead . 2013-04-20 . Juno.co.uk . 2008-03-03 . 2012-03-24 .
  14. Web site: Shut Your Eyes (Naum Gabo remix) at Juno Records . Juno.co.uk . 2008-04-21 . 2012-03-24.
  15. Web site: Nielsen Music Control Airplay - Germany Top 5. Nielsen Music Control on behalf of BVMI. 17 February 2023. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070804162931/http://www.nielsenmusiccontrol.com/. 4 August 2007.
  16. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 2007. Ultratop. 2020-04-15.
  17. Web site: Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts. German. GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. 2020-04-15.
  18. Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2008. Dutch Top 40. 2020-01-20.
  19. Greatest of All Time Adult Alternative Songs. Billboard. 5 October 2023.

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