When I Look into Your Eyes explained

When I Look into Your Eyes
Cover:FHLookIntoEyes.jpg
Type:single
Artist:FireHouse
Album:Hold Your Fire
Released:1992
Recorded:1992
Genre:Glam metal[1]
Length:4:00
Label:Epic
Producer:David Frater
Prev Title:Reach for the Sky
Prev Year:1991
Next Title:Sleeping with You
Next Year:1992

"When I Look into Your Eyes" is the sixth single released by American rock band FireHouse. The song, a power ballad,[2] [3] became the band's second hit ballad, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending October 17, 1992.[4] The song peaked at number 65 on the UK Singles Chart for the week ending December 19, 1992.[5]

The song was written by guitarist Bill Leverty and vocalist C.J. Snare.[6]

Critical reception

Larry Flick, Billboard's reviewer, left warm review on this track. He thought that despite "a bit purple in the prose department... this cut might tug the heartstrings of top 40 listeners".[7]

Charts

Chart (1992-1993)Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)20
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[8] 65
US Billboard Hot 1008

Year-end chart

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Herrmann. Brenda. TESLA RUNS A BIT SHORT ON POWER. 2021-03-28. chicagotribune.com. en-US. It wasn`t that Firehouse was that great, either. With their cheesy pop-metal tunes like Don`t Treat Me Bad and the overwrought ballad When I Look Into Your Eyes, the quartet from North Carolina is formula-metal in its most regurgitated state..
  2. Web site: Metal band FireHouse is still on fire. October 25, 2014. AsiaOne.
  3. Web site: FIREHOUSE MORE THAN JUST A BALLAD BAND. DEBORAH WILKER, Music. Writer. Sun-Sentinel.com.
  4. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=firehouse|chart=all}} When I Look into Your Eyes - Firehouse]. 2012-03-25 . Billboard . https://www.webcitation.org/66PsitLqS?url=http://www.billboard.com/ . 2012-03-25.
  5. Web site: Firehouse - When I Look Into Your Eyes . 2012-03-25 . .
  6. Web site: Firehouse Music.
  7. Larry. Flick. Larry Flick. Review: Firehouse – When I Look Into Your Eyes. Billboard. 22 August 1992. 11 February 2022. 104. 34. 74. New York. Billboard Publications Inc.. World Radio History. 0006-2510. https://web.archive.org/web/20220208141655/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-08-22.pdf. 8 February 2022.
  8. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 200.
  9. Web site: Billboard Top 100 - 1992. 2010-07-30.

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