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Post by kellydicted on Jun 17, 2005 2:02:53 GMT -5
I don't think this has been posted yet.
One of my all time favorites. It topped the chart in 1981 for 5 weeks. It even won Kim Record of The Year at the Grammys.
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Post by mst3k on Jun 17, 2005 10:19:27 GMT -5
Did even better on the Hot 100, spending 9 non-consecutive weeks at #1 (interrupted by the first Stars On 45 "Medley"), and wound up #1 for the year.
I like this song. Even better was a parody single by comedian Bruce Baum, "Marty Feldman Eyes".
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2005 11:41:21 GMT -5
I like it.
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Post by 620 Soul Train on Jun 17, 2005 11:44:59 GMT -5
I think Urban radio in Phoenix, AZ gave it few spins as well. Anyway it was an okay song.
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Post by jimmy74747 on Jun 17, 2005 13:22:02 GMT -5
Very good song
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jun 18, 2005 18:25:17 GMT -5
Love the hand-clapping (or whatever it is). Also, a cool phrase, "Bette Davis Eyes."
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Post by Nick on Jun 21, 2005 19:05:09 GMT -5
This was the jam back in the day. I loved it and her raspy voice.
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Post by Hervard on Jun 21, 2005 20:10:56 GMT -5
Love the hand-clapping (or whatever it is). Do you mean the part that starts in the second verse, goes something like "PSH-PSH! PSH! PSH-PSH! PSH!"? That's a synthesizer, but I don't think it's supposed to be simulated hand-claps. Just a unique drum beat, I guess. |
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Post by Diablo Cody™ on Jun 23, 2005 11:40:15 GMT -5
One of the best 80's songs.
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Post by johnnywest on Nov 30, 2006 21:17:57 GMT -5
It was OK but got played just a tad too much.
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Post by John77 on Dec 1, 2006 1:35:49 GMT -5
^^ Perhaps... depends on your market...
Still sounds great on the air... even our JACK FM here in L.A. plays this - heard it on the way home from work last night...
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 23, 2007 11:45:43 GMT -5
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Post by unicorns on Oct 11, 2008 5:19:50 GMT -5
yeah it is overplayed but somehow i still love it  |
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Post by ♛ The Manticore ☯ on Mar 18, 2013 11:22:48 GMT -5
I like it. There's an aircheck of the original 92 WKTU (not 103.5 KTU) with Al Bandiero that played this song near the beginning:
WKTU New York Al Bandiero 1981
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2013 21:46:56 GMT -5
A long time ago, on a road trip, I sang this entire song using my best Kim Carnes impression.
Years later I came out to one of my friends who was in the car, and she said that was the moment she knew I was gay.
So.
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Post by esoteric76 on Mar 21, 2013 16:20:09 GMT -5
This is one of the best songs ever. I never tire of it.
Love that Jesse Langseth sung it on Idol, although she pretty much copied the Gwyneth Paltrow version (which was a HUGE hit in Australia). Go figure!
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Post by Sir Benji on Mar 24, 2013 19:06:54 GMT -5
One of the best songs i've ever heard. Gwenyth Paltrow & Brandon Flowers (of The Killers) have done some great covers of this.
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Post by Dammn Baby on Sept 18, 2014 5:09:19 GMT -5
This is a timeless jam.
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Post by Dreams on Sept 18, 2014 8:09:05 GMT -5
It's a pretty nice song. That dreamy feel of the production is what I like best on it.
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Post by newpower on Sept 18, 2014 10:40:45 GMT -5
Such a classic song. Love it.
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Post by Dammn Baby on Jan 5, 2018 22:56:24 GMT -5
This has always been one of my favorite lyrics. Truly great songwriting.
She's ferocious/precocious and she knows just what it
Takes to make a pro blush
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Post by JOJO SIWA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME on Jul 22, 2018 3:02:05 GMT -5
This is such a great song. The production is so beautiful and Kim's vocals mesh so well with it. I also love the Brandon Flowers cover of it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzj126so6mw |
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Post by Unhinged on Jul 26, 2018 17:01:16 GMT -5
Great song.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2019 12:32:03 GMT -5
Nice classic! The production is wonderful and Kim's voice is great here. I always thought Kim always sounded like a female Rod Stewart which is not a bad compliment.
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Post by Nick on Jul 5, 2020 19:48:31 GMT -5
The video.
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Post by disman00911 on Jul 6, 2020 12:50:10 GMT -5
In my market, I heard this whenever there was 80s flashbacks on my AC/Hot AC stations (Lite FM 93.9, 100.3, and 101.9 The Mix). Decent song but not my favorite 80s song.
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jul 6, 2020 17:20:48 GMT -5
Loved this song back then, but I don't listen to this that much anymore.
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Post by Ernesto on Jul 18, 2021 19:01:42 GMT -5
40 years ago today, "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes scored its 9th non-consecutive and final week at No.1 on the Hot 100 Singles chart. It was No.1 for 5 weeks then it was interrupted for one week by "Stars on 45" before it returned to No.1 for another 4 weeks. "Bette Davis Eyes" was the first single from her 6th album "Mistaken Identity" and won the Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. It was MASSIVE!!! Billboard magazine named it the biggest hit of 1981. I love the synth work, the hand claps, everything about it.
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