Hungry Eyes

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For other uses, see Hungry Eyes (disambiguation).
"Hungry Eyes"
Hungry Eyes.jpg
Single by Eric Carmen
from the album Dirty Dancing:
Original Soundtrack
from the Vestron Motion Picture
B-side "Where Are You Tonight"
Released October 1987 (US)
Recorded 1987
Studio Beachwood Studios (Beachwood, Ohio)
Genre
Length
  • 4:11
  • 3:49 (single version)
Label
Songwriter(s) John DeNicola · Franke Previte
Producer(s) Eric Carmen
Script error: The function "ucfirst" does not exist. singles chronology
"The Rock Stops Here"
(1986)		 "Hungry Eyes"
(1987)		 "Make Me Lose Control"
(1988)
Music video
"Hungry Eyes" on YouTube

"Hungry Eyes" is a song performed by American musician Eric Carmen, a former member of the band Raspberries, and was featured in the film Dirty Dancing (1987).[2] The song was recorded at Beachwood Studios in Beachwood, Ohio in 1987. "Hungry Eyes" peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 3 on the Cash Box Top 100 in 1988. The power ballad[3] was not released commercially in the UK, but it managed to peak at No. 82 in January 1988, having charted purely on import sales.

Songwriters Franke Previte and John DeNicola wrote the song, as well as another hit from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack, "(I've Had) The Time of My Life".[4]

Background

Eric Carmen, the performer of "Hungry Eyes", had been the vocalist of the Raspberries. Carmen released his first solo album Eric Carmen, which contained the worldwide hit "All by Myself".

"Hungry Eyes" was his biggest hit and was written in 1984 by John DeNicola and Franke Previte. It was originally recorded by Previte's band, Franke and The Knockouts for their album Makin' the Point. Jimmy Ienner, the producer of Carmen's band from his early career, The Raspberries, asked him to sing this song for the Dirty Dancing album because he was familiar with Carmen's musical style. Carmen was initially hesitant to produce a song for another film sound track because he believed that soundtrack music died "horrible deaths".[5]

Music video

The music video featured Carmen with Sally Steele in a short scene in a café at the end. Steele later founded Vegas Rocks! Magazine, though she is not the main actress in the video, whose identity is unknown.[6]

Releases

The song was released commercially on 7" vinyl in many countries; plus, a 3-track 12" maxi single and 2-track cassette were produced. CD singles were a relatively new format; however, a 2-track Japanese mini CD single was commercially released in 1988.

Track listing

7" vinyl single - UK/US
No. Title Length
1. "Hungry Eyes"   3:49
2. "Where Are You Tonight"   3:59
12" vinyl single - UK
No. Title Length
1. "Hungry Eyes"   3:49
2. "Where Are You Tonight"   3:59
3. "(I've Had) The Time of My Life (Full Length Film Version)"   6:49
Cassette single - US
No. Title Length
1. "Hungry Eyes" (Song on side A1 and B1) 3:49
2. "Where Are You Tonight" (Song on side A2 and B2) 3:59
CD single - Japan
No. Title Length
1. "Hungry Eyes"   3:49
2. "Where Are You Tonight"   3:59

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Germany (BVMI)[31] Gold 250,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[32] Platinum 600,000

xunspecified figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone

Cover versions

British dance group Eyeopener covered "Hungry Eyes" and released it as a single on 8 November 2004.[33] Their version reached number 16 in the UK and number 25 in Ireland.[34][35]

A reworked version with altered lyrics by James Radford appeared in a 2017 commercial for Sheba cat food in the UK.[36] John Denicola released his own version in 2019 on his debut album "The Why Because" on Omad Records. It reached number 22 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Chart.

Tobacco covered the song in 2020.

References

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  4. ↑ "Hungry Eyes", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 3, 2014)
  5. ↑ "Welcome to EricCarmen.com." Welcome to EricCarmen.com. N.p., n.d. Web. February 3, 2014.
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  8. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Eric Carmen – Hungry Eyes" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  9. ↑ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 8871." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
  10. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0947." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
  11. ↑ Danish Charts Archive. 18 March 1988.
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  13. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Eric Carmen search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  14. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Eric Carmen – Hungry Eyes". Top 40 Singles.
  15. ↑ Portuguese Charts Archive. 11 March 1988.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Eric Carmen – Hungry Eyes". Singles Top 60.
  18. ↑ "Archive Chart: 19880130" UK Singles Chart.
  19. ↑ "Eric Carmen – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Eric Carmen.
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  21. ↑ "Eric Carmen – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Eric Carmen.
  22. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  23. ↑ "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100.
  24. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  25. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Hungry Eyes". Irish Singles Chart.
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  32. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Enter Hungry Eyes in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
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