Naked Eyes
Naked Eyes is a British new wave band that rose to prominence in the early … Read Full Bio ↴Naked Eyes is a British new wave band that rose to prominence in the early 1980s. The band had four US top 40 singles, but had little commercial success in their homeland. Their first hit, "Always Something There to Remind Me," was a cover of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David standard. The band had subsequent hits with their own compositions, "Promises, Promises," "When the Lights Go Out," and "(What) In the Name of Love" in the United States.
History.
Naked Eyes was formed by two college friends from Bath, England. The band features Pete Byrne on vocals and Rob Fisher on keyboards. The two had formerly played in a band called Neon, which also featured future members of Tears for Fears. Naked Eyes was one of the first bands to make significant use of the Fairlight CMI sampling synthesizer on a recording.
The debut album Burning Bridges was produced by Tony Mansfield, along with the follow-up album Fuel for the Fire, which also featured two titles produced by Arthur Baker. Their second and third singles, "Promises, Promises" (the 12" mix of which features vocals from Madonna) and "When the Lights Go Out," were also hit singles in the United States.
Following the release of the band's second album, Byrne moved to California and performed session work. He performed on Stevie Wonder's "Part-Time Lover," sang backgrounds with Rita Coolidge and Princess Stephanie, and wrote and produced for the Olsen twins. Fisher also explored other projects, doing sessions in London and forming Climie Fisher with Simon Climie.
The group never toured due to the technical difficulties of recreating their studio sound in concert. Rob Fisher died on 25 August 1999, aged 42, following surgery for bowel cancer. Byrne released a solo album The Real Illusion in 2001, which featured some of the last tracks he wrote with Fisher for a proposed third Naked Eyes album. In 2005, Byrne put a band together to play some Naked Eyes shows and has been touring regularly since. In 2007, Naked Eyes released Fumbling with the Covers, an acoustic album which consisted of covers of Bob Dylan, The Beatles and Elvis Costello, among others, along with the Naked Eyes hits.
In the summer of 2008, Naked Eyes completed a US tour along with Belinda Carlisle, ABC and The Human League. In the summer of 2014, Naked Eyes did a US tour with The Go-Go's, Scandal and The Motels.
History.
Naked Eyes was formed by two college friends from Bath, England. The band features Pete Byrne on vocals and Rob Fisher on keyboards. The two had formerly played in a band called Neon, which also featured future members of Tears for Fears. Naked Eyes was one of the first bands to make significant use of the Fairlight CMI sampling synthesizer on a recording.
The debut album Burning Bridges was produced by Tony Mansfield, along with the follow-up album Fuel for the Fire, which also featured two titles produced by Arthur Baker. Their second and third singles, "Promises, Promises" (the 12" mix of which features vocals from Madonna) and "When the Lights Go Out," were also hit singles in the United States.
Following the release of the band's second album, Byrne moved to California and performed session work. He performed on Stevie Wonder's "Part-Time Lover," sang backgrounds with Rita Coolidge and Princess Stephanie, and wrote and produced for the Olsen twins. Fisher also explored other projects, doing sessions in London and forming Climie Fisher with Simon Climie.
The group never toured due to the technical difficulties of recreating their studio sound in concert. Rob Fisher died on 25 August 1999, aged 42, following surgery for bowel cancer. Byrne released a solo album The Real Illusion in 2001, which featured some of the last tracks he wrote with Fisher for a proposed third Naked Eyes album. In 2005, Byrne put a band together to play some Naked Eyes shows and has been touring regularly since. In 2007, Naked Eyes released Fumbling with the Covers, an acoustic album which consisted of covers of Bob Dylan, The Beatles and Elvis Costello, among others, along with the Naked Eyes hits.
In the summer of 2008, Naked Eyes completed a US tour along with Belinda Carlisle, ABC and The Human League. In the summer of 2014, Naked Eyes did a US tour with The Go-Go's, Scandal and The Motels.
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Naked Eyes Lyrics
A Very Hard Act To Follow She said that the part is over In the morning she…
Always Something There To Re I walk along the city streets you used to walk…
Burning Bridges Just the other day I heard somebody say ?Life is getting…
Communication Without Sound Turn off your radio Come paint your pictures in my mind Don'…
Could Be Could be, it is my mistake Could be, that I'm here…
Cry Baby Cry Cry baby cry Make your mother sigh She's old enough to know…
Emotion In Motion I've been wanting you again And there's no mistake Like a ca…
Eyes Of A Child You think you're so sophisticated With your lady-like ways Y…
Flag Of Convenience It's changing your colors every other day You're changing yo…
Flying Solo Flying low When a voice on the radio Says do you know You…
Fortune And Fame She was a disbeliever No one could ever lead her She made…
I Could Show You How You've been away for so long You walked out on me There's…
In The Name Of Love As I watch you close the door With nothing to say I…
King Bee Well I'm a king bee Buzzing around your hive Well I'm a…
Little Wing Well, she's walking Through the clouds With a circus mind …
Low Life You said you came From a train Your dreams are wild You're s…
Man Out of Time So this is where he came to hide When he ran…
Me I See In You Don't turn your nose up at the girls in the…
New Hearts Look in my direction, tell me what you see I won't…
No Flowers Please It's push and pull all day long first is off and then…
Once Is Enough Looking out at new horizons Looking up at shooting stars W…
Pit Stop Oh-oh Oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh…
Promises Never had a doubt In the beginning Never a doubt Trusted too…
Promises, Promises Never had a doubt in the beginning Never a doubt Trusted you…
Ready She takes Flamenco classes While I tap dance across the floo…
Rocket Man She packed my bags last night, preflight Zero hour, nine a.…
Sacrifice It couldn't happen to you You know it never comes true You…
Sad Lisa She hangs her head and cries on my shirt She must…
Sweet Poison She′s sweet poison Couldn't resist her She′s sweet poison Ca…
The Time Is Now Don't think twice of me tonight And I will do the…
Voices In My Head I don't know why I'm feeling lost It's only love I give…
When The Lights Go Out Susie doesn't go out very much She likes to stay in…
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go I've seen love go by my door It's never been this…