Blue Eyes (Elton John song) explained

"Blue Eyes" is a song performed by British musician Elton John with music and lyrics written by John and Gary Osborne. It was released in 1982 as the UK lead single from John's 16th studio album, Jump Up! (1982). It was released as the album's second single in the US.^[1] It hit No. 8 in the UK; in the US, it spent three weeks at No. 10 on the Cash Box chart, went to No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, and spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard AC chart.^[2] John performed this song often in his concerts until 2012.^[3]

Music video

The music video for the song was filmed in Australia, on Sydney's Bondi to Bronte walk. The exact location is at the most easterly point of Marks Park, Tamarama, where a low, sandstone turret rests on the top of the cliffs and overlooks the Tasman Sea. The white grand piano was positioned right in the middle of the turret. The song and video was in dedication to Elizabeth Taylor.

Personnel

• Elton John – vocals, acoustic piano
• James Newton Howard – Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, string arrangements and conductor
• Dee Murray – bass
• Jeff Porcaro – drums, possible tambourine
• The Mountain Fjord Orchestra – strings
• Gavyn Wright – concertmaster

Accolades

Grammy Awards|-| style="width:35px; text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|1983 || rowspan="2"| "Blue Eyes" || Best Pop Vocal Performance – Male^[4] || |-

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5]	4
Belgium (Ultratop)	8
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6]	5
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[7]	1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[8]	16
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	10
Netherlands (Single Top 100)	19
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9]	11
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[10]	7
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)	9
UK Singles (OCC)	8
US Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks (Billboard)[11]	1
US Cash Box Top 100[12]	10
West Germany (Official German Charts)	51

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)	Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[13] [14]	54
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[15]	49
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[16]	80
US Billboard Hot 100[17]	62
US Cash Box Top 100[18]	59

See also

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1982 (U.S.)

External links

• Lyrics of this song

Notes and References

1. Web site: Elton John – Blue Eyes.
2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 128.
3. Web site: Blue Eyes by Elton John Song Statistics setlist.fm . 2022-06-28 . www.setlist.fm.
4. Web site: Grammy Awards: Best Pop Vocal Performance – Male. rockonthenet.com. 13 July 2015.
5. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 0-646-11917-6 .
6. Web site: Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 2016-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161026233321/https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6945&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=9420ufjgcg1rcg5l5s77bq1aa0 . 2016-10-26 . dead .
7. Web site: Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 2016-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161026233310/https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6494&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=19u4r29kcogphe7hg1g8e9eeu3 . 2016-10-26 . dead .
8. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021. 2021. Elton John. 117. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 2022-06-27. fi.
9. http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=2982 NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, May 16, 1982
10. Web site: South African Rock Lists Website – SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Songs (A-B).
11. Adult Contemporary Music Chart – Billboard. Billboard. 2 January 2013.
12. Web site: Top 100 1978-12-30 . . 2015-10-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121004091038/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19781230.html . 2012-10-04 . dead .
13. Web site: National Top 100 Singles for 1982 . . . 445 . 3 January 1983 . 22 January 2023 .
14. Web site: Steffen Hung . Forum – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) . Australian-charts.com . 2016-10-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134948/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 . 2014-10-06 .
15. Web site: Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 2016-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161026232541/https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6167&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=9420ufjgcg1rcg5l5s77bq1aa0 . 2016-10-26 . dead .
16. Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1982.
17. Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1982/Top 100 Songs of 1982. musicoutfitters.com.
18. Web site: Top 100 Year End Charts: 1982 . . 2015-07-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110913002620/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1982YESP.html . 2011-09-13 . dead .