"Shut Your Eyes" | ||||
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Single by Snow Patrol | ||||
from the album Eyes Open | ||||
Released | 20 April 2007 (Germany),[1][2][3] 21 September 2007 (Netherlands)[4] | |||
Recorded | 2005 | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 3:17 | |||
Label | Umvd Import, Polydor, Fiction | |||
Songwriter(s) | Gary Lightbody, Nathan Connolly, Tom Simpson, Paul Wilson and Jonny Quinn | |||
Producer(s) | Jacknife Lee | |||
Snow Patrol singles chronology | ||||
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"Shut Your Eyes" is a song by the Northern Irish band Snow Patrol. Initially a track on their 2006 album Eyes Open, it was released as a single in several countries in 2007.
The various B-sides featured on the single are taken from a Snow Patrol live performance at Columbiahalle, Berlin on 9 February 2007.[5] The live renditions of "Spitting Games", "Run" and "Chocolate" included on the single later appeared on the Australian version of the "Signal Fire" single.[6]
The band's drummer, Jonny Quinn, has declared that "Shut Your Eyes" is his favourite song to play live because of the interaction with the audience when the band perform it.[7]
Music video
The official music video was directed by Mark Thomas and it premiered on Yahoo! Music on 10 July 2007.[8][9]
Track listing
- German CD
- Version I:[10]
- "Shut Your Eyes" – 3:17
- "Headlights on Dark Roads" (Live in Berlin) – 3:35
- "Chocolate" (Live in Berlin) – 3:01
- "You're All I Have" (Live in Berlin) – 4:38
- Version II:[11]
- "Shut Your Eyes" – 3:17
- "Set the Fire to the Third Bar" (Live in Berlin) – 3:27
- "Spitting Games" (Live in Berlin) – 4:19
- "Chasing Cars" (Live in Berlin) – 4:29
- Version III:[12]
- "Shut Your Eyes" – 3:17
- "Open Your Eyes" (Live in Berlin) – 5:44
- "Run" (Live in Berlin) – 5:36
- "Shut Your Eyes" (Live in Berlin) – 3:29
- Dutch CD
- Version I:[13]
- "Shut Your Eyes" – 3:17
- "Chasing Cars" (Live in Berlin) – 4:29
This was the only Dutch release, released on 5 October 2007.
- Unofficial Releases
- Spencer Collective Mixes Bootleg (12" Vinyl):[14]
- "Shut Your Eyes" (Main Mix) – 7:28
- "Shut Your Eyes" (Dub Mix) – 6:56
- Naum Gabo Remix (12" Vinyl):[15]
- "Shut Your Eyes" (Naum Gabo Remix) – 7:00
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
All-time charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Germany (BVMI)[29] | Gold | 150,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ "Snow Patrol : Shut Your Eyes (CD1 Digi)". Universal Music. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
- ^ "Snow Patrol : Shut Your Eyes (CD2)". Universal Music. Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
- ^ "Snow Patrol : Shut Your Eyes (CD3)". Universal Music. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
- ^ "Snow Patrol - Shut Your Eyes". Universal Music. Retrieved 15 July 2009. [dead link]
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Snow Patrol - Shut Your Eyes". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ^ "Single : Signal Fire". Snow Patrol. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ^ Demma, Ashley (6 November 2009). "Drum solo: One on one with Snow Patrol's Jonny Quinn". Starpulse. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "News : Snow Patrol Premieres "Shut Your Eyes" On Yahoo! Music". Snow Patrol. 7 October 2007. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ^ Shut Your Eyes video on YouTube
- ^ "Shut Your Eyes: Part 1 (Dig): Snow Patrol: Music". Amazon. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ^ "Shut Your Eyes: Part 2: Snow Patrol: Music". Amazon. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ^ "Shut Your Eyes: Part 3: Snow Patrol: Music". Amazon. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ^ "Snow Patrol Shut Your Eyes Netherlands 5" CD SINGLE (421666)". Eil.com. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ^ "Shut Your Eyes at Juno Records". Juno.co.uk. 3 March 2008. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ^ "Shut Your Eyes (Naum Gabo remix) at Juno Records". Juno.co.uk. 21 April 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ^ "Snow Patrol – Shut Your Eyes" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "Snow Patrol – Shut Your Eyes" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "Snow Patrol – Shut Your Eyes" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "Snow Patrol – Shut Your Eyes" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "Nielsen Music Control Airplay - Germany Top 5". Nielsen Music Control on behalf of BVMI. Archived from the original on 4 August 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 2, 2008" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "Snow Patrol – Shut Your Eyes" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "Snow Patrol – Shut Your Eyes". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "Snow Patrol Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten 2007". Ultratop. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2008". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Greatest of All Time Adult Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Snow Patrol; 'Shut Your Eyes')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
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