^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. * Sales figures based on certification alone. The video was directed by Australian film director Russell Mulcahy. After their Grammy wins, Davis sent them roses as well. She wrote letters to Carnes, Weiss, and DeShannon to thank all three of them for making her "a part of modern times" and stated that her grandson now looked up to her. Īctress Bette Davis was 73 years old when Kim Carnes's version became a hit. The song was recorded in the studio on the first take. Keyboardist Bill Cuomo came up with the signature synth riff, using the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 synthesizer, which now defines Carnes's version. However, it was not until March 1981, when Kim Carnes recorded her version of the song in a radically different synthesizer-based arrangement, that "Bette Davis Eyes" became a commercial success.Īccording to producer Val Garay, the original demo of the tune that was brought to him sounded like "a Leon Russell track, with this beer-barrel polka piano part." The demo can be heard in a Val Garay interview on TAXI TV at 21:50. In this original incarnation, the track is performed in an 'R&B lite' arrangement, featuring a prominent uptempo piano part, as well as flourishes of pedal steel guitar and horns. The song was written in 1974 by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon, the latter of whom recorded the song that same year on her album New Arrangement. Record World called it a "haunting pop-rocker" and said that Carnes' "earthy vocal rasp & guitar chimes are unforgettable." Background This song is written in the key of F major. Ĭleopatra Records released a re-recording of the song as a single in 2007. 12 on Billboard's list of the Top 100 songs in the first 50 years of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song won the Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Record of the Year it also ranked at No. 2 hit of 1981 in that country after " Stars on 45". 2 in Canada for twelve consecutive weeks, and was the No. 10 in the United Kingdom, to date her only Top 40 hit in that country.
5 on Billboard 's Top Tracks charts and No. The song was #1 for five weeks, interrupted for just one week by " Stars on 45" before it returned to the top spot for another four weeks and became Billboard's biggest hit of the year. It was originally recorded by DeShannon in that year for her album New Arrangement but it was made popular by American singer Kim Carnes in 1981 when it spent nine non-consecutive weeks on top of the U.S.
" Bette Davis Eyes" is a song written and composed by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon in 1974.
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