| "Black-Eyed" | ||||
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| Single by Placebo | ||||
| from the album Black Market Music | ||||
| Released | 8 October 2001 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Steve Hewitt, Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal | |||
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"Black-Eyed" is a song by English alternative rock band Placebo. It was released as a single from their third studio album, 2000's Black Market Music. The song tells the story of a character with a troubled childhood, bitterly affecting their development: "I'm forever black-eyed/A product of a broken home".
The official music video includes scenes from the 2001 German film Engel & Joe.[citation needed]
Reviews of the song ranged between it being called "clumsy posturing"[1] and applauded that as "things start getting mellower and darker [...] One of the nicest [is] Black-Eyed, which sees the electronics politely let the guitars have a go between wailed choruses. In fact, alongside current single Slave To The Wage, this is possibly a favourite moment on the album."[2]
- ^ "Placebo Once More With Feeling (The Singles) Review". BBC. 2003. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ "Placebo - Black Market Music". Drowned in Sound. 9 October 2000. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2016.