Don't Close Your Eyes (Kix song)

"Don't Close Your Eyes"
Single by Kix
from the album Blow My Fuse
B-side
  • "Get It While It's Hot"
  • "She Dropped Me the Bomb"
Released12 May 1989[1]
Recorded1988
GenreGlam metal[2]
Length4:17
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Kix singles chronology
"Blow My Fuse"
(1989) 		"Don't Close Your Eyes"
(1989) 		"Get It While It's Hot"
(1989)
Music video
"Don't Close Your Eyes" on YouTube

"Don't Close Your Eyes" is a power ballad[3][4] by the American glam metal band Kix from their fourth studio album, Blow My Fuse (1988). It was written by Bob Halligan Jr., John Palumbo and Donnie Purnell.

The song remains Kix's most successful single release, peaking at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100.[5] It is the group's only top 40 hit, resulting in them frequently being called a one-hit wonder.[6][7]

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  2. ^ Bowar, Chad. "Best 20 Hair Metal Ballads of the '80s and '90s". LiveAbout. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  3. ^ "Kix Guitarist Brian Forsythe: 'No One Wanted Donnie Purnell Involved' In Band Reunion". blabbermouth.net. 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  4. ^ Crawford, Allyson B. (May 31, 2009). "Top Power Ballads of All Time". Noisecreep. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  5. ^ "Kix - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  6. ^ "All One-Hit Wonders 1955-2016 - Top40Weekly.com". top40weekly.com. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  7. ^ Stroessner, Paul (2012-06-07). "One Hit Wonders of the '80s: 1989 – Kix". Return to the 80s. Retrieved 2021-06-14.