Promises, Promises (Naked Eyes song)

"Promises, Promises"
Single by Naked Eyes
from the album Burning Bridges
B-side	"Low Life" "(What) In the Name of Love" "A Very Hard Act to Follow"
Released	1983
Recorded	1983
Genre	Synth-pop new wave
Length	3:45 (US version) 4:26 (UK version)
Label	EMI/EMI America
Songwriter(s)	Pete Byrne Rob Fisher
Producer(s)	Tony Mansfield
Naked Eyes singles chronology
"Voices in My Head" (1983) "Promises, Promises" (1983) "When the Lights Go Out" (1983)

"Promises, Promises" is a song by British new wave band Naked Eyes, released in 1983 as the second single from their debut album Burning Bridges. The single went on to become a top-20 hit in the U.S. that October, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart,^[1] albeit after it was re-recorded with some lyrics different from the original UK single. It was the follow up to their earlier hit "Always Something There to Remind Me" by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, which was a top-ten hit in the U.S. in mid-1983. (Although Bacharach and David had also written a song titled "Promises, Promises" for the musical of the same name, the Naked Eyes song was an original song written by the band members Pete Byrne and Rob Fisher.) Madonna performs background vocals on the Jellybean 7" and 12" mixes of the song. These versions weren't released until 2001 on the compilation album Everything and More.