| "These Eyes" | ||||
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| Single by The Guess Who | ||||
| from the album Wheatfield Soul | ||||
| B-side | "Lightfoot" | |||
| Released | December 1968 (Canada) March 1969 (US) | |||
| Recorded | September 19 and 21, 1968 | |||
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| Length | 3:45 | |||
| Label | Nimbus 9 (Canada) RCA Victor (US) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings | |||
| Producer(s) | Jack Richardson | |||
| The Guess Who singles chronology | ||||
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"These Eyes" is a song by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. The song was co-written by the group's lead guitarist Randy Bachman and lead singer Burton Cummings and originally included on the band's 1969 album Wheatfield Soul. It was first released as a single (backed by a tribute to Gordon Lightfoot titled "Lightfoot"), in their native Canada, where its chart success (#7),[4] along with the influence of CKLW-AM Windsor's radio station music director Rosalie Trombley, helped land them a U.S. distribution deal with RCA Records.[5] It was subsequently released in the U.S. in March 1969, and became a breakthrough success for the group, as it would be their first single to reach the top ten on the Billboard Pop Singles chart, peaking at number six,[6] and would eventually be certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over one million copies. It was also a top ten hit in South Africa. While it was actually the 18th single released by the band overall, it was the first from the line-up of Cummings, Bachman, Jim Kale, and Garry Peterson as produced by Jack Richardson.[7]
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- ^ Viglione, Joe. "Wheatfield Soul - The Guess Who | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-02.