Don't Close Your Eyes (Keith Whitley song)

"Don't Close Your Eyes"
Single by Keith Whitley
from the album Don't Close Your Eyes
B-side"Lucky Dog"
ReleasedMarch 1988
Recorded1987
GenreCountry
Length4:11
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Bob McDill
Producer(s)Garth Fundis, Keith Whitley
Keith Whitley singles chronology
"Some Old Side Road"
(1987) 		"Don't Close Your Eyes"
(1988) 		"When You Say Nothing at All"
(1988)

"Don't Close Your Eyes" is a song written by Bob McDill, and recorded by American country music artist Keith Whitley. It was released in March 1988 as the third single from his album of the same name. In the United States, the single reached number-one for the week of August 13, while peaking at number 2 in Canada. Additionally, it was Billboard's number-one country single of the year 1988.[1]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 382.