Dry Your Eyes

This article is about the song by The Streets. For the BBC Northern Ireland comedy series, see Dry Your Eyes (TV series). For the song by Neil Diamond and Robbie Robertson, see The Last Waltz.

"Dry Your Eyes"
Single by the Streets
from the album A Grand Don't Come for Free
Released19 July 2004 (2004-07-19)
Length4:32
Label
Songwriter(s)The Streets
Producer(s)The Streets
The Streets singles chronology
"Fit but You Know It"
(2004) 		"Dry Your Eyes"
(2004) 		"Blinded by the Lights"
(2004)

"Dry Your Eyes" is a single by English rapper and producer Mike Skinner under the music project the Streets. The song describes the protagonist trying to cope with his girlfriend breaking up with him. It was released in the UK on 19 July 2004. The song is the Streets' most successful single, reaching number one in the United Kingdom on 25 July 2004, six days after its release. "Dry Your Eyes" also went straight to number one in Ireland staying there for three weeks in a row.

In Australia, the song was ranked number 19 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004.[1] In October 2011, NME placed it at number 87 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".[2]

  1. ^ "Hottest 100 2004". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  2. ^ "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". NME. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.