Eyes Wide Open (Gotye song)

"Eyes Wide Open"
Single by Gotye
from the album Making Mirrors
B-side	"Atimot ot Edo", "Smoke and Mirrors"
Released	5 November 2010
Recorded	2010
Genre	Worldbeat, alternative rock
Length	3:07
Label	Eleven: A Music Company
Songwriter(s)	Wally De Backer
Producer(s)	Wally De Backer
Gotye singles chronology
"Hearts a Mess" (2007) "Eyes Wide Open" (2010) "Somebody That I Used to Know" (2011)

"Eyes Wide Open" is a song by the Belgian-Australian musician Gotye from his third studio album Making Mirrors. It was released as a digital download on 5 November 2010 in Australia and 4 June 2012 in the United States and United Kingdom. The song was written and produced by Gotye. It peaked at No. 55 on the Australian Singles Chart and was voted in at No. 25 in the 2010 Triple J Hottest 100.

The song features the Winton Musical Fence, a large fence with metal strings. Gotye sampled the Musical Fence in 2008 during a stay in Winton, Queensland.^[1]

In 2018, Broods released "Eyes a Mess", a cover medley of "Eyes Wide Open" and "Hearts a Mess".