| "Hungry Eyes" | ||||
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| Single by Eric Carmen | ||||
| from the album Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack from the Vestron Motion Picture | ||||
| B-side | "Where Are You Tonight" | |||
| Released | October 1987 (US) | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Studio | Beachwood Studios (Beachwood, Ohio) | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | John DeNicola · Franke Previte | |||
| Producer(s) | Eric Carmen | |||
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| "Hungry Eyes" on YouTube | ||||
"Hungry Eyes" is a song performed by American musician Eric Carmen, a former member of the band Raspberries, and was featured in the film Dirty Dancing (1987).[2] The song was recorded at Beachwood Studios in Beachwood, Ohio in 1987. "Hungry Eyes" peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 3 on the Cash Box Top 100 in 1988. The power ballad[3] was not released commercially in the UK, but it managed to peak at No. 82 in January 1988, having charted purely on import sales.
Songwriters Franke Previte and John DeNicola wrote the song, as well as another hit from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack, "(I've Had) The Time of My Life".[4]
- ^ "200 Greatest Soft Rock Songs". entertainment.expertscolumn.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
- ^ Dennis Hunt (December 24, 1987). "Carmen Re-Sees Success With 'Hungry Eyes'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 4, 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
- ^ Stephen Lee Naish (2017). Deconstructing Dirty Dancing. John Hunt Publishing. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-78279-972-6.
- ^ "Hungry Eyes", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 3, 2014)