You Open My Eyes

"You Open My Eyes"
"You Open My Eyes" Front cover
Single by Hoodoo Gurus
from the album Crank
A-side	"You Open My Eyes"
B-side	"Something I Forgot to Say" / "Television Addict"
Released	February, 1994
Format	CD Single
Genre	Rock
Length	3:20
Label	BMG
Writer(s)	Brad Shepherd
Producer(s)	Ed Stasium
Hoodoo Gurus singles chronology
"The Right Time" (1993) "You Open My Eyes" (1994) "Less Than a Feeling" (1994)

"You Open My Eyes" is a single by iconic^[1][2] Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus which reached #43 on the ARIA Singles Charts.^[3] It was released on BMG in February, 1994; and was written by Brad Shepherd.^[4] This was the first Hoodoo Gurus single that was not written or co-written by Dave Faulkner. The B side, "Something I Forgot to Say", was written by Faulkner.^[4] The second B side was a cover of The Victims' "Television Addict" written by James Baker and Faulkner (both were members of The Victims and of Hoodoo Gurus).^[4] The music video for "You Open My Eyes" was directed by former Guru, Kimble Rendall and was their most expensive to date.^[5]

"... found Brad taking over lead vocal duties on a Hoodoo Gurus single. Though Brad had sung on every album since Mars... this was the first time that people started crying out, 'It's a hit!' (or were they saying, 'that's our Hitler!'?) The video was pretty spectacular and was the most expensive of our career even though we were charged a fraction of its true cost - thanks, Kimble!" - Dave Faulkner.^[6]

Track listing

CD Maxi-single

1. "You Open My Eyes" (Shepherd)^[4] — 3:20
2. "Something I Forgot to Say" (Faulkner)^[4] — 2:57 unreleased demo from 1992
3. "Television Addict" (Baker, Faulkner)^[4] — 3:25 recorded live to air in Perth, October 31, 1993

Personnel

Credited to:^[7][8]

• Richard Grossman — bass
• Dave Faulkner — lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Mark Kingsmill — drums
• Brad Shepherd — guitar, vocals
• Vicki Peterson (The Bangles) — backing vocals (track 1)
• Producer — Ed Stasium (track 1), Hoodoo Gurus (tracks 2, 3)
• Engineer — Paul Hamingson (track 1)

References

1. "ARIA Awards 2007: About Hall of Fame". ARIA Awards. Archived from the original on February 2, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
2. Pope, Mark (2007-05-07). "ARIA presents the 2007 ARIA Hall of Fame" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
3. "Australian Singles Charts "You Open My Eyes"". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
4. "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
5. "IMDb entry on Kimble Rendall". IMDb. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
6. Faulkner, Dave (June 2000). "Pop and punishment". Julia Thiel. Archived from the original on 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
7. "Discogs entry on Crank". Retrieved 2008-02-09.
8. "Discogs entry on "You Open My Eyes"". Retrieved 2008-02-09.