Innocent Eyes (song)
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| Single by Delta Goodrem from the album Innocent Eyes |
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| B-side | "Hear Me Calling" "Lost for Words" |
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| Released | June 6, 2003 (Australia) | ||||
| Format | CD, digital download | ||||
| Recorded | 2003 | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 3:52 | ||||
| Label | Epic | ||||
| Writer(s) | Delta Goodrem, Vince Pizzinga | ||||
| Producer | John Fields | ||||
| Certification | Platinum (ARIA) | ||||
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"Innocent Eyes" is a pop song written by Delta Goodrem and Vince Pizzinga, produced by John Fields for Goodrem's first album Innocent Eyes (2003). It was released as the album's third single in Australia on June 6, 2003 (see 2003 in music) as a CD single. Goodrem stated the song as being one of her favourite tracks on the album and the lyrics are autobiographical, it's dedicated to her family[1]. The song became Goodrem's third number-one single in Australia and also peaked in the top twenty in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. She also performed the song on an episode of Australian soap opera Neighbours where she had a starring role as Nina Tucker.
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[edit] Music video
The music video for "Innocent Eyes" was filmed in the Intercontinental Hotel in Sydney, Australia and was directed by Michael Gracey. It was filmed between May 2, 2003 — May 3, 2003 and was released in June that same year. The video shows Goodrem backstage waiting to go on and reminiscing about being a little girl doing things like singing, dancing and dressing up. It took twenty hours in total to film the video and she felt it hard trying to put the film clip in other people's hands because she feels that it was her song and was wrenching when people tamper with it to try for marketing. The video, with behind the scenes, is available on Goodrem's first DVD Delta[2].
[edit] Promotion and chart performance
Promotion for the single included a Melbourne instore in which Goodrem signed autographs for a record eight hours to an estimated crowd of 10,000 people[3]. Two CD single's were released to stores in Australia, the first CD featured the title track and the two B-sides "Hear Me Calling" (written by Goodrem and Pizzinga) and "Lost for Words" (written by Goodrem), while the second CD featured remixes of "Lost Without You", a free Delta Goodrem phone logo and a choice of ringtones between "Born to Try", "Lost Without You" and "Innocent Eyes".
The song made its debut on the Australia ARIA Singles Chart at number two, being held off the number-one spot by "Bring Me to Life" by Evanescence on June 18, 2003. After two weeks on being in the charts it knocked Evanescence off the top spot and stayed their for two weeks making Goodrem's third consecutive number-one single. After nine weeks the song spent its last week in the top ten and fell to number twelve. It spent a total of twenty weeks in the top fifty, accredited platinum by ARIA[4] and was the eighteenth highest selling single in Australia for 2003[5]. The song was released late October 2003 in New Zealand and made its debut in the chart at a low forty-four but the next week it had a better week jumping twenty-five places to number nineteen then going to its peak position of fourteen. It spent a total of twelve weeks in the chart leaving at number forty-nine.
September 22, 2003 was the released date for the song in Ireland and the United Kingdom where the song showed success. The song debuted at number nine in the UK becoming Goodrem's third top ten single there. It debuted and peaked at number twenty-five in Ireland but fell out of the charts from then on spending a total on six weeks in the chart.
[edit] Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Innocent Eyes".
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[edit] Charts
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart[6] | 1 |
| Ireland Singles Chart[6] | 25 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[6] | 14 |
| UK Singles Chart[6] | 9 |
| Preceded by "Bring Me to Life" by Evanescence |
ARIA (Australia) number one single June 30, 2003 — July 7, 2003 |
Succeeded by "Ignition (Remix)" by R. Kelly |
[edit] Release details
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
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| Australia | June 6, 2003 | Epic Records | CD | 673857.2 |
| United Kingdom | September 22, 2003 | Epic | CD | 6754731/32 |
| New Zealand | November 2, 2003 | Sony Records | CD | 673857.5 |
[edit] References
- ^ "Delta's New Single Announced". Deltagoodrem.com. Retrieved November 17, 2007.
- ^ "Delta Films New Clip". Deltagoodrem.com. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
- ^ Herald Sun, June 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2007.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2003 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 16, 2007.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2003". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 16, 2007.
- ^ a b c d "Innocent Eyes - chart positions". MusicSquare. Retrieved February 12, 2007.
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