Lost in Your Eyes#Re-recordings

{{Short description|1989 single by Debbie Gibson}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Lost in Your Eyes

| cover = Debbielostinyoureyes.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Debbie Gibson

| album = Electric Youth

| B-side = Silence Speaks (a Thousand Words)

| released = {{Start date|1989|01|06}}

| recorded = 1988

| studio =

| genre = Pop

| length = * 3:34 (album version)

  • 3:51 (video version)

| label = Atlantic

| writer = Deborah Gibson

| producer = Fred Zarr

| prev_title = Staying Together

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = Electric Youth

| next_year = 1989

| misc = {{External music video|1= {{YouTube|8Ms3mJFkSeg|"Lost in Your Eyes"}}|header=}}

}}

"Lost in Your Eyes" is a song by American singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson, released as the first single from her second album, Electric Youth (1989).{{cite web |url=https://www.rhino.com/article/once-upon-a-time-in-the-top-spot-debbie-gibson-lost-in-your-eyes-0 |title=Once Upon a Time in the Top Spot: Debbie Gibson, "Lost in Your Eyes" |publisher=Rhino Entertainment |date=March 4, 2016 |accessdate=October 14, 2020}} It was first released to radio on January 3, 1989,{{Cite news |last=Rene |first=Sheila |date=December 16, 1988 |title=Here & There |work=Gavin Report |page=17 |issue=1737 |quote=The day we Gavinites return from vacation (January 3), Debbie Gibson ships the first single, "Lost in Your Eyes"...}} before being officially released on January 6.

Chart performance

Released on January 6, 1989, "Lost in Your Eyes" debuted at No. 42 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on the week of January 21.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1989-01-21 |title=The Hot 100, Week of January 21, 1989 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 25, 2021}} On March 4, the ballad climbed to number one and remained there for three weeks, becoming her most successful single and her fifth and last top 10 hit.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1989-03-04 |title=The Hot 100, Week of March 4, 1989 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 25, 2021}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1989-03-18 |title=The Hot 100, Week of March 18, 1989 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 25, 2021}} In Canada, it also reached number one for three weeks, and outside North America, "Lost in Your Eyes" experienced moderate chart success, reaching number seven in Australia and the top 40 in Belgium, Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Critical reception

Bryan Buss from AllMusic complimented the song as "a pretty ballad that showcases her songwriting skills, her clear voice, and her talent on the piano."{{cite web|first= Bryan |last= Buss |title= Debbie Gibson – Electric Youth |publisher= AllMusic |date= |accessdate= November 10, 2020 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/electric-youth-mw0000653044}} A reviewer from People Magazine stated that Gibson "fares well with torchy ballads" such as "Lost in Your Eyes".{{cite magazine|url= https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-electric-youth-vol-31-no-7/ |title= Picks and Pans Review: Electric Youth |magazine= People |date= February 20, 1989 |accessdate= November 13, 2020}} Betty Page from Record Mirror wrote, "Golden larynxed Debs hits us with the big moodsome ballad, proving that she's shaping up to be the Barry Manilow of the Nineties. She's obviously trying to shed the popcorn and candyfloss image already, but she's a bit too Minnie Mouse to carry off the sweeping epic just yet. Still, we all had a bit of a weep over the tinkly piano."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/50814760251/in/album-72157717794970697/|first=Betty|last=Page|title=45|magazine=Record Mirror|date=January 28, 1989|page=29|accessdate=August 25, 2021}} William Shaw from Smash Hits felt that "she is crooning along to this creaky ballad that some ageing songstress like Elaine Page or Elkie Brooks would feel comfortable with."{{cite magazine|first=William|last=Shaw|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/24577243881/in/album-72157661722281053/|title=Singles|magazine=Smash Hits|date=January 24, 1989|page=45|access-date=March 11, 2023}}

Music video

The music video opens with Gibson playing the piano. She sings while wearing a hat and looking at the camera. Clips of her dancing with a man play throughout. It was directed by James Yukich and debuted to VH1 on January 21, 1989.{{Cite web |title=Debbie Gibson: Lost in Your Eyes (Music Video 1989) - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8656712/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_Lost%2520in%2520Your |access-date=November 4, 2024 |website=IMDb}}{{Cite news |date=January 21, 1989 |title=The Clip List |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media |page=63 |volume=101 |issue=3 |issn=0006-2510}}

Re-recordings

In 2006, Gibson rearranged the song with Tim and Ryan O'Neill for the O'Neill Brothers album Someone You Love. In 2010, Gibson re-recorded the song in both English and Japanese as extra tracks for the Japan-exclusive album Ms. Vocalist. In 2018, Gibson re-recorded the song as "Lost in Your Eyes (Dream Wedding Mix)" for the Hallmark Channel original film Wedding of Dreams.{{cite web |url=https://debbiegibsonofficial.com/js_albums/lost-in-your-eyes-dream-wedding-mix/ |title=Lost in Your Eyes (Dream Wedding Mix) |website=Debbie Gibson official Website |access-date=February 25, 2021}}

A duet version with Joey McIntyre is featured in Gibson's 2021 album The Body Remembers. This version was first performed live during New Kids on the Block's Mixtape Tour in 2019.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/debbie-gibson-new-album-the-body-remembers-9582427 |title=Debbie Gibson Says New Album The Body Remembers Is Like Electric Youth 2021 |first=Gary |last=Graff |magazine=Billboard |date=June 4, 2021 |access-date=June 5, 2021}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/debbie-gibson-new-album-collab-joey-mcintyre-1178047/ |title=The Return of Debbie Gibson: Electric Youth Never Dies |first=Rob |last=Sheffield |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=June 4, 2021 |access-date=June 5, 2021}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| total_length =

| all_writing = Deborah Gibson

| title1 = Lost in Your Eyes

| length1 = 3:34

| title2 = Silence Speaks (a Thousand Words)

| note2 = Acoustic Mix

| length2 = 3:39

}}

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (1989)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|7|artist=Debbie Gibson|song=Lost in Your Eyes|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 26, 2013}}
{{single chart|Flanders|34|artist=Debbie Gibson|song=Lost in Your Eyes|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 26, 2013}}
scope="row"|Brazil (ABPD){{cite web|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=EDT/1989/07/17/40/Ar04011.xml&CollName=EDT_1980_1989&DOCID=1722732&PageLabelPrint=40&skin=%45%6c%53%69%67%6c%6f&AppName=%32&sLanguage=%45%6e%67%6c%69%73%68&Content=%41%4c%4c&selLanguage=&sPublication=%45%44%54&sDateFrom=%30%31%25%32%46%30%31%25%32%46%31%39%38%39&sDateTo=%31%32%25%32%46%33%31%25%32%46%31%39%38%39&dummy=%31%39%38%39&sQuery=%64%69%73%63%6f%73%2b%70%6f%70%75%6c%61%72%65%73%2b%70%61%6e%61%6d%61&x=%31%31&y=%37&ViewMode=HTML| title=Discos más populares de Latinoamérica| publisher=El Siglo de Torreón| date=July 17, 1989| access-date=January 21, 2023}}

|3

scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine|url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume%2049-No.%2020-March%2013-18,%201989.pdf|title=RPM 100 Singles – March 18, 1989|magazine=RPM|volume=49|issue=20|page=6|date=March 18, 1989|access-date=November 8, 2019}}

|1

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-02-25.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100|magazine=Music & Media|volume=6|issue=8|date=February 25, 1989|page=10|access-date=July 21, 2024}}

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scope="row"|Finland (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=89|first=Timo|last=Pennanen|year=2021|title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021|section=Debbie Gibson|page=89|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|access-date=June 25, 2022|language=fi}}

|22

scope="row"|Iceland (Dagblaðið Vísir){{cite magazine|date=7 April 1989|title=Ísland Top 10|url=https://timarit.is/page/2557025?iabr=on#page/n25/mode/2up/search/%22LOST%20IN%20YOUR%20EYES%22|magazine=DV|page=34|issn=1021-8254}}

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{{single chart|Ireland2|18|artist=Debbie Gibson|song=Lost in Your Eyes|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 26, 2013}}
scope="row"|Japan (Tokio Hot 100){{cite web|url=https://www.j-wave.co.jp/original/tokiohot100/cgi-bin/top100.cgi|title=J-Wave: Tokio Hot 100 Chart|work=Tokio Hot 100|date=19 February 1989|access-date=15 February 2024}} (To access the chart date, visit the Tokio Hot 100 Chart and select year 1989, month 2 and week 3)

| style="text-align:center;"|1

{{single chart|Dutch100|45|artist=Debbie Gibson|song=Lost in Your Eyes|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2019}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|44|artist=Debbie Gibson|song=Lost in Your Eyes|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 26, 2013}}
scope="row"|Spain (AFYVE){{cite book|author=Fernando Salaverri|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}

|34

{{single chart|UK|34|date=19890128|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 26, 2013}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=Debbie Gibson|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 20, 2014}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|3|artist=Debbie Gibson|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 12, 2015}}
scope="row"|US Cash Box Top 100{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996|publisher=Sheridan Books, Inc.|year=2014|isbn=978-0-89820-209-0}}

|1

scope="row"|US Contemporary Hit Radio (Radio & Records){{cite magazine|title=The Back Page: Contemporary Hit Radio|magazine=Radio & Records|page=96|date=February 17, 1989|issue=776}}

|1

scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (Radio & Records){{cite magazine|title=The Back Page: Adult Contemporary|magazine=Radio & Records|page=96|date=March 10, 1989|issue=779}}

|3

scope="row"|Quebec (ADISQ){{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129063315/http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf|url=http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf|title=Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec|publisher=BAnQ|date=4 February 1989|access-date=21 June 2025|archive-date=29 November 2015|language=fr|url-status=dead}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (1989)

!Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1989/singles-chart|title=1989 ARIA Singles Chart|publisher=ARIA|access-date=November 8, 2019}}

|27

scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6684&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6684.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6684|title=Top 100 Singles of '89|magazine=RPM|via=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=November 8, 2019}}

|7

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1989.php|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1989|access-date=December 27, 2010|archive-date=January 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125092422/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1989.php|url-status=dead}}

|13

scope="row"|US Cash Box Top 100{{cite web|url=https://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1989YESP.html|title=YE Pop Singles-1989|access-date=May 14, 2022}}

|14

scope="row"|US Contemporary Hit Radio (Radio & Records){{cite magazine|title=Top 89 of '89: CHR|magazine=Radio & Records|page=64|date=December 15, 1989|issue=819}}

|7

scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (Radio & Records){{cite magazine|title=Top 89 of '89: AC|magazine=Radio & Records|page=91|date=December 15, 1989|issue=819}}

|27

scope="row"|US Top 40 (Gavin Report){{cite magazine|title=Top 40 1989: Top 100|magazine=Gavin Report|page=19|date=December 15, 1989|issue=1787}}

|4

scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (Gavin Report){{cite magazine|title=Adult Contemporary 1989: Top 100|magazine=Gavin Report|page=21|date=December 15, 1989|issue=1787}}

|11

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1988|certyear=1989|certref=|access-date=November 8, 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Debbie Gibson|title=Lost in Your Eyes|award=Gold|relyear=1989|certyear=1989|refname="riaa"}}

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Covers

  • Filipino acoustic band Nyoy Volante & The Mannos covered the song on their 2006 self-titled album.
  • Filipina singer Sarah Geronimo did a cover of the song for her album Music and Me in 2009.
  • Japanese singer Nana Mizuki did an acoustic rendition of the song on the January 29, 2017, episode of MTV Unplugged.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtvjapan.com/news/r792uk/mu-nana-mizuki |title=MTV Unplugged: Nana Mizuki |publisher=MTV Japan |accessdate=October 14, 2020}}
  • Kelly Clarkson covered the song on an episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show in 2021.{{cite web |url=https://etcanada.com/news/780470/kelly-clarkson-performs-stunning-version-of-lost-in-your-eyes-by-debbie-gibson/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514194020/https://etcanada.com/news/780470/kelly-clarkson-performs-stunning-version-of-lost-in-your-eyes-by-debbie-gibson/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 14, 2021 |title=Kelly Clarkson Performs Stunning Version Of 'Lost In Your Eyes' By Debbie Gibson |first=Sarah |last=Curran |publisher=Entertainment Tonight |date=May 14, 2021 |access-date=February 17, 2022}}

References

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