Open Your Eyes (Guano Apes song)
{{short description|1997 single by Guano Apes}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Open your Eyes
| cover = Guano Apes Open Your Eyes.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Guano Apes
| album = Proud Like a God
| B-side = {{ubl|"We Use the Pain"|"Wash It Down"}}
| language = English
| released = 25 August 1997
| recorded = 1996
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Nu metal{{cite web|author= JorgeM93 |title= 10 Best Nu Metal Album Openers |website= Ultimate Guitar |date= 19 September 2021 |access-date= 31 May 2022 |url= https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/10_best_nu_metal_album_openers-123191}}
| length = 3:09
| label = GUN/Supersonic
| writer = Guano Apes
| producer = Guano Apes, Wolfgang Stach
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Rain
| next_year = 1998
| misc = {{Audio sample
| type = single
| file =
| description = "Open Your Eyes"
}}
}}
"Open Your Eyes" is the debut single from the Guano Apes released in 1997.
Chart performance
"Open Your Eyes" reached No. 5 in Germany, remaining in the Top 100 for 30 weeks. It won the "Local Heroes" competition held by VIVA, beating over 1000 competitors. Due to VIVA's heavy rotation of the music video, the Guano Apes signed a deal with Gun Records, which released their debut album Proud Like a God in 1997.{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/guano-apes-mn0000945796 |title=Guano Apes |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=22 May 2013}} Steve Huey's Allmusic review of Proud Like a God called the song one of the album's "strong moments".{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/proud-like-a-god-mw0000246947 |title=Proud Like a God |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=22 May 2013}} In 1999, the single was certified gold in Germany.{{Certification Cite|region=Germany|artist=Guano Apes}}
Music video
The music video features the Guano Apes playing the song in a hotel lobby, empty except for several bored staff, indifferent to and sometimes vacuuming around them.{{YouTube|id=UNo2-viKfW8|title=Guano Apes - Open Your Eyes (Official Video)}}
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| title1 = Open Your Eyes
| note1 =
| length1 = 3:08
| title2 = We Use the Pain
| note2 =
| length2 = 2:32
| title3 = Wash It Down
| note3 =
| length3 = 3:06
}}
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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!Chart (1997) !Peak |
| {{single chart|Austria|10|artist=Guano Apes|song=Open Your Eyes|accessdate=9 April 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Flanders|14|artist=Guano Apes|song=Open Your Eyes|accessdate=9 April 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Germany|5|songid=3629|artist=Guano Apes|song=Open Your Eyes|accessdate=9 April 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch40|18|year=1999|week=25|accessdate=9 April 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|19|artist=Guano Apes|song=Open Your Eyes|accessdate=9 April 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|11|artist=Guano Apes|song=Open Your Eyes|accessdate=9 April 2021}} |
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (2000) !Peak |
| {{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|24*|artist=Guano Apes|accessdate=9 April 2021}} |
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"|Chart (1998)
!scope="col"|Position |
|---|
| Germany (Official German Charts){{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1998 |title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts|language=German |publisher=GfK Entertainment |accessdate=7 August 2015}}
|align="center"|33 |
| scope="col"|Chart (1999)
!scope="col"|Position |
| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1999|title=Jaaroverzichten 1999|publisher=Ultratop|accessdate=9 April 2021}}
|align="center"|70 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=http://www.top40web.nl/jaarlijsten/jr1999.html|title=Jaarlijsten 1999|language=nl|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=12 May 2022}}
|align="center"|112 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1999&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1999|website=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=9 April 2021}}
|align="center"|100 |
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References
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{{Guano Apes}}
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