Looking Through Patient Eyes

"Looking Through Patient Eyes"
Single by P.M. Dawn
from the album The Bliss Album…? (Vibrations of Love and Anger and the Ponderance of Life and Existence)
B-side	"Plastic" (12" mix) "Plastic" (Funk U Tomorrow mix)
Released	March 8, 1993
Format	7", 12", CD single
Genre	R&B, alternative hip hop,
Length	4:09
Label	Gee Street
Writer(s)	Attrell Cordes, George Michael
Producer(s)	P.M. Dawn
P.M. Dawn singles chronology
"I'd Die Without You" (1992) "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (1993) "Plastic" (1993)

"Looking Through Patient Eyes" is a song by American hip hop/R&B group P.M. Dawn. It was released in March 1993 as the second single from their album The Bliss Album…? (Vibrations of Love and Anger and the Ponderance of Life and Existence). The song, written by P.M. Dawn's Attrell Cordes, features backing vocals by Cathy Dennis and samples "Father Figure" by George Michael. The line "Joni help me, I think I'm falling" is a reference to Canadian singer Joni Mitchell's song "Help Me"; she is also referenced in the group's previous single "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss."

Music video

The music video for the song was shot in a church, and features various Christian images interspersed throughout it.

Track listing

U.S. CD single

1. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Extended Mix) - 6:15
2. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Radio Mix) - 4:06
3. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Instrumental) - 4:18

U.S. 7" single

1. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Radio Mix)
2. "Plastic" (Radio Mix)

U.S. CD promo single

1. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Radio Mix)
2. "Looking Through Patient Eyes"
3. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Extended Mix)

U.S. 12" promo single 1

1. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Pete Rock Mix)
2. "Looking Through Patient Eyes"
3. "Plastic" (Radio Mix)
4. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Radio Mix)

U.S. 12" promo single 2

1. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Radio Mix)
2. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Extended Mix)
3. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Instrumental)
4. "Plastic" (Radio Mix)

UK CD single

1. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Radio Mix)
2. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Extended Mix)
3. "Plastic" (Extended Mix)
4. "Plastic" (Radio Mix)

UK 12" single

1. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Extended Mix)
2. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Radio Mix)
3. "Plastic" (12" Mix)
4. "Plastic" (Funk U Tomorrow)

Charts

Peak positions Chart (1993) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[1] 20 Canada Top Singles (RPM) 1 Germany (Official German Charts)[2] 63 Ireland (IRMA)[3] 14 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[4] 11 UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 11 US Billboard Hot 100 6

Year-end charts Year-end chart (1993) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] 38

References

1. "Australian-charts.com – PM Dawn – Looking Through Patient Eyes". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
2. "Musicline.de – PM Dawn Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
3. Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
4. "Charts.org.nz – PM Dawn – Looking Through Patient Eyes". Top 40 Singles.
5. "Billboard Top 100 - 1993". Retrieved 2010-08-27.