Promises, Promises (Naked Eyes song)

"Promises, Promises"
Single by Naked Eyes
from the album Burning Bridges
B-side "Low Life "
"(What) In the Name of Love"
"A Very Hard Act To Follow"
Released 1983
Format 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl
Recorded 1983
Genre New wave, synthpop, funk
Length 3:43
Label EMI
Writer(s) Pete Byrne
Rob Fisher
Producer(s) Tony Mansfield
Naked Eyes singles chronology
"Voices In My Head"
(1983)
"Promises, Promises"
(1983)
"When the Lights Go Out"
(1983)

"Promises, Promises" was the second hit single for the British group Naked Eyes in 1983. The song went on to become a top-20 hit in the US that October, peaking at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[1] It was their follow up to their earlier hit "Always Something There to Remind Me" by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, which was a top-ten hit in the U.S. in mid-1983. (Although Bacharach and David had also written a song titled "Promises, Promises" for the musical of the same name, the Naked Eyes song was an original song written by the band members, Pete Byrne and Rob Fisher.) Madonna performs background vocals on the Jellybean 7" and 12" mixes of the song. These versions weren't released until 2001 in the compilation album Everything and More.

Chart performance

Chart (1983) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[2] 13
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3] 15
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[4] 95
US Billboard Hot 100[1] 11
US Dance Music/Club Play Singles (Billboard)[1] 32
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[1] 19

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