Shut Your Eyes

"Shut Your Eyes" is a song by the Northern Irish band Snow Patrol. Initially a track on their 2006 album Eyes Open, it was released as a single in several countries in 2007.

"Shut Your Eyes"
Single by Snow Patrol
from the album Eyes Open
Released20 April 2007 (Germany),[1][2][3] 21 September 2007 (Netherlands)[4]
Recorded2005
GenreIndie rock
Length3:17
LabelUmvd Import, Polydor, Fiction
Songwriter(s)Gary Lightbody, Nathan Connolly, Tom Simpson, Paul Wilson and Jonny Quinn
Producer(s)Jacknife Lee
Snow Patrol singles chronology
"Open Your Eyes"
(2007)		 "Shut Your Eyes"
(2007)		 "Signal Fire"
(2007)

The various B-sides featured on the single are taken from a Snow Patrol live performance at Columbiahalle, Berlin on 9 February 2007.[5] The live renditions of "Spitting Games", "Run" and "Chocolate" included on the single later appeared on the Australian version of the "Signal Fire" single.[6]

The band's drummer, Jonny Quinn, has declared that "Shut Your Eyes" is his favorite song to play live because of the interaction with the audience when the band perform it.[7]

Music video

The official music video was directed by Mark Thomas and it premiered on Yahoo! Music on 10 July 2007.[8][9]

Track listing
German CD
  1. "Shut Your Eyes" – 3:17
  2. "Headlights on Dark Roads" (Live in Berlin) – 3:35
  3. "Chocolate" (Live in Berlin) – 3:01
  4. "You're All I Have" (Live in Berlin) – 4:38
  1. "Shut Your Eyes" – 3:17
  2. "Set the Fire to the Third Bar" (Live in Berlin) – 3:27
  3. "Spitting Games" (Live in Berlin) – 4:19
  4. "Chasing Cars" (Live in Berlin) – 4:29
  1. "Shut Your Eyes" – 3:17
  2. "Open Your Eyes" (Live in Berlin) – 5:44
  3. "Run" (Live in Berlin) – 5:36
  4. "Shut Your Eyes" (Live in Berlin) – 3:29
Dutch CD
  1. "Shut Your Eyes" – 3:17
  2. "Chasing Cars" (Live in Berlin) – 4:29

This was the only Dutch release, released on 5 October 2007.

Unofficial Releases
  • Spencer Collective Mixes Bootleg (12" Vinyl):[14]
  1. "Shut Your Eyes" (Main Mix) – 7:28
  2. "Shut Your Eyes" (Dub Mix) – 6:56
  • Naum Gabo Remix (12" Vinyl):[15]
  1. "Shut Your Eyes" (Naum Gabo Remix) – 7:00

Charts

References
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  2. "Snow Patrol : Shut Your Eyes (CD2)". Universal Music. Archived from the original on 2013-02-12. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
  3. "Snow Patrol : Shut Your Eyes (CD3)". Universal Music. Archived from the original on 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
  4. "Snow Patrol - Shut Your Eyes". Universal Music. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
  5. Steffen Hung. "Snow Patrol - Shut Your Eyes". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  6. "Single : Signal Fire". Snow Patrol. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  7. Demma, Ashley (6 November 2009). "Drum solo: One on one with Snow Patrol's Jonny Quinn". Starpulse. Archived from the original on February 12, 2010. Retrieved 2009-11-09.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. "News : Snow Patrol Premieres "Shut Your Eyes" On Yahoo! Music". Snow Patrol. 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  9. Shut Your Eyes video on YouTube
  10. "Shut Your Eyes: Part 1 (Dig): Snow Patrol: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  11. "Shut Your Eyes: Part 2: Snow Patrol: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  12. "Shut Your Eyes: Part 3: Snow Patrol: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  13. "Snow Patrol Shut Your Eyes Netherlands 5" CD SINGLE (421666)". Eil.com. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  14. "Shut Your Eyes at Juno Records". Juno.co.uk. 2008-03-03. Archived from the original on 2013-04-20. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  15. "Shut Your Eyes (Naum Gabo remix) at Juno Records". Juno.co.uk. 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
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