"Black Eyed Boy" is the third single from Scottish rock band Texas's fourth studio album, White on Blonde (1997). The song was released on 28 July 1997 and reached number five on the UK Singles Chart. Elsewhere, the song reached the top 50 in Australia, Belgium, France, Ireland, Israel and Sweden.
Critical reception
A reviewer from Music Week rated the song four out of five, noting that "Texas immerse themselves in Motown on this thumpingly catchy Supremes-sounding groove, conjuring up a perfect summer gift for radio."[2] A few weeks later, it was given five out of five and picked as Single of the Week. The magazine stated that "Sharleen plays Diana Ross on the stand-out track from White On Blonde, its Motownalike euphoria pumped up even further in this single version. Will send the album shooting back up the chart."[3] David Sinclair from The Times wrote in his review of White on Blonde, that "Black Eyed Boy" is "little more than the Supremes-by-numbers."[4]
Music video
The accompanying music video for "Black Eyed Boy", directed by Karen Lamond, is filmed in black-and-white and features the band performing the song whilst a man is shown washing his face, but leaves when he sees Sharleen Spiteri there with him. He is then seen in a nightclub where he sees Spiteri in the crowd and runs away. As he runs, he bumps into another version of Spiteri. At the end of the video, the man arrives in a tunnel which has many large pictures of Spiteri on each side. The pictures then burst into flames and the man runs down the tunnel.
^Black Eyed Boy (UK limited CD single liner notes). Texas. Mercury Records. 1997. MERDD 490, 574 705-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^Black Eyed Boy (European CD single liner notes). Texas. Mercury Records. 1997. 574 702-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
