Shut Your Eyes

"Shut Your Eyes"
Single by Snow Patrol
from the album Eyes Open
Released	20 April 2007 (Germany),[1][2][3] 21 September 2007 (Netherlands)[4]
Recorded	2005
Genre	Indie rock
Length	3:17
Label	Umvd 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)

"Shut Your Eyes" is a song by Northern Irish–Scottish alternative rock band Snow Patrol from their fourth album, Eyes Open (2006). It was released as a single in several countries in 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]

Drummer Jonny Quinn declared that "Shut Your Eyes" is his favourite song to play live because of the interaction with the audience when the band performs 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

• Version I:^[10]

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

• Version II:^[11]

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

• Version III:^[12]

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

• Version I:^[13]

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

Weekly charts Chart (2007-08) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[16] 12 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[17] 1 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[18] 6 Germany (GfK)[19] 15 Germany Airplay (BVMI)[20] 5 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[21] 14 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[22] 17 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 26 US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[24] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2007) Position Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[25] 29 Germany (Official German Charts)[26] 72 Chart (2008) Position Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[27] 73 All-time charts All-time chart performance for "Shut Your Eyes" Chart Position US Adult Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[28] 34

Certifications

Certifications for "Shut Your Eyes"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[29]	Gold	150,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Snow Patrol : Shut Your Eyes (CD1 Digi)". Universal Music. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
2. "Snow Patrol : Shut Your Eyes (CD2)". Universal Music. Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
3. "Snow Patrol : Shut Your Eyes (CD3)". Universal Music. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
4. "Snow Patrol - Shut Your Eyes". Universal Music. Retrieved 15 July 2009. ^{[dead link‍]}
5. Steffen Hung. "Snow Patrol - Shut Your Eyes". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
6. "Single : Signal Fire". Snow Patrol. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
7. Demma, Ashley (6 November 2009). "Drum solo: One on one with Snow Patrol's Jonny Quinn". Starpulse. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
8. "News : Snow Patrol Premieres "Shut Your Eyes" On Yahoo! Music". Snow Patrol. 7 October 2007. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
9. Shut Your Eyes video on YouTube
10. "Shut Your Eyes: Part 1 (Dig): Snow Patrol: Music". Amazon. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
11. "Shut Your Eyes: Part 2: Snow Patrol: Music". Amazon. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
12. "Shut Your Eyes: Part 3: Snow Patrol: Music". Amazon. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
13. "Snow Patrol Shut Your Eyes Netherlands 5" CD SINGLE (421666)". Eil.com. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
14. "Shut Your Eyes at Juno Records". Juno.co.uk. 3 March 2008. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
15. "Shut Your Eyes (Naum Gabo remix) at Juno Records". Juno.co.uk. 21 April 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
16. "Snow Patrol – Shut Your Eyes" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
17. "Snow Patrol – Shut Your Eyes" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
18. "Snow Patrol – Shut Your Eyes" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
19. "Snow Patrol – Shut Your Eyes" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
20. "Nielsen Music Control Airplay - Germany Top 5". Nielsen Music Control on behalf of BVMI. Archived from the original on 4 August 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
21. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 2, 2008" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
22. "Snow Patrol – Shut Your Eyes" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
23. "Snow Patrol – Shut Your Eyes". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
24. "Snow Patrol Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
25. "Jaaroverzichten 2007". Ultratop. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
26. "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
27. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2008". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
28. "Greatest of All Time Adult Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
29. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Snow Patrol; 'Shut Your Eyes')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

External links

• Music video for "Shut Your Eyes" on YouTube