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Black Eyed Boy
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Wikipedia article
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| name = Black Eyed Boy
| cover = Blackeyedboy.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Texas
| album = White on Blonde
| released =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Motown
| length = 3:16
| label = Mercury
| writer =
* Johnny McElhone
* Sharleen Spiteri
* Robert Hodgens
* Eddie Campbell
* Richard Hynd
| producer = Texas
| prev_title = Halo
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = Put Your Arms Around Me
| next_year = 1997
| misc =
}}
"'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." 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." 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."Sinclair, David (8 February 1997). "The week's top pop releases; Records". 'The Times'.
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 running. At the end of the video, the man arrives in a tunnel which has many large pictures of Sharleen Spiteri on each side. The pictures then burst into flames and the man runs down the tunnel.
Track listings
* 'UK CD single '
# "Black Eyed Boy" (Summer Mix) 3:16
# "Sorry" 4:33
# "Black Eyed Disco" 4:20
# "Say What You Want" (Acoustic Mary Ann Hobbs Session) 3:50
* 'UK limited-edition CD singleincludes poster '
# "Black Eyed Boy" (Summer Mix radio) 3:16
# "Black Eyed Boy" (Trailermen's Black Eyed Disco) 8:45
# "Black Eyed Boy" (Trailermen's Disco Boy Dub) 7:40
# "Black Eyed Boy" (Neo-Northern Bossa Nova) 4:53
# "Black Eyed Boy" (Stoppa & Nobby's Madeye) 6:23
# "Black Eyed Boy" (album version) 3:10
* 'European CD single '
# "Black Eyed Boy" (Summer Mix) 3:16
# "Fameless" 4:21
Personnel
Personnel are lifted from 'The Greatest Hits' album booklet.
* Texas production
** Johnny McElhone writing, keyboards, programming, additional production and mix (as Johnny Mac)
** Sharleen Spiteri writing, backing vocals, guitars, programming
** Ally McErlaine guitars
** Eddie Campbell writing, backing vocals, keyboards, programming
** Richard Hynd writing, drums, programming
* Robert Hodgens writing, backing vocals
* Kenny MacDonald mix engineering
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
Category:1997 singles
Category:1997 songs
Category:Mercury Records singles
Category:Songs written by Johnny McElhone
Category:Songs written by Sharleen Spiteri
Category:Texas (band) songs
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