When I Look into Your Eyes

"When I Look into Your Eyes"
Single by FireHouse
from the album Hold Your Fire
Released1992
Recorded1992
GenreGlam metal[1]
Length4:00
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Bill Leverty, C.J. Snare
Producer(s)David Frater
FireHouse singles chronology
"Reach for the Sky"
(1991) 		"When I Look into Your Eyes"
(1992) 		"Sleeping with You"
(1992)

"When I Look into Your Eyes" is the sixth single released by American rock band FireHouse. The song, a power ballad,[2][3] became the band's second hit ballad, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending October 17, 1992.[4] The song peaked at number 65 on the UK Singles Chart for the week ending December 19, 1992.[5]

The song was written by guitarist Bill Leverty and vocalist C.J. Snare.[6]

Critical reception

Larry Flick, Billboard's reviewer, left warm review on this track. He thought that despite "a bit purple in the prose department... this cut might tug the heartstrings of top 40 listeners".[7]

Charts

Chart (1992-1993) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[8] 140
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 20
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[9] 65
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 8

Year-end chart

Chart (1992) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 82

References

  1. ^ Herrmann, Brenda. "TESLA RUNS A BIT SHORT ON POWER". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2021-03-28. It wasn`t that Firehouse was that great, either. With their cheesy pop-metal tunes like Don`t Treat Me Bad and the overwrought ballad When I Look Into Your Eyes, the quartet from North Carolina is formula-metal in its most regurgitated state.
  2. ^ "Metal band FireHouse is still on fire". AsiaOne. October 25, 2014.
  3. ^ Writer, DEBORAH WILKER, Music. "FIREHOUSE MORE THAN JUST A BALLAD BAND". Sun-Sentinel.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ a b "When I Look into Your Eyes - Firehouse". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  5. ^ "Firehouse - When I Look Into Your Eyes". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  6. ^ "Firehouse Music".
  7. ^ Flick, Larry (22 August 1992). "Review: Firehouse – When I Look Into Your Eyes" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 104, no. 34. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. p. 74. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022 – via World Radio History.
  8. ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing November 23, 1992". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  9. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 200. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  10. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1992". Retrieved 2010-07-30.