Bette Davis Eyes (original recording)

~ Recording by Kim Carnes

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.1Bette Davis Eyes3:47Kim CarnesBette Davis Eyes
  • 1981-03 FR
1.1Bette Davis Eyes3:49Kim CarnesMistaken Identity
  • 1981-04 US
1.1Bette Davis Eyes3:39Kim Carnes1981... Rocks On
1.1Bette Davis Eyes3:47Kim CarnesBette Davis Eyes
1.1Bette Davis Eyes3:47Kim CarnesMistaken Identity
  • 1982-03 US
1.8Bette Davis Eyes?:??Kim CarnesTwenty With a Bullet
1.2Bette Davis Eyes?:??Kim CarnesSolid Gold: 80’s Collection
  • 1986 -
1.2Bette Davis Eyes3:44Kim Carnes25 Years of Rock ’n’ Roll: 1981
1.2Bette Davis Eyes?:??Kim Carnes25 Years of Rock ’n’ Roll: 1981: 20 of the Year’s Greatest Tracks
1.6Bette Davis Eyes3:50Kim CarnesFormula 45
1.6Bette Davis Eyes3:50Kim CarnesFormula 45
1.2Bette Davis Eyes3:46Kim CarnesMTV Closet Classics
1.14Bette Davis Eyes3:40Kim CarnesRock of America
3.4Bette Davis Eyes3:48Kim CarnesThe Best of 1980–1990
  • 1990-03-28 DE
1.7Bette Davis Eyes3:46Kim CarnesTop Ten Hits of the 80’s
  • 1990-12-10 AU
2.8Bette Davis Eyes3:46Kim CarnesEntertainment Weekly Presents Rock Archives: 60's, 70's, 80's (Volume 2)
1.15Bette Davis Eyes3:43Kim CarnesHit History, Volume 27: 1981
2.12Bette Davis Eyes3:45Kim CarnesJack Pop ’90
1.1Bette Davis Eyes3:49Kim CarnesMistaken Identity
1.4Bette Davis Eyes3:31Kim CarnesMr Music Plus: Number Three (1990 number 3. 3*90)
1.13Bette Davis Eyes3:46Kim CarnesRaised on Rock: 80's Rock U.S.
1.6Bette Davis Eyes3:46Kim CarnesSweet Dreams
1.7Bette Davis Eyes3:46Kim CarnesTop Ten Hits of the 80's
1.3Bette Davis Eyes3:50Kim CarnesBest Now
  • 1991-12-18 JP
1.9Bette Davis Eyes3:47Kim CarnesBallads of Gold
2.12Bette Davis Eyes3:43Kim CarnesIn Love: Greatest Love 5
1.16Bette Davis Eyes3:44Kim CarnesInternational Hits 1971–1991
1.14Bette Davis’ Eyes3:45Kim CarnesMore Than a Feeling
2.2Bette Davis Eyes3:45Kim CarnesNoches de Blanco Satén
1.13Bette Davis Eyes3:43Kim CarnesSummer in the City
2.11Bette Davis Eyes3:45Kim CarnesThe Rock Collection: Night Rock
1.8Bette Davis Eyes3:48Kim CarnesThe 80's Greatest Rock Hits, Volume 2: Leather & Lace
  • 1992-05-28 US
1.1Bette Davis Eyes3:50Kim CarnesBillboard Top Hits: 1981
  • 1992-09-15 CA
1.1Bette Davis Eyes3:50Kim CarnesBillboard Top Hits: 1981
  • 1992-09-15 US
1.5Bette Davis Eyes3:44Kim CarnesDe Pre Historie 1981, Volume 1
1.12Bette Davis Eyes3:41Kim CarnesEighties Chart Toppers, Volume 1
2.5Bette Davis Eyes3:44Kim CarnesReaders Digest: Great Original Hits of the ’80s
1.10Bette Davis Eyes3:47Kim CarnesRock in the USA
2.11Bette Davis Eyes3:38Kim CarnesRock Line 2
1.2Bette Davis Eyes3:47Kim CarnesRock Times, Volume 14: 1981-1982
1.1Bette Davis Eyes3:45Kim CarnesThe Best of Kim Carnes
1.1Bette Davis Eyes3:45Kim CarnesThe Most of Kim Carnes
1.5Bette Davis Eyes3:46Kim CarnesGypsy Honeymoon: The Best of Kim Carnes
  • 1993-02-09 US
1.15Bette Davis Eyes3:46Kim CarnesDrivin’ Rock – Volume 1
1.14Bette Davis Eyes3:43Kim CarnesGreat Original Hits of the 80’s
1.2Bette Davis Eyes3:47Kim CarnesGypsy Honeymoon
  • 1993 -
1.5Bette Davis Eyes3:45Kim CarnesGypsy Honeymoon: The Best of Kim Carnes
1.5Bette Davis Eyes3:45Kim CarnesGypsy Honeymoon: The Best of Kim Carnes
1.6Bette Davis Eyes3:47Kim CarnesRock Line: 17 Rockin’ Hits!
1.12Bette Davis Eyes3:36Kim CarnesThose Were the Days: The Eighties (South Africa)
1.8Bette Davis Eyes3:43Kim CarnesWomen In Love
1.3Bette Davis Eyes3:38Kim CarnesBack to the 80's - O álbum da década
1.13Bette Davis Eyes3:44Kim CarnesRockin’ Softly
1.19Bette Davis Eyes3:39Kim CarnesSatin & Steel
2.4Bette Davis Eyes3:45Kim CarnesThe 80’s Collection: 1981
1.1Bette Davis Eyes3:46Kim CarnesThe Greatest Hits of the 80's, Volume 6 - The Decade of Excess
1.11Bette Davis Eyes3:47Kim CarnesThe No. 1 Hits 1981
  • 1994 -
1.11Bette Davis Eyes3:40Kim CarnesThe Rock Collection, Volume 4: The Heat Is On
  • 1994 -
1.5Bette Davis Eyes3:46Kim CarnesOnly Rock’n Roll: 1980–1984
  • 1995-01-17 US
1.9Bette Davis Eyes3:45Kim Carnes#1 Hits 1980-1984
  • 1995-04-16 US
2.14Bette Davis Eyes3:45Kim CarnesDrive Time 3
  • 1995-12-01 GB
1.2Betty Davis Eyes3:49Kim CarnesAbsolute 80’s, Volume 1: 80/81
12.4Bette Davis Eyes3:49Kim CarnesBillboard Hottest Hits 1950-1990
1.11Bette Davis Eyes3:49Kim CarnesEverything ’80s
1.16Bette Davis Eyes3:45Kim CarnesHits of the Girls: Special Edition
2.10Bette Davis Eyes3:43Kim CarnesLe Club Dial : 25ème anniversaire : 25 ans de tubes
2.7Bette Davis Eyes3:47Kim CarnesNr. 1 Giganten
1.6Bette Davis Eyes3:44Kim CarnesRock Super Stars, Vol. 2 (disc is red on black)
1.6Bette Davis Eyes3:44Kim CarnesRock Super Stars, Vol. 2 (disc is white on black)
1.2Bette Davis Eyes3:45Kim CarnesRock With the Stars
1.12Bette Davis Eyes3:50Kim CarnesSounds of the Eighties: 1981
1.11Bette Davis Eyes3:48Kim CarnesSulle strade del rock Vol. 5
1.9Bette Davis Eyes3:45Kim CarnesSuper Hits of the 80’s
1.6Bette Davis Eyes3:45Kim CarnesSuper Top 50! Disk2
1.12Bette Davis Eyes3:45Kim CarnesThe Rocking Ladies
2.11Bette Davis Eyes3:41Kim CarnesThe Ultimate Eighties
1.1Bette Davis Eyes3:40Kim CarnesThe Very Best of Pop Music 1981–82
2.12Bette Davis Eyes3:45Kim CarnesVery Best of the 80’s, Volume 7
1.18Bette Davis Eyes3:42Kim CarnesTop Gear 3: Rock Ballads
  • 1996-02-22 GB
2.9Bette Davis Eyes3:42Kim CarnesAnd the Road Goes On Forever, Volume 1
  • 1996-07-05 GB
1.16Bette Davis Eyes3:43Kim CarnesLet’s Have a Party! 55 Top Ten Hits
  • 1996-08-01 DE
1.4Bette Davis Eyes3:44Kim Carnes25 Years of Number 1 Hits, Volume 6: 1981/1982/1983
  • 1996-09-02 GB
2.6Bette Davis Eyes3:44Kim CarnesClassic Rock: 1980–1981
1.10Betty Davis Eyes3:42Kim CarnesDie Promarkt CD, Volume 1
4.3Bette Davis Eyes3:43Kim CarnesDrive
1.7Bette Davis Eyes3:42Kim CarnesDrivin Hits
2.7Bette Davis Eyes3:42Kim CarnesParty Power Pack, Volume 5
3.11Bette Davis Eyes3:47Kim CarnesPop-Hits der 80er
1.7Bette Davis Eyes3:46Kim CarnesRock of the 80s, Volume 4: Modern Girls
1.7Bette Davis Eyes3:44Kim CarnesThe No.1 Eighties Album
1.6Bette Davis Eyes3:45Kim CarnesWhen I Need You: Love Ballads
1.1Bette Davis Eyes3:47Kim CarnesRock the Planet: 80's Lite Rock
  • 1997-08-05 US
4.14Bette Davis Eyes3:42Kim Carnes100 No. 1 Hits
1.15Bette Davis Eyes3:44Kim Carnes1981 – Die Stars – Die Hits – Die Facts
1.1Bette Davis Eyes3:46Kim CarnesA Time to Remember: 1981
1.6Bette Davis Eyes3:44Kim CarnesAddicted to Love
3.8Bette Davis Eyes3:46Kim CarnesClassic Eighties
Promotion
1.9Bette Davies Eyes3:47Kim CarnesRock Mix
1.3Bette Davis Eyes3:44Kim CarnesBitter Suites
(unknown)
2.10Bette Davis Eyes3:47Kim CarnesSpitzenrock

Relationships

recording engineer:Val Garay (in 1981-01)
producer:Val Garay
electric guitar:Waddy Wachtel (in 1981-01)
lead vocals:Kim Carnes (in 1981-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Capitol Records, LLC
Capitol Records (in 1981)
Capitol Records, Inc. (in 1981)
Chrysalis Records (in 1981)
EMI America Records, Inc. (in 1981)
EMI Records Ltd. (in 1981)
EMI Records USA (in 1981)
EMI USA (in 1981)
EMI–Manhattan Records (in 1981)
recorded at:Record One in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1981-01)
has remixes:Bette Davis Eyes (D-Bop Ferocious Mix)
Bette Davis Eyes (D-Bop Tease Mix)
Bette Davis Eyes (OPM All About Kim Mix)
Bette Davis Eyes (OPM Poppy Club Mix)
Bette Davis Eyes (Remix Radio Edit)
sampled by:In My Arms by Mylo
Laimes slaucēji by Pionieris
You Appeared / You Didn’t by New Dreams Ltd.
mash-ups:Bette Davis Quest (Orelsan vs. Kim Carnes) by Mighty Mike
Tyler Joseph Eyes by The Sheep Queen Experiment
part of:Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 18) (order: 18)
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 425) (order: 425)
recording of:Bette Davis Eyes (in 1981-01: cover)

Related works

Bette Davis Eyes

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publisher:Donna Weiss Music Inc.
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PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd.
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Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.
later parody versions:Bartimaeus Eyes