Something in Your Eyes (Richard Carpenter song)

"Something in Your Eyes" is a song by Richard Carpenter, released as the first single from his debut solo album, Time. The song features Dusty Springfield on lead vocals, with Richard producing the arrangement and singing backing vocals. The song failed to chart in most places, only reaching number 84 on the UK singles chart and number 12 on the US Adult Contemporary chart.^[1]

"Something in Your Eyes"
Single by Richard Carpenter featuring Dusty Springfield
from the album Time
B-side	"Time"
Released	September 1987
Genre	Pop
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Richard Carpenter Cynthia Weil Pamela Phillips Oland Tom Snow
Producer(s)	Richard Carpenter
Richard Carpenter singles chronology
"Something in Your Eyes" (1987) "Calling Your Name Again" (1987)
Dusty Springfield singles chronology
"What Have I Done to Deserve This?" (1987) "Something in Your Eyes" (1987) "Nothing Has Been Proved" (1989)

Charts

Chart performance for "Something in Your Eyes"

Chart (1987)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)[2]	84
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[1]	12

Cover versions

In 1987, Hong Kong singer Pat Chan recorded a cover version in Chinese for her self-titled album and as a bonus track in English.

In 2008, the song was covered by Philippine singer Claire de la Fuente as her comeback single from the album Something in Your Eyes.