Bette Davis Eyes
"Bette Davis Eyes" is the name of a popular song, best known for being performed by Kim Carnes.
The song was written in 1974 by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon. DeShannon recorded the song that same year on her album New Arrangement. But it was not until 1981, when Kim Carnes recorded her version of the song, that it became a success. It spent nine non-consecutive weeks on top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (interrupted for one week by the "Stars on 45 Medley"), and over eight million copies of the album Mistaken Identity (which includes the song) were sold. The single went on to become the highest seller of the year and won the Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
Bette Davis admitted to being a fan of the song and approached Carnes and the songwriters to thank them for making her "a part of modern times."
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow performed the song in the movie Duets (2000), and her single release was a hit in some parts of the world.
A 1981 parody of this song was "Marty Feldman's Eyes" by Bruce "Babyman" Baum. The song's title was parodied by Half Man Half Biscuit in their song "Dickie Davies' Eyes". (Dickie Davies was the presenter of the TV programme World of Sport.)
Mylo sampled this song for his single "In My Arms".
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There was another parody that I have audio of. This song was by Shirley Stockewll and was called "Lizzy Taylor Thighs". I in Erie PA, recorded this off of a Detroit MI area radio station 800-CKLW (an early Stereo AM broadcaster), in the summer of 1981.
Her hair was clairol black
put goop all over her eyes
she's taken lots of flak
for having lizzy taylor thighs
she'll eat your food in a minute
has 'goodyear' on her side
humongus appetite
'cause she's got lizzy taylor thighs.
when she sees you
she won't please you
eating big macs(TM) just to tease you
She's enormous
and she knows just what it takes to make ya nauseaous
when she's through
there's nothin'
left but the pla' she's got
lizzy taylor thighs
takes her for chinese
she'll eat dinner for five
she'll eat yours and mine
'cause she's got lizzy taylor thighs
she'll down a six-pack of stroughs
before the a appetizer
wears husky panty-hose
she's got lizzy taylor thighs
if you meet her
you can't please her
'til you show her to your freezer
she's enormous
and she knows just what it takes to make ya nauseaous
she squeezes inta (unintelligable) nine
she's got lizzy taylor thighs
She will treat you
to a neat view
of fat
and cellu-leet too
ripplin' out
assaultin' your eye
she's got
lizzy taylor thighs
lizzy taylor thighs
lizzy taylor thighs
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