Lidt i fem"

"I mine øjne" (meaning In my eyes in Danish) is a Danish

Danish language

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...

 song by the singer and songwriter Rasmus Seebach

Rasmus Seebach

Rasmus Seebach is a Danish singer-songwriter and record producer who had his debut with the Danish language single "Engel" in April 2009....

 from the singer's second album Mer' end kærlighed

Mer' end kærlighed

iTunes bonus track...

. The single was released on 22 August 2011 with the ArtPeople

ArtPeople

ArtPeople is a Danish arts and entertainment company specializing in book and music publishing and also acting as a booking agency.-Operations:*ArtPeople Musik & DVD department - Publishes and releases recordings through the ArtPeople Record label...

 label as an advance single of the album.

Context

"I mine øjne" is about Rasmus Seebach's love for his family. It uses the melody in the chorus from Nicolai Kielstrups sang "Vokseværk" (meaning Growing pains in Danish) which was a winning song for Kielstrups in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, as Seebach says the melody of the song co-written by him and others had effected him. "It's a piece of the song I've actually written seven years ago and got stuck in my head ever since I heard it. There is not a week where I do not have hummed it. The melody is almost magical to me. I've always wanted to own sing it, and suddenly made ​​sense when I put my own words. I like really much of the song now".

The basic idea for the song came at an Easter

Easter

Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...

 party where Rasmus Seebach considered his family and realized how much he loves them, while he was ridden down by guilt. He realized how great it was to have a mother, sister and brother in his life after losing his father Tommy Seebach

Tommy Seebach

Tommy Seebach , born Tommy Seebach Mortensen in Copenhagen, Denmark, was a popular Danish singer, composer, organist, pianist and producer. He is best known as front man of Sir Henry and his Butlers and for numerous contributions to the Danish version of the Eurovision Song contest, Dansk Melodi...

 because of alcoholism

Alcoholism

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Release and charts

The song received positive reviews. The single went straight to number one in the Danish Singles Chart the week it was released, selling streaming and airplay of over 15,000 downloads that week. By late September 2011, the single, having stayed #1 for three consecutive weeks on the chart was certified platinum for 30,000 downloads.
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Chart (2009–2010)	Peak position

Music video

The music video shows Rasmus Seebach meeting various fans greeting him and asking for autographs or shows him visiting his sister and brother, and the video ends with memories of visiting his mother's home.