"Shut Your Eyes" is a song by the UK

United Kingdom

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 band Snow Patrol

Snow Patrol

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. Initially a track on their 2006 album Eyes Open

Eyes Open

Eyes Open is the fourth album by Northern Irish/Scottish alternative rock band Snow Patrol. It was released in the UK on 1 May 2006, and 9 May 2006 in the US. The first European single, "You're All I Have", was released on 24 April 2006; the first U.S. single was "Hands Open" and the first...

, it was released as a single in several countries in 2007.

The various B-sides

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 featured on the single are taken from a Snow Patrol live performance at Columbiahalle, Berlin

Berlin

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 on 9 February 2007. The live renditions of "Spitting Games

Spitting Games

"Spitting Games" is the lead single from Snow Patrol's third album, Final Straw, released on 15 September 2003.It was featured on the video game MVP Baseball 2004 and numerous Club Football 2005 titles. The track was also featured in "Everything Changes", the first episode of the Doctor Who...

", "Run

Run (Snow Patrol song)

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" and "Chocolate

Chocolate (Snow Patrol song)

"Chocolate" is a song by UK alternative rock band Snow Patrol. It was released as the third single from their third studio album, Final Straw. The music for the track was written by all four members of the band, while the lyrics are by lead vocalist Gary Lightbody.The single version is slightly...

" included on the single later appeared on the Australian

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 version of the "Signal Fire

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" single.

The band's drummer, Jonny Quinn

Jonny Quinn

Jonathan Graham "Jonny" Quinn is a Northern Irish drummer, born in Bangor. He is best known as the drummer for alternative rock band Snow Patrol, and was previously a member of bands like The Mighty Fall, The New Brontes and Disraeli Gears. As drummer for Snow Patrol, he has played on all releases...

, has declared that "Shut Your Eyes" is his favorite song to play live because of the interaction with the audience when the band perform it.

Music video

The official music video was directed by Mark Thomas and it premiered on Yahoo! Music

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 on 10 July 2007.

Track listing

German CD

• Version I:

1. "Shut Your Eyes" – 3:17
2. "Headlights on Dark Roads" (Live in Berlin) – 3:35
3. "Chocolate" (Live in Berlin) – 3:01
4. "You're All I Have" (Live in Berlin) – 4:38

• Version II:

1. "Shut Your Eyes" – 3:17
2. "Set the Fire to the Third Bar" (Live in Berlin) – 3:27
3. "Spitting Games" (Live in Berlin) – 4:19
4. "Chasing Cars" (Live in Berlin) – 4:29

• Version III:

1. "Shut Your Eyes" – 3:17
2. "Open Your Eyes" (Live in Berlin) – 5:44
3. "Run" (Live in Berlin) – 5:36
4. "Shut Your Eyes" (Live in Berlin) – 3:29

Dutch CD

• Version I:

1. "Shut Your Eyes" – 3:17
2. "Chasing Cars" (Live in Berlin) – 4:29

This was the only Dutch

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 release, released on 5 October 2007.

Unofficial Releases

• Spencer Collective Mixes Bootleg (12" Vinyl):

1. "Shut Your Eyes" (Main Mix) – 7:28
2. "Shut Your Eyes" (Dub Mix) – 6:56

• Naum Gabo Remix (12" Vinyl):

1. "Shut Your Eyes" (Naum Gabo Remix) – 7:00

Charts

Chart	Year	Peak position
Belgium Singles Top 50 (Flanders Flanders Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp... )	2007	1
Austria Singles Top 75	2007	12
Dutch Tipparade	2007	8
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	2007	14
Germany Singles Top 100	2007	15
Swiss Singles Top 100	2007	26
Ultratip (Wallonia)	2007	6
US Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... European Hot 100 Eurochart Hot 100 Singles The European Hot 100 Singles has been compiled by Billboard and Music & Media magazine since March, 1984. The chart is based on national singles sales charts in 15 European countries: Austria, Belgium , Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden,...	2007	51
Dutch Single Top 100	2008	9

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)	Rank
German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	72