Bette Davis Eyes (original recording)

~ Recording by Kim Carnes

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.6Bette Davis Eyes3:50Kim CarnesFormula 45Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Silver Eagle Records, IncSE4-10774
1.1Bette Davis Eyes3:47Kim CarnesRock the Planet: 80's Lite RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-08-05
Coyote Sound Cuisine, Inc., CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.)RPD-4035, S21-18800
1.6Bette Davis Eyes3:42Kim CarnesEighties CompleteVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)8567612
1.1Bette Davis Eyes3:49Kim CarnesSingers and Songwriters: 1980-1982Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Special Products, Time–Life MusicOPCD-2788, R812-07
2.3Bette Davis Eyes3:46Kim CarnesThe Alltime Greatest Rock Classics 4 of the 70s, 80s & 90sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
7243 5 94519 2 3
8.9Bette Davis Eyes3:41Kim CarnesAnnées 80 Mega 10CDVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2012-07-09
Wagram Music (imprint/distributor)3259872
1.36Bette Davis Eyes3:42Kim Carnes80’s and 90’s HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2020-06-12
FP

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 (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) (in 1981)
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1981)
Chrysalis Records (don’t use as an imprint; please use “Chrysalis” instead) (in 1981)
EMI America Records, Inc. (holding – file NO releases here!) (in 1981)
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1981)
EMI Records USA (formerly EMI USA, renamed since early 1990s) (in 1981)
EMI USA (renamed EMI Records USA in the beginning of the 1990s) (in 1981)
EMI–Manhattan Records (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1981)
Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 1997)
recorded at:Record One in Sherman Oaks (in 1981-01)
has remixes:Bette Davis Eyes (D-Bop Ferocious Mix)
Bette Davis Eyes (D-Bop Tease Mix)
Bette Davis Eyes (Offir. Maccabi Edit)
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 (Scottish electronic musician & producer Myles MacInnes)
Laimes slaucēji by Pionieris (Latvian rapper Juris Šteinfelds)
You Appeared / You Didn’t by New Dreams Ltd.
mash-ups:Bette Davis Quest (Orelsan vs. Kim Carnes) by Mighty Mike (mashup artist)
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 (as of October 2023) (number: 425) (order: 425)
recording of:Bette Davis Eyes (in 1981-01: cover)

Bette Davis Eyes

writer:Jackie DeShannon
Donna Weiss
publisher:Donna Weiss Music Inc.
Mothfrog Publishing
Plain and Simple Music
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd.
Warner Brothers Inc.
Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
later parody versions:Bartimaeus Eyes