Are Your Eyes Still Blue

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"Are Your Eyes Still Blue"
AreYourEyesStillBlue.jpg
Single by Shane McAnally
from the album Shane McAnally
B-side "If It's Over" [1]
ReleasedAugust 17, 1999 (1999-08-17) [2]
Genre Country
Length3:45
Label Curb
Songwriter(s)
  • Shane McAnally
  • Julie Wood
  • Steve Mandile
Producer(s) Rich Herring [3]
Shane McAnally singles chronology
"Say Anything"
(1999)
"Are Your Eyes Still Blue"
(1999)
"Run Away"
(2000)

"Are Your Eyes Still Blue" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Shane McAnally. It is the second single from his only studio album, Shane McAnally . He wrote the song with Julie Wood and Steve Mandile, the latter of whom would later become a member of the band Sixwire.

Contents

Content

Thematically, the song is about "a man still intrigued by his old flame and the transformation that has taken place since their parting." [3] Throughout, the male narrator questions his former lover with "Are your eyes still blue?" The song consists of two verses, a chorus which is sung three times, and a bridge. It begins in the key of F major, then modulates upward by a whole-step at each chorus, ending in B major. It is in 2/2 or cut time with an approximate tempo of 84 half-notes per minute. [4] Prominent mandolin and fiddle are heard throughout.

Critical reception

An uncredited review in Billboard was favorable, saying that "His sophomore single is an appealing uptempo number with a decidedly more country flavor. Production is crisp and flatters McAnally's energetic performance." [3] Country Standard Time writer Dan McIntosh, in a review of the album, wrote that it "nicely melds fiddle and mandolin into what comes off as a sort of modern day bluegrass plucker." [5]

Personnel

From Shane McAnally liner notes. [6]

Chart performance

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [7] 47
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [8] 31

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References

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