Broke My Eyes

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"Broke My Eyes"
Single by Donkeyboy
from the album Caught in a Life
Released2009
Genre Alternative rock,
indie pop
Length5:03
Label Warner Music Norway
Songwriter(s) Simen Eriksrud, Espen Berg, Cato Sundberg, Kent Sundberg
Donkeyboy singles chronology
"Sometimes"
(2009)
"Broke My Eyes"
(2009)
"Awake"
(2009)

"Broke My Eyes" is an English language hit in Norway for the Norwegian band Donkeyboy, their third most successful single after "Ambitions" (13 weeks at the top of the Norwegian Singles Chart) and "Sometimes", their second single (8 weeks on top of the charts). All three singles are taken from Donkeyboys' debut album Caught in a Life .

Contents

"Broke My Eyes" reached #6 in the Norwegian Singles Chart. The video representing ordinary Norwegians humming and dancing to the tune was directed by Egil Pedersen and Geir Jardar Olsen.

Nominations

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Norwegian Singles Chart [1] 6

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References

  1. "Donkeyboy: Broke My Eyes (Song)". NorwegianCharts.com. Retrieved 2012-09-28.