Every Time I Close My Eyes (Vanessa Amorosi song)

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"Every Time I Close My Eyes"
Everytime I Close My Eyes (single cover).jpg
Single by Vanessa Amorosi
from the album The Power
A-side "The Power"
B-side
  • "Turn to Me"
  • "By Your Side"
Released11 December 2000 (2000-12-11)
Length4:04
Label Transistor Music
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Axel Breitung
Vanessa Amorosi singles chronology
"Shine"
(2000)
"The Power" / "Every Time I Close My Eyes"
(2000)
"Champagne, Champagne"
(2001)

"Every Time I Close My Eyes" is the fifth and final single from Australian recording artist Vanessa Amorosi's debut album, The Power (2000). In Australia, it was released as a double A-side single with "The Power" in December 2000 and peaked at number eight on the ARIA Singles Chart. The following year, "Every Time I Close My Eyes" was released in Japan and Europe, reaching the top 40 in Austria and Germany.

Contents

Track listings

Australian CD single [1]

  1. "The Power" (single version) – 3:26
  2. "Every Time I Close My Eyes" (single version) – 3:45
  3. "The Power" (album version) – 3:26
  4. "The Power" (Spiced Mix) – 3:26
  5. "Absolutely Everybody" (UK club video clip)

Japanese CD single [2]

  1. "Every Time I Close My Eyes" (album version)
  2. "Every Time I Close My Eyes" (single version)
  3. "Absolutely Everybody" (Millennium version)

European CD single [3]

  1. "Every Time I Close My Eyes" (single version)
  2. "Turn to Me"
  3. "By Your Side"
  4. "Every Time I Close My Eyes" (album version)

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [12] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelCatalogueRef.
Australia11 December 2000CDTransistor MusicSCBK645 [13]
Japan16 May 2001 Universal Music Japan UICO-5507 [14]

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