For Your Eyes Only (song)

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"For Your Eyes Only"
For Your Eyes Only song.jpg
Standard UK/European and Brazilian picture sleeve
Single by Sheena Easton
from the album For Your Eyes Only
B-side "For Your Eyes Only" (instrumental)
Released15 June 1981 [1]
Recorded1981
Genre Pop, [2] soft rock [3]
Length3:04
2:54 (7")
Label Liberty (original), RT Industries (current)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Christopher Neil
Sheena Easton singles chronology
"When He Shines"
(1981)
"For Your Eyes Only"
(1981)
"Just Another Broken Heart"
(1981)
James Bond theme singles chronology
"Moonraker"
(1979)
"For Your Eyes Only"
(1981)
"All Time High"
(1983)

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