Looking Through Patient Eyes

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"Looking Through Patient Eyes"
Looking Through Patient Eyes PM Dawn.jpg
Single by P.M. Dawn
from the album The Bliss Album...? (Vibrations of Love and Anger and the Ponderance of Life and Existence)
B-side "Plastic"
ReleasedMarch 1, 1993 (1993-03-01) [1]
Genre
Length4:09
Label Gee Street
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) P.M. Dawn
P.M. Dawn singles chronology
"I'd Die Without You"
(1992)		"Looking Through Patient Eyes"
(1993)		"Plastic"
(1993)
Music video
"Looking Through Patient Eyes" on YouTube

"Looking Through Patient Eyes" is a song by American hip hop and R&B group P.M. Dawn. It was released on March 1, 1993 by Gee Street, as the second single from their second studio album, The Bliss Album...? (Vibrations of Love and Anger and the Ponderance of Life and Existence) (1993). The song, written by P.M. Dawn's Attrell Cordes, features backing vocals by Cathy Dennis and samples "Father Figure" by George Michael. The line "Joni help me, I think I'm falling" is a reference to Canadian singer Joni Mitchell's song "Help Me"; she is also referenced in the group's previous single "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss".

Contents

Upon its release, "Looking Through Patient Eyes" became P.M. Dawn's third and final top-ten hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number six for two nonconsecutive weeks. On Canada's RPM Top Singles chart, the song reached number one on the issue dated May 29, 1993, becoming the group's only number-one single in Canada. The song also found success in Australia and several European countries, reaching the top 10 in Denmark, Iceland, and Portugal and charting within the top 20 in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Rap duo is positioned to sail up the charts with a silky pop/hip-hop ditty that derives inspiration from samples of George Michael's "Father Figure". A warmly sung chorus cushions the deep-voiced and romantic rhymes that have made the act famous. A fitting way to usher in The Bliss Album." [2] Alan Jones from Music Week described it as "a gently mournful rap", underscored by the instrumental from Michael's song. He also stated that "the sawing violins and some attractive female vocal support all help create a sweet and stylish single." [3]

Sam Steele from NME felt "Looking Through Patient Eyes" could easily be renamed "Listening Through Patient Ears", "as it's only ever going to excite Michael Jackson fans and Radio 4 listeners." [4] A reviewer from People Magazine noted that Prince Be "hooks up his celestial pony" to Michael's song. [5] James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update called it a "lushly swirled pop swayer". [6] Charles Aaron from Spin wrote, "'I'd Die Without You' was a sop to the mainstream, i.e. it kind of made sense, but this is the "real" shit—George Michael bite and Prince Be's comforting gibberish." [7]

Music video

The accompanying music video for the song was shot in a church, and features various Christian images interspersed throughout it.

Track listings

Charts

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