Ocean Eyes (song)

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"Ocean Eyes"
Billie Eilish - Ocean Eyes.png
Single by Billie Eilish
from the EP Don't Smile at Me
Released
  • November 19, 2015 (SoundCloud)
  • November 18, 2016 (commercial release)
Genre
Length3:20
Label
Songwriter(s) Finneas O'Connell
Producer(s) Finneas O'Connell
Billie Eilish singles chronology
"Six Feet Under"
(2016)
"Ocean Eyes"
(2015)
"Bellyache"
(2017)
Music video
"Ocean Eyes" on YouTube
Digital download and streaming [9]
No.TitleLength
1."Ocean Eyes"3:20
Digital download and streaming – The Remixes EP [11]
No.TitleLength
1."Ocean Eyes" (Astronomyy Remix)4:56
2."Ocean Eyes" (Blackbear Remix)3:15
3."Ocean Eyes" (Goldhouse Remix)3:33
4."Ocean Eyes" (Cautious Clay Remix)3:11

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Don't Smile at Me. [10]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2018–2025)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [33] 58
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [51] 68
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) [52] 62
France (SNEP) [53] 43
Global 200 ( Billboard ) [54] 146
Ireland (IRMA) [55] 50
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [56]
Version with Astronomyy
38
Norway (VG-lista) [57] 73
Portugal (AFP) [58] 92
Scotland (OCC) [59] 50
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) [60] 83
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [61] 88
UK Singles (OCC) [31] 72
US Billboard Hot 100 [62] 84
US Rolling Stone Top 100 51

Year-end charts

Chart (2019)Position
Portugal (AFP) [63] 147
US Rolling Stone Top 100 [64] 66
Chart (2020)Position
Portugal (AFP) [65] 169

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [34] 10× Platinum700,000
Austria (IFPI Austria) [66] 2× Platinum60,000
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [67] 2× Platinum120,000
Canada (Music Canada) [68] 9× Platinum720,000
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [69] 5× Platinum450,000
France (SNEP) [70] Diamond333,333
Germany (BVMI) [71] Gold200,000
Italy (FIMI) [72] Platinum70,000
Mexico (AMPROFON) [73] 2× Diamond+4× Platinum840,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) [74] 7× Platinum210,000
Norway (IFPI Norway) [75] Gold30,000
Poland (ZPAV) [76] 3× Platinum150,000
Portugal (AFP) [77] 2× Platinum20,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [78] Platinum60,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [32] 3× Platinum1,800,000
United States (RIAA) [30] 3× Platinum3,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousNovember 18, 2016 Digital download and streaming
[9]
January 13, 2017Digital download and streaming
(The Remixes EP)
[11]

See also

Notes

  1. "Six Feet Under" is her debut commercial single, however, "Ocean Eyes" was released on SoundCloud before as a promotional single.

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