Open Your Eyes (Disturbed song)

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"Open Your Eyes"
Single by Disturbed
from the album Immortalized
ReleasedJuly 19, 2016
Length3:57
Label Reprise
Songwriters
Producer Churko
Disturbed singles chronology
"The Sound of Silence"
(2015)		"Open Your Eyes"
(2016)		"Are You Ready"
(2018)

"Open Your Eyes" is a song by American heavy metal band Disturbed. It is the fourth single and fourth track from their sixth album Immortalized . It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart in November 2016.

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Background and release

In a 2016 interview, David Draiman said that the song deals with being overwhelmed by conflicting information in modern life and encourages listeners to look past what is put in front of them to find the truth.

The band released a lyric video on August 31, 2016. [1] The lyric video visually represents the song's themes, depicting how individuals are bombarded with information through phones and other technology. [2] [3]

Composition

Irving (Emeritus), writing for Sputnikmusic , noted that producer Kevin Churko's role in the band's musical reorientation is most apparent on the album's early songs, including "Open Your Eyes" as a straightforward rocker that moves at a "satisfying, bone-crunching pace". [4]

Reception

Jon Hadusek of Consequence said the song sounds old-fashioned, called its staccato riffs weak, and said fans might still find it familiar. [5] Alex Sievers of The Music said the song was "numbingly dull" and didn't go anywhere compared to the other songs on the album. [6]

Tim Byron of The Sydney Morning Herald said the song shows why the band is popular, with Draiman sounding like James Hetfield of Metallica, riffs like Linkin Park-style nu metal, and a chorus like Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer", calling it a catchy mix of different metal styles. [7]

Chart performance

It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart on November 26, 2016, their seventh song to do so. [8]

Personnel

Disturbed

Additional credits

Charts

References

  1. ↑ "Disturbed Releases Lyric Video For 'Open Your Eyes' Song". Blabbermouth . August 31, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  2. ↑ Childers, Chad (September 1, 2016). "Disturbed unleash 'Open Your Eyes' lyric video". Loudwire . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  3. ↑ Kielty, Martin (September 1, 2016). "Watch Disturbed video for Open Your Eyes". Metal Hammer . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  4. ↑ (Emeritus), Irving (August 16, 2015). "Disturbed–Immortalized". Sputnikmusic . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  5. ↑ Hadusek, Jon (August 20, 2015). "Album Review: Disturbed–Immortalized". Consequence . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  6. ↑ Sievers, Alex (September 4, 2015). "Album Review: Disturbed-'Immortalized'". The Music . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  7. ↑ Byron, Tim (September 9, 2015). "CD reviews: Full bore metal from Motorhead, Iron Maiden and Disturbed". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  8. 1 2 Rutherford, Kevin (November 17, 2016). "Disturbed Earns Fourth Mainstream Rock Songs No. 1 From 'Immortalized'". Billboard . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Disturbed Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Disturbed Chart History (Rock & Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Mainstream Rock Airplay Songs – Year-End 2016" . Billboard . Retrieved January 8, 2026.
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