"Right Before Your Eyes" | ||||
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Single by America | ||||
from the album View from the Ground | ||||
B-side | "Inspector Mills" | |||
Released | November 1982 | |||
Recorded | Capitol (Hollywood) | |||
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Length | 3:47 | |||
Label | Capitol Records 5177 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ian Thomas | |||
Producer(s) | Bobby Colomby | |||
America singles chronology | ||||
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"Right Before Your Eyes" (popularly known as " Rudolph Valentino ") is a song written by Canadian singer and songwriter Ian Thomas, and introduced on the 1977 Ian Thomas Band album Calabash. His version reached #57 in Canada. [1] It was also recorded by America for their 1982 album View from the Ground . The America version of "Right Before Your Eyes" was issued as that album's second single – following up America's Top Ten single "You Can Do Magic" – and rose to #45 on the Billboard Hot 100: the track's Adult Contemporary chart peak was #16. [2] It reached 22 on the Contemporary Adult chart in Canada. "Right Before Your Eyes" was most popular in the Philippines during its release in 1982.
Chart (1982) (America version) | Peak position |
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Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) [3] | 22 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] | 45 |
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [5] | 16 |
US Cash Box Singles Chart | 49 |