The Eyes of Truth

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"The Eyes of Truth"
Enigma - The Eyes of Truth.jpg
Single by Enigma
from the album The Cross of Changes
Released11 April 1994 (1994-04-11)
Genre
Length4:36
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s) Curly M.C.
Producer(s) Michael Cretu
Enigma singles chronology
"Return to Innocence"
(1993)		"The Eyes of Truth"
(1994)		"Age of Loneliness"
(1994)
Music video
"The Eyes of Truth" on YouTube

"The Eyes of Truth" is a song by German new-age band Enigma, released in April 1994 by Virgin Records as the second single from their second album, The Cross of Changes (1993). The song is produced by Michael Cretu and similar with "Age of Loneliness", it features samples of Mongolian folk music (most notably Alsyn Gazryn Zereglee (Алсын газрын зэрэглээ)) and samples taken from Anne Dudley's album Songs from the Victorious City . It also contains samples from U2's song "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)", Peter Gabriel's "Kiss That Frog", NASA retransmissions sampled from "Mare Tranquillitatis" performed by Vangelis, and Genesis' "Dreaming While You Sleep". [2] The accompanying music video for the song was recorded in the rural areas of Nepal.

Contents

Critical reception

Tim Jeffery from Music Week's RM Dance Update wrote, "Introed with the band's now familiar haunting ambient sounds and vocals, this quickly develops into a racing house groove with waves of synth, heavy metal guitar, more vocals and all sorts of bits and pieces. It doesn't seem to make up its mind whether it wants to be ambient or full-on techno and sometimes the combinations of sounds are a little odd. The B-side's dub version is a little easier to handle for DJs." [1] Pan-European magazine Music & Media commented, "What would dance have been without Eno/Byrne's 1981 standard cult album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts , a combination of dance with ethnic chants. Mr. Cretu, however, reaches the masses." [3]

Track listing

  1. Radio edit – 4:36
  2. Album version – 7:27
  3. The Götterdämmerung Mix (The Twilight of the Gods)– 7:17
  4. Dub version – 5:34

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [4] [5] 71
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [6] 46
Europe (European Dance Radio) [7] 20
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [8] 16
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [9] 38
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [10] 31
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [11] 12
Scotland (OCC) [12] 45
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [13] 34
UK Singles (OCC) [14] 21
UK Club Chart ( Music Week ) [15] 95

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Europe11 April 1994CD Virgin [10]
United Kingdom2 May 1994
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jeffery, Tim (9 April 1994). "Hot Vinyl" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 6. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  2. ↑ The Cross of Changes (CD liner notes). Enigma. Virgin Records.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ↑ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 20. 14 May 1994. p. 10. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 24 Jul 1994". ARIA . Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  6. ↑ "Enigma – The Eyes of Truth" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "European Dance Radio Top 25" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 27. 2 July 1994. p. 26. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  8. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Enigma". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 74. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 20, 1994" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  10. 1 2 "Enigma – The Eyes of Truth" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Enigma – The Eyes of Truth". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 24 April 1994 - 28 May 1994". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  13. ↑ "Enigma – The Eyes of Truth". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  14. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  15. ↑ "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 23 April 1994. p. 4. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  16. ↑ "Single Releases". Music Week . 30 April 1994. p. 21.


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