"Voyeur" | ||||
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Single by Kim Carnes | ||||
from the album Voyeur | ||||
B-side | "Thrill of the Grill" | |||
Released | August 1982 | |||
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Length | 4:01 | |||
Label | EMI America | |||
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Producer(s) | Val Garay | |||
Kim Carnes singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Voyeur" on YouTube |
"Voyeur" is a song by American singer-songwriter Kim Carnes from her seventh studio album of the same name (1982). Written by Carnes, her husband Dave Ellingson, and Duane Hitchings, the song is an uptempo synth-pop track. It is the first track from the album, and its lead single.
Billboard called it "a rocking synthesized track which is as immediately striking as 'Bette Davis Eyes.'" [1]
"Voyeur" peaked at number 25 on Cash Box 's Top 100 Singles and number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100. Internationally, the single reached number 5 in Norway and number 10 in Spain and Sweden. It featured a then-controversial music video, which was later banned for its suggestiveness. The song received a nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 1983 Grammy Awards. [2]
Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] | 30 |
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [5] | 23 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [6] | 32 |
Norway (VG-lista) [7] | 5 |
South Africa (Springbok Radio) [8] | 12 |
Spain (AFYVE) [9] | 10 |
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [10] | 10 |
UK Singles (OCC) [11] | 68 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [12] | 29 |
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [13] | 52 |
US Cash Box Top 100 [14] | 25 |
West Germany (GfK) [15] | 45 |