Close My Eyes Forever

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"Close My Eyes Forever"
Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne - Close My Eyes Forever.png
Single by Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne
from the album Lita
B-side "Under the Gun"
ReleasedFebruary 1989 (1989-02)
Recorded1987
Genre Glam metal [1] [2]
Length4:42
Label RCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Mike Chapman
Lita Ford singles chronology
"Back to the Cave"
(1988)
"Close My Eyes Forever"
(1989)
"Falling In and Out of Love"
(1989)
Ozzy Osbourne singles chronology
"Crazy Babies"
(1988)
"Close My Eyes Forever"
(1989)
"No More Tears"
(1991)

"Close My Eyes Forever" is a duet by Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne from Ford's 1988 album Lita . The song was written by Ford and Osbourne as the result of an accident in the studio, during which they both drank heavily and inadvertently wrote the lyrics to the song together. [3] [4] This song is Ford's highest charting single, peaking at number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1989, and number 25 on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. It is also Osbourne's highest charting single of his solo career. The song was one of four singles from the album Lita . [5]

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Chart performance

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Close My Eyes Forever"
Chart (1989)Peak
position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [6] 16
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [7] 14
UK Singles (OCC) [8] 47
US Billboard Hot 100 [9] 8
US Album Rock Tracks ( Billboard ) [10] 25

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Close My Eyes Forever"
Chart (1989)Position
US Billboard Hot 100 [11] [12] 77

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [13] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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