Dry Your Eyes

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"Dry Your Eyes"
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Single by the Streets
from the album A Grand Don't Come for Free
Released19 July 2004 (2004-07-19)
Length4:32
Label
Songwriter(s) The Streets
Producer(s) The Streets
The Streets singles chronology
"Fit but You Know It"
(2004)		"Dry Your Eyes"
(2004)		"Blinded by the Lights"
(2004)

"Dry Your Eyes" is a single by English rapper and producer Mike Skinner under the music project the Streets. The song describes the protagonist trying to cope with his girlfriend breaking up with him. It was released in the UK on 19 July 2004. The song is the Streets' most successful single, reaching number one in the United Kingdom on 25 July 2004, six days after its release. "Dry Your Eyes" also went straight to number one in Ireland staying there for three weeks in a row.

Contents

In Australia, the song was ranked number 19 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004. [1] In October 2011, NME placed it at number 87 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". [2]

Music structure

"Dry Your Eyes" is composed in the key of A major. It is written in common time and moves at a slow tempo of 80 beats per minute. The song is carried by a first inversion triad. [3] The radio edit of the song, lasting 3:22, omits the bridge and third verse. The official video uses this edit. However, some radio edits move the interlude after the second chorus to the beginning of the song.

The melody was taken straight from a royalty-free samples CD released in 1999. [4] A plagiarism claim by unknown artist Epic was reported in the press in 2004, but no case was ever made. [5]

Critical reception

Leonie Cooper of NME called "those violins, bringing all of the emotions" the best part of the song. [6] Tony Naylor of NME called the song, "a hairs-on-the-back-of-your-neck ballad for jilted lovers" and stated, "rarely has Skinner sounded so vulnerable, poignant and, well, normal." [7]

Track listings

UK CD1

  1. "Dry Your Eyes"
  2. "It's Too Late" (live radio session)

UK CD2 and Australian CD single

  1. "Dry Your Eyes"
  2. "Let's Push Things Forward" (live radio session)
  3. "Has It Come To This?" (live radio session)
  4. "Dry Your Eyes" (enhanced video)

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom19 July 2004CD [23]
Australia9 August 2004 [24]

Cover versions

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  2. ↑ "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". NME. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  3. ↑ Sheet music for "Dry Your Eyes". Hal Leonard Corporation. 2004.
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