Song · Gotye
“Eyes Wide Open” by Gotye
From the album Making Mirrors (2011)
“Eyes Wide Open” by Gotye appears on 7 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2010 and 2012. It was first released in 2011 on the album Making Mirrors. Its best result is #25 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #88 alternative song of 2012.
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Gotye wrote, sang and produced "Eyes Wide Open", and it went out as a download in Australia in November 2010, a long lead-in to Making Mirrors, the Belgian-Australian musician's third studio album. François Tétaz mixed it and added production, with Michael Hubbard on pedal steel, Gareth Skinner on cello and Lucas Taranto on bass.
The secret ingredient is a fence. Gotye sampled the Winton Musical Fence, a big stretch of metal strings in Winton, Queensland, during a stay there in 2008, and its strange twang gives the track a dusty, haunted shimmer. It reached No. 55 on the Australian singles chart and No. 25 in the 2010 Triple J Hottest 100, and when it finally came out in the US and UK in June 2012 it slipped onto the Billboard Hot 100 at 96, his first single to chart there.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 25 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010 | 100 |
| 2012 | 73 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2012 | 103 |
| 2012 | 76 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2012 | 99 |
| 2012 | 25 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2012 | 40 |
| 2012 | 86 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2012 | 103 |
| 2012 | 46 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2012 | 99 |
| 2012 | 96 | 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 97X Top 97 Songs of 2012 | 97 |
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