Song · Kix
“Don't Close Your Eyes” by Kix
From the album Blow My Fuse (1988)
“Don't Close Your Eyes” by Kix appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1990 and 2016. It was first released in 1988 on the album Blow My Fuse. Its best result is #160 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,518 classic rock song of all time.
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"Don't Close Your Eyes" is the power ballad on Blow My Fuse, the fourth studio album Kix released in 1988, and it came together with outside help: bassist Donnie Purnell wrote it with noted hard rock songwriter Bob Halligan Jr. and Crack the Sky frontman John Palumbo.
Steve Whiteman sings lead, Brian Forsythe and Ronnie Younkins handle the guitars, Jimmy Chalfant drums, and Purnell covers bass and keyboards and joins Chalfant on backing vocals. Tom Werman produced, and Duane Baron engineered and mixed it with John Purdell. It turned out to be the biggest single Kix ever had, climbing to number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, and as their only top 40 hit it has stuck them with the one-hit-wonder label ever since.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Classic Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 160 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 2002 | 879 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2016 | 432 | Big 100 | BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) | 500 |
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