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distinguish|Naked eyeRefimprove|date=June 2010Infobox musical artist| name = Naked Eyes| image =| caption =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Bath, Somerset|Bath , England | genre = New Wave music|New Wave Synthpop | years_active= 1982–1984 2005–present| label = EMI Records|EMI , Parlophone | associated_acts = Climie Fisher , Tears For Fears , Neon| website = http://www.nakedeyesmusic.com/ Naked Eyes homepage| current_members = Pete Byrne | past_members= Rob Fisher Naked Eyes is a United Kingdom|British New Wave music|New Wave musical ensemble|band that rose to prominence in the early 1980s. Originally a duet (music)|duo , the band is known largely for its single (music)|single s: a cover of the Burt Bacharach / Hal David standard " (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me " (Bacharach himself has cited the cover as a personal favorite), as well as the band's subsequent hits " Promises, Promises (Naked Eyes song)|Promises, Promises ", "When the Lights Go Out" and "(What) In the Name of Love."
History
Naked Eyes consisted originally of childhood friends from Bath, Somerset|Bath , England : Pete Byrne on vocals and Rob Fisher on Keyboard instrument|keyboards . The two had formerly played in a band called Neon with future members of Tears for Fears .
Naked Eyes were one of the first musical ensemble|bands to make significant use of the Fairlight CMI Sampler (musical instrument)|sampling synthesizer on a sound recording and reproduction|recording . Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush had used the instrument on prior efforts, but the usage had been far less than Naked Eyes would employ on their debut effort.
The debut album Burning Bridges (Naked Eyes album)|Burning Bridges was record producer|produced by Tony Mansfield , along with the follow-up album Fuel for the Fire (Naked Eyes album)|Fuel for the Fire , which also featured two titles produced by Arthur Baker (musician)|Arthur Baker .
Their second and third single (music)|singles , "Promises, Promises" (which appears in an episode of the Television series|TV series Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider , and the 12" mix of which features vocals from Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna ) and "When the Lights Go Out", were also hit record|hit singles, mainly in the U.S. and in Canada. However, their second album Fuel for the Fire and the single "(What) In the Name of Love", were not as well-received, and the group broke up soon after its release.
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Following the release of the band's second album, Byrne married and moved to California and began doing session musician|session work. He performed on Stevie Wonder 's "Part-Time Lover", and songwriter|wrote and in 1992 wrote and produced "I Am the Cute One" for Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen . Fisher joined another duo, Climie Fisher .
"(What) In the Name of Love" was used in 1993 for the ABC Daytime "In the Name of Love" campaign promotions.
Fisher died on 25 August 1999, aged 42, following surgery.
Byrne released a solo (music)|solo album The Real Illusion in 2001, which featured some of the last tracks he wrote with Fisher for a proposed third Naked Eyes album.
More recently, the Naked Eyes version of "Always Something There to Remind Me" was used in the trailers of the Vince Vaughn / Jennifer Aniston comedy, The Break-Up .
In 2005, Byrne put a band together to play some Naked Eyes shows and has been touring regularly since.
On 2007, Naked Eyes released Fumbling with the Covers , an acoustic album which consisted of cover version|covers of Bob Dylan , The Beatles and Elvis Costello songs, along with Naked Eyes hits.
In the summer of 2008, Naked Eyes completed a U.S. concert tour|tour along with Belinda Carlisle , ABC (band)|ABC and The Human League .
Currently, Naked Eyes is finishing work on Rapid Heartbeat . The album is to be released in the summer of 2012.
Discography
Albums
Burning Bridges (Naked Eyes album)|Burning Bridges (1983) - (released as Naked Eyes in the U.S. and Canada ) #32 US
Fuel for the Fire (Naked Eyes album)|Fuel for the Fire (1984) #83 U.S.
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/crossfade/2009/07/naked_eyes_pete_byrne_norton_museum_july_9.php Q& A with the Naked Eyes' Pete Byrne John Hood for the Miami New Times 6 July 2009
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