For Your Eyes Only (song)

"For Your Eyes Only"
Standard UK/European and Brazilian artwork
Single by Sheena Easton
from the album For Your Eyes Only
B-side"For Your Eyes Only" (instrumental)
Released15 June 1981[1]
Recorded1981
GenreSoft rock[2]
Length3:04
2:54 (7")
LabelLiberty (original), RT Industries (current)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Christopher Neil
Sheena Easton singles chronology
"When He Shines"
(1981)
"For Your Eyes Only"
(1981)
"Just Another Broken Heart"
(1981)
James Bond theme singles chronology
"Moonraker"
(1979)
"For Your Eyes Only"
(1981)
"All Time High"
(1983)
Audio sample

"For Your Eyes Only" is the theme to the 12th James Bond movie of the same name, written by Bill Conti and Mick Leeson, and performed by Scottish singer Sheena Easton. The song reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100, and number eight on the UK Singles Chart.[3][4] It was nominated for Best Original Song at the Academy Awards in 1982.

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF).
  2. ^ Slant Staff (October 4, 2021). "Every James Bond Theme Song Ranked". Slant Magazine. Retrieved January 27, 2024. Sheena Easton's soft-rock power ballad matches the glossiness of For Your Eyes Only...
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. Billboard Books
  4. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited

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