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Private Eyes reached #5 on the U.S. Billboard 200 Album charts and went Platinum. Four of the song chart from the album with I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) reaching #1 in three different categories. I have always been a Hall & Oates fan since the days of Private Eyes first came on the radio. ' Private Eyes ' is a 1981 single by Daryl Hall & John Oates and the title track from their album of that year. The song was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for two weeks, from November 7 through November 20, 1981. Pre - owned in good condition Daryl Hall & John Oates – Private Eyes Label: RCA – RCALP 6001 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: UK Released: 1981 Genre: Rock, Funk / Soul, Pop Style: Pop Rock, Soul, Synth-pop Tracklist A1 Private Eyes A2 Looking For A Good Sign A3 I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) A4 Mano A Mano A5 Did It In A Minute B1 Head Above Water B2 Tell Me What You Want B3. Private Eyes was the #36 song in 1981 in the Pop charts.The song was performed by Daryl Hall & John Oates.Comment below with facts and trivia about the song and we may include it in our song facts! Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) - Private Eyes- 1981 Speaking about the meaning of the lyrics, John Oates has stated that while many listeners may assume the lyrics are about a relationship, in reality, the song, 'is about the music business.
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Songwriters Warren Pash and Janna Allen got together back in 1980 to work on music on an album Allen was putting together. Getting together in Los Angeles, they started in on a new batch of tunes. Among them: a track Pash had been kicking around called 'Private Eyes.'
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'We went in a little rehearsal room somewhere - I think it was five bucks an hour with a beat-up, old piano with cigarette burns and half the keys not working, and a cassette player,' Pash recalled to Songfacts. 'We banged it out with some stuff that she added to make it more singable for her. Lisanne froon and kris kremers google map. She took it away and I said, 'OK, we'll see what happens.' She calls me maybe a month later and says, I don't think that song is for me. I said, yeah, I understand. And she goes, But I think it's perfect for Daryl and John, so I gave the cassette to them,' she added, much to Pash's surprise. Having already worked with Daryl Hall, his heart sank. 'I went, what are you trying to do, kill my opportunity to work with Daryl again? Why'd you give him that piece-of-crap tape? She says, no, no, no.. they'll know what to do with it.'
Indeed, as the group took that demo tape and reconfigured it into the title track of Hall and Oates' tenth studio album. Released as a single on August 29, 1981, the song soared up the Hot 100 to peak at #1 for the week of November 7, 1981, as well as the following week. It would finally fall to Olivia Newton-John's monster hit, 'Physical,' for the week of November 21, 1981.
'Private Eyes' came with a very straightforward but sharp music music that would become a staple on early MTV. Creating such an iconic clip just happened by chance, according to director Jay Dubin.
'It's real simple. I get a call from them, it's about 11. 'Hey, we're over at Electric Ladyland, we want to shoot a video. We only have this much money. Can you get over here in a couple of hours?' Dubin told Songfacts.
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'I go, 'Yeah.' Came in, did it, and left. I mean, there was no plan. It was just like, 'Whaddaya got around here? What can I do?' Okay, I got this, this, and this. All right. And I've got a camera. Let's do it. Get outta here. Okay, 'bye. Two hours, done, boom. Go and edit it and I finish the next day. It was no big thing though, you know? [Laughing] Had nothing to work with. You have the room and the two guys, and a couple of other guys. So you walk in and go, 'Okay, everybody sing, point the cameras at them. Okay, now we'll do a close up, now we'll do this, now we'll do that.' And, 'All right, I'll have it done in the morning.'
And with that, a classic was born.
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