Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes stands as one of the most evocative and mysterious pop hits of the 1980s, a song that captures an era while sounding oddly out of time—slightly alien, smoky, and sultry, like a neon-lit film noir set to synthesizers and drum machines. Released in 1981, the track became an international sensation, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for nine non-consecutive weeks and earning Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. What’s perhaps most fascinating is that this shimmering, modern-sounding track was actually a cover, originally recorded by Jackie DeShannon in 1974 as a very different kind of song—a jazzier, more acoustic piece that bore little resemblance to the version Carnes and producer Val Garay would catapult into pop immortality.
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