The Light in Your Eyes

1997 single by LeAnn Rimes

"The Light in Your Eyes"

Commercial single cover; "The Light in Your Eyes" was also released alongside "Blue" as a B-side track.

Single by LeAnn Rimes

from the album Blue

A-side

"Blue"

Released

March 7, 1997^[1]

Recorded

1996

Genre

Country

Length

3:20

Label

Curb

Songwriter(s)

Dan Tyler

Producer(s)

Chuck Howard
Johnny Mulhair
Wilbur C. Rimes

LeAnn Rimes singles chronology

"Unchained Melody"
(1997)

"The Light in Your Eyes"
(1997)

"How Do I Live"
(1997)

"The Light in Your Eyes" is a song written by Dan Tyler, and recorded by American country music artist LeAnn Rimes. It was released in March 1997 as the sixth and final single from her debut album Blue. The song made it to number five on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1997.^[2]

The song was originally slated to be LeAnn's debut single and was sent as a press kit to radio with the music video, along with ten second clips of "Blue", "Hurt Me" and "My Baby". When "Blue" exploded at radio, it replaced this song as her first single.

She filmed the video for this song before "Blue"'s video.

Track listing

CD single^[3]

"Blue" – 2:47
"The Light in Your Eyes" – 3:20

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	13
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	5
US Top Country Singles Sales (Billboard)^[6] with "Blue"	3

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[7]	97
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[8]	29

References

^ "Country Highlights: New Releases" (PDF). Country Monitor. Vol. 5, no. 10. March 7, 1997. p. 1. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 291.
^ "Blue / The Light in Your Eyes: LeAnn Rimes: Music". Amazon. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3242." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. June 23, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
^ "LeAnn Rimes Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
^ "Billboard Top Country Singles Sales" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1997". RPM. December 15, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
^ "Best of 1997: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.