"Naked Eye" | ||||
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Single by Luscious Jackson | ||||
from the album Fever In Fever Out | ||||
B-side | "Banana's Box", "Foster's Lover" | |||
Released | October 1, 1996 | |||
Length | 4:40 | |||
Label | Grand Royal, Capitol | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jill Cunniff | |||
Producer(s) | Daniel Lanois, Tony Mangurian, Luscious Jackson | |||
Luscious Jackson singles chronology | ||||
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"Naked Eye" is a song by American alternative rock band Luscious Jackson, released as the first single from their second album, Fever In Fever Out (1996). It was released on CD and 12-inch, both of which feature three remixes and an instrumental version of the song as well as two non-LP tracks.[1] The song peaked at No. 18 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100. To date it is the band's only top-40 hit in the United Kingdom, reaching No. 25 on the UK Singles Chart.
In a 1997 interview with Billboard, singer Jill Cunniff explained that the song is about being emotionally naked, or honest, rather than naked as in without clothing.[2]
The song's music video was inspired by the 1977 Luis Buñuel film That Obscure Object of Desire, which featured two actresses playing the same role.[3] All four of the band's then members (Cunniff, Gabrielle Glaser, Kate Schellenbach and Vivian Trimble) portray the same character, a woman being escorted to a departing aircraft by her boyfriend. The character arrives in a Citroen CX car.[4] Though the video is made to look like it takes place at an airport, it was filmed at New York's World Trade Center.[3] The music video made its MTV debut on November 17, 1996.[5]
US maxi-CD single[6]
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Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United States | October 1, 1996 |
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December 3, 1996 | [16] | |||
Japan | December 4, 1996 | CD | Grand Royal | [17] |
United Kingdom | March 31, 1997 |
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