The song reached figure one in the UK in 1964 intended for Sandie Shaw. Peter Gabriel plus Kate Bush had used the samplingsynthesiser on prior labors, but the practice had been far less than Naked Eyes would employ on their debut effort. The group consisted of childhood friends from Bath, England, Pete Byrne on lyrics plus Rob Fisher on keyboards. The two had formerly played in a group called Neon with future members of Tears for Fears and stayed together as a duo after the group broke up.

Naked Eyes is one of the few to have enjoyed significant success exterior their country of origin, notably in the U. S. , yet remain almost unidentified in their homeland.

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