Kim Carnes: Bette Davis Eyes (1981) Online
- Original Title :
- Kim Carnes: Bette Davis Eyes
- Genre :
- Creative Work / Short / Music
- Year :
- 1981
- Directror :
- Russell Mulcahy
- Type :
- Creative Work
- Time :
- 4min
- Rating :
- 6.8/10
The video opens in a dance hall with a black-draped leaning figure. The drape opens to reveal Kim Carnes wearing sunglasses as she sings the first verse. In the first chorus, she performs with a band; halfway dancers enter the hall. In the second verse, the dancers make slapping and floor-pounding dance motions. They disappear and reappear in the second chorus. The song finishes with the dancers making dance motions while approaching Carnes; the band is already gone when the video ends with the black-draped leaning figure. A shadowed silhouette of Bette Davis smoking a cigarette appears throughout the video.
| Credited cast: | |||
 | Kim Carnes |
The song spent nine non-consecutive weeks on top of the US Billboard Hot 100 (interrupted for one week by the "Stars on 45 Medley") and was Billboard's biggest hit of the year for 1981.
The single reached No. 5 on Billboard's Top Tracks charts and No. 26 on the Dance charts.
The song won the Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
The song was a number one hit in 21 countries and peaked at number 10 in the United Kingdom.
Actress Bette Davis, then 73 years old, wrote letters to Carnes, Weiss, and DeShannon to thank all three of them for making her "a part of modern times," and said her grandson now looked up to her. After their Grammy wins, Davis sent them roses as well.
The song was ranked at number 12 on Billboard's list of the top 100 songs in the first 50 years of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Cleopatra Records released a re-recording of the song as a single in 2007.
France (SNEP) Platinum certification with 1,190,000 sales.
Canada (Music Canada) Platinum certification with 100,000 sales.
Spain (AFE) peak position 1, 1981.