"Innocent Eyes" is a song written by Delta Goodrem and Vince Pizzinga and produced by John Fields for Goodrem's first album, Innocent Eyes (2003). It was released as the album's third single in Australia on 9 June 2003. Goodrem has stated the song is one of her favourite tracks on the Innocent Eyes album and that its lyrics are autobiographical, and is dedicated to her family."Delta's New Single Announced" . Deltagoodrem.com. Retrieved 17 November 2007. The song became her third number-one single in Australia and also peaked within the top 20 in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. She also performed the song on an episode of Australian soap opera Neighbours where she had a starring role as Nina Tucker.
Music video The music video for "Innocent Eyes" was filmed in the Intercontinental Hotel in Sydney, Australia, and was directed by Michael Gracey. It was filmed between 2 May 2003 – 3 May 2003 and was released in June that same year. The video shows Delta Goodrem backstage waiting to go on and reminiscing about being a little girl (played by Morgan Griffin"Morgan Griffin on her big break in Delta's video". yahoo.com. Retrieved 14 September 2016.) doing things like singing, dancing and dressing up. It took twenty hours in total to film the video and she felt it hard trying to put the film clip in other people's hands because she feels that it was her song and was wrenching when people tamper with it to try for marketing. The video, with behind the scenes, is available on Goodrem's first DVD Delta (2003)."Delta Films New Clip" . Deltagoodrem.com. Retrieved 16 February 2007.
Promotion and chart performance Promotion for the single included a Melbourne instore appearance in which Goodrem signed autographs for a record eight hours to an estimated crowd of 10,000 people.Herald Sun, June 2003. Retrieved 28 January 2007. Two CD singles were released to stores in Australia, the first CD featured the title track and the two B-sides "Hear Me Calling" (written by Goodrem and Pizzinga) and "Lost for Words" (written by Goodrem), while the second CD featured remixes of "Lost Without You", a free Delta Goodrem phone logo and a choice of ringtones between "Born to Try", "Lost Without You" and "Innocent Eyes".
The song made its debut on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart at number two, being held off the number-one spot by "Bring Me to Life" by Evanescence on 16 June 2003. After two weeks of being on the chart, it knocked Evanescence off the top spot and stayed there for two weeks, making the song Goodrem's third consecutive number-one single. After nine weeks, it spent its last week in the top 10 and fell to number 12. It spent a total of 20 weeks in the top 50, accredited platinum by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and was the 18th-highest-selling single in Australia during 2003. In New Zealand, the song debuted on the RIANZ Singles Chart at number 44, then jumped 25 places to number 19 before peaking the following week at number 14. It spent a total of 12 weeks in the chart before leaving from number 49. The song debuted at number nine in the United Kingdom, becoming Goodrem's third top-10 single there. It additionally debuted and peaked at number 25 in Ireland, spending a total on six weeks on the chart.
Track listings
Credits and personnel Credits are lifted from the Innocent Eyes album booklet.
Studios Produced, recorded, and arranged at Mansfield Lodge, Conway (Los Angeles), and Metropolis Audio (Melbourne, Australia) Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York City)
Personnel
Delta Goodrem – writing, piano Vince Pizzinga – writing John Fields – guitars, bass, keyboards, production, recording, arrangement Phil Solem – guitars Mike Ruekberg – baritone guitar David Falzone – piano Dorian Crozier – drums Billy Hawn – percussion Ameena Khawaja – cello Sam Storey – studio assistance (Conway) Robbie Adams – studio assistance (Metropolis) Carl Schubert – studio assistance (Metropolis) Michael H. Brauer – mixing Greg Calbi – mastering
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2003)Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (2003)PositionAustralia (ARIA)18UK Singles (OCC)186
Certifications
Release history Region Date Format Label Catalogue Australia 9 June 2003 CD Epic 673857.2 673857.5 United Kingdom 22 September 2003 674315 2 674315 5 Cassette 674315 4
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