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| Length = 3:48 | Label = EMI America | Writer = | Producer = Val Garay | Certification = | Last single = "Cry Like a Baby" (1980) | This single = "Bette Davis Eyes" (1981) | Next single = "Draw of the Cards" (1981) | Misc = }} ''Bette Davis Eyes'' is a song written by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon, and made popular by American singer Kim Carnes. DeShannon recorded it in 1974; Carnes' 1981 version spent nine weeks at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was ''Billboard''s biggest hit of the entire year for 1981. The 1981 recording won the 1982 Grammy Awards for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year. ==History== The song was written in 1974 by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon. DeShannon recorded the song that same year on her album ''New Arrangement''. In this original incarnation, the track is performed in an "R&B lite" arrangement,〔 featuring a prominent uptempo piano part, as well as flourishes of pedal steel guitar and horns. However, it was not until 1981, when Kim Carnes recorded her version of the song in a radically different synthesizer-based arrangement, that "Bette Davis Eyes" became a commercial success. The Carnes version 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 also 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 also a number one hit in 21 countries〔 and peaked at number 10 in the United Kingdom.〔 According to producer Val Garay, the original demo of the tune that was brought to him sounded like "a Leon Russell track, with this beer-barrel polka piano part." The demo can be heard in a Val Garay interview on TAXI TV at 21:50. Keyboardist Bill Cuomo came up with the signature synth riff, using the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 synthesizer, which now defines Carnes' version. The song was recorded in the studio on the first take.〔Jackson, Blair. . ''Mix Online''. NewBay Media. Retrieved May 3, 2014.〕 Bette Davis wrote letters to Carnes and the songwriters to thank 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 and at number one of the biggest hits of the 1980s.〔. ''Billboard''. Retrieved June 13, 2014.〕 Cleopatra Records released a re-recording of the song as a single in 2007.〔(Bette Davis Eyes (single) ) on We7. Retrieved April 10, 2013〕 The song was used frequently as bumper music on Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell. The song was used in the 2015 horror comedy film ''The Final Girls'', starring Taissa Farmiga and Malin Åkerman. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bette Davis Eyes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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