Give Me Your Eyes

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Name = Give Me Your Eyes


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Artist = Brandon Heath
Album = What If We
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Released = July 23, 2008
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Genre = Acoustic pop
Length = 3:52
Label = Provident
Writer = Brandon Heath, Jason Ingram
Producer = Dan Muckala
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Last single = "I'm Not Who I Was"
(2007)
This single = "Give Me Your Eyes"
(2008)
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"Give Me Your Eyes" is a song by contemporary Christian musician Brandon Heath from his "What If We" album. It was digitally released as a single on July 23, 2008. [cite web |url=http://www.breathecast.com/Christian.Music.Artist-Brandon.Heath/Article-578_2453.htm |title=Brandon Heath's What If We Debuts At No. 3 On Sales Chart |publisher=BREATHEcast.com |date=2008-08-29 |accessdate=2008-10-09] It stayed at #1 on "Billboard"'s Hot Christian Songs chart for five weeks in September and October. [cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Hot+Christian+Songs |title=Hot Christian Songs |date=2008-10-11 |accessdate=2008-10-09 |work=Billboard]

Music and lyrics

The song is based on a general acoustic/pop style, with a slight "hip hop shuffle" drawing comparisons with Mat Kearney's music.cite web |url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2008/whatifwe.html |title=Brandon Heath – What If We |work=Christianity Today |accessdate=2008-10-10 |author=Russ Breimeier] Heath said that the song is about "my own convictions for wanting to see the world with compassionate eyes".cite web |url=http://www.stereotruth.net/2008/09/brandon-heath-give-me-your-eyes-1-on-two-radio-formats/ |title=Brandon Heath “Give Me Your Eyes” #1 On Two Radio Formats |publisher=StereoTruth.net |date=2008-09-25 |accessdate=2008-10-10]

Music video

A music video for "Give Me Your Eyes" was released in September 2008.cite web |url=http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/6889 |title="Give Me Your Eyes" continues to rise for Brandon Heath |date=2008-09-25 |accessdate=2008-10-10 |work=The Cleveland Leader]

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