Crystal Gayle – Dont It Make My Brown Eyes Blue, is a song written by Richard Leigh, and recorded by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. It was released in March 1977 as the first single from Gayle’s album We Must Believe in Magic. Despite the title, Gayle herself has blue eyes.
The song became a worldwide hit single. In the United States, it topped the Billboard country music chart and was Gayle’s first (and biggest) crossover pop hit, reaching number 1 on the Cashbox Top 100 for two weeks, and number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, behind Debby Boone’s smash hit, «You Light Up My Life». The album received Platinum status, the first by a female country singer. The song became Gayle’s signature piece throughout her career. In 1978, the song won Gayle a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. In 1999, the song was recognized by ASCAP as one of the ten most-performed songs of the 20th century. The song has a jazzy feel to it when compared to many other country songs of that era. Gayle had many more hit singles for the next ten years, such as «Talking in Your Sleep», «Half the Way» «You and I» (a duet with Eddie Rabbitt) and «I’ll Get Over You», but none have achieved the same level of success as «Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue».
From the album We Must Believe in Magic
B-side «All I Wanna Do in Life»
Released June 1977
Recorded 1976; Jack’s Tracks Recording Studio (Nashville)
Genre
Country popfolk jazz
Length 2:37
Label United Artists
Songwriter(s) Richard Leigh
Producer(s) Allen Reynolds
COUNTRYPEDIA
Crystal Gayle – Dont It Make My Brown Eyes Blue Lyrics
Don’t know when I’ve been so blue
Don’t know what’s come over you
You’ve found someone new
And don’t it make my brown eyes blue
I’ll be fine when you’re gone
I’ll just cry all night long
Say it isn’t true
And don’t it make my brown eyes blue
Tell me no secrets, tell me some lies
Give me no reasons, give me alibis
Tell me you love me and don’t let me cry
Say anything but don’t say goodbye
I didn’t mean to treat you bad
Didn’t know just what I had
But, honey, now I do
And don’t it make my brown eyes
Don’t it make my brown eyes
Don’t it make my brown eyes blue
Don’t it make my brown eyes
Don’t it make my brown eyes
Don’t it make my brown eyes blue
Don’t it make my brown eyes
Don’t it make my brown eyes
Don’t it make my brown eyes blue
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