Dusty Springfield's collaboration with Richard Carpenter must have seemed a strange move after she gained street credibility with the Pet Shop Boys. The single, taken from Carpenter's album 'Time', his first project since the death of his sister Karen, didn't repeat the success of 'What have I done to deserve this?' when it was released in October 1987. It only managed one week in the UK singles chart, at number 89.If it was released several years later, when the Carpenters were back in vogue again, it's quite possible that it would have been a bigger hit.
My collection: 7" single no. 4966
Found: Record Exchange, London, October 31, 2010
Cost: 50p
Tracks: 'Something in your eyes' / 'Time'
Dusty actually recorded "Something in Your Eyes" before "What Have I Done to Deserve This?"- in fact, in the US "Something in Your Eyes" was released as a single first, in 1987, and while it missed the Top 100 it did reach #12 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
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