Released August 25, 1997 Recorded 1996 Length 3:09 | Format CD single Genre Nu metal, rap metal | |
B-side "We Use the Pain"
"Wash It Down" | ||
Open Your Eyes is the debut single from the Guano Apes released in 1997.
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Chart performance
It reached No. 5 in Germany, remaining in the Top 100 for 30 weeks. The song won the "Local Heroes" competition held by VIVA, beating out over 1000 competitors. Due to VIVA's heavy rotation of the song's music video, the Guano Apes signed a deal with Gun Records, which released the group's debut album Proud Like a God in 1997, on which the song appears. In their review of the album, Allmusic spoke highly of the song. In 1999 the song was certified gold in Germany.
Music video
The music video features the Guano Apes playing the song in a hotel lobby. The lobby is empty except for several bored hotel staff, who are indifferent to the presence of the Guano Apes, not paying attention to them playing and even vacuuming around them.
Charts
* The single was released on the United States in 2000 as their debut American single.