Temptation Eyes

"Temptation Eyes"
Single by The Grass Roots
from the album More Golden Grass
B-side "Keepin' Me Down"
Released December 1970 (1970-12)
Format 7-inch 45 RPM
Genre Rock, psychedelic pop
Label ABC/Dunhill
Songwriter(s) Harvey Price, Daniel Walsh[1]
Producer(s) Steve Barri
The Grass Roots singles chronology
"Come on and Say It"
(1970)		 "Temptation Eyes"
(1970)		 "Sooner or Later"
(1971)

"Come on and Say It"
(1970)		 "Temptation Eyes"
(1970)		 "Sooner or Later"
(1971)

"Temptation Eyes" is a 1970 hit song by The Grass Roots. It was released on their second compilation album, More Golden Grass. The song reached number 15 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1971. It spent 18 weeks on the charts, making it their single of greatest longevity, three weeks longer than their greatest hit, "Midnight Confessions".

Chart performance

Cover versions

Blake Babies covered "Temptation Eyes" on their 1991 Innocence & Experience LP. The Replacements (band) also performed the song for the Let It Be (The Replacements album) sessions in 1984. The song has, at least, shown up in bootleg form.

References

  1. ↑ "Temptation Eyes by The Grass Roots Songfacts". www.SongFacts.com. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Top Pop 100 Singles" Billboard December 25, 1971: TA-36
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