"Innocent Eyes" | ||||
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Single by Delta Goodrem | ||||
from the album Innocent Eyes | ||||
B-side | "Hear Me Calling"/"Lost for Words" | |||
Released | 6 June 2003 | |||
Format | CD, digital download | |||
Recorded | 2003 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:52 | |||
Label | Epic, Daylight | |||
Writer(s) | Delta Goodrem, Vince Pizzinga | |||
Producer(s) | John Fields | |||
Delta Goodrem singles chronology | ||||
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"Innocent Eyes" is a pop song written by Delta Goodrem and Vince Pizzinga and produced by John Fields for Goodrem's first album Innocent Eyes (2003). It was released as the album's third single in Australia on 6 June 2003. Goodrem has stated the song is one of her favourite tracks on the Innocent Eyes album and that its lyrics are autobiographical, and is dedicated to her family. The song became her third number-one single in Australia and also peaked in the top twenty in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. She also performed the song on an episode of Australian soap opera Neighbours where she had a starring role as Nina Tucker.
The music video for "Innocent Eyes" was filmed in the Intercontinental Hotel in Sydney, Australia and was directed by Michael Gracey. It was filmed between 2 May 2003 — 3 May 2003 and was released in June that same year. The video shows Goodrem backstage waiting to go on and reminiscing about being a little girl (played by Morgan Griffin) doing things like singing, dancing and dressing up. It took twenty hours in total to film the video and she felt it hard trying to put the film clip in other people's hands because she feels that it was her song and was wrenching when people tamper with it to try for marketing. The video, with behind the scenes, is available on Goodrem's first DVD Delta (2003).
Promotion for the single included a Melbourne instore appearance in which Goodrem signed autographs for a record eight hours to an estimated crowd of 10,000 people. Two CD singles were released to stores in Australia, the first CD featured the title track and the two B-sides "Hear Me Calling" (written by Goodrem and Pizzinga) and "Lost for Words" (written by Goodrem), while the second CD featured remixes of "Lost Without You", a free Delta Goodrem phone logo and a choice of ringtones between "Born to Try", "Lost Without You" and "Innocent Eyes".