Naked Eyes

Naked Eyes
Rob Fisher and Pete Byrne of Naked Eyes
Background information
Origin	Bath, England
Genres	New wave, synthpop
Years active	1982–84, 2005–present
Labels	EMI, Parlophone, Oglio
Website	Naked Eyes homepage
Members	Pete Byrne
Past members	Rob Fisher

Naked Eyes is a British new wave band that rose to prominence in the early 1980s. Originally a duo, the band is known largely for its four US top 40 singles.

The first, a cover of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David standard "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me". The band had subsequent hits with their own compositions, "Promises, Promises" (not to be confused with the Bacharach/David musical number), "When the Lights Go Out," and "(What) In the Name of Love."

Naked Eyes was formed by two college friends from Bath, England. The band features Pete Byrne on vocals and Rob Fisher on keyboards. The two had formerly played in a band called Neon, which also featured future members of Tears For Fears.

Naked Eyes was one of the first bands to make significant use of the Fairlight CMI sampling synthesizer on a recording. Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush had used the instrument on prior efforts, but the usage had been far less than Naked Eyes would employ on their debut effort.