"The Love in Your Eyes" | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Single by Dan Hartman | ||||
from the album Keep the Fire Burnin' | ||||
Released | November 8, 1994 | |||
Format | 12", cassette single, CD single | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length |
4:06 (single version) 4:58 (album version) |
|||
Label |
Chaos Recordings (US) Columbia Records (Europe) |
|||
Songwriter(s) | Dan Hartman | |||
Producer(s) | Dan Hartman | |||
Dan Hartman singles chronology | ||||
|
"The Love in Your Eyes" is a song by American musician-singer-songwriter Dan Hartman, released as a single in 1994 from his posthumous album Keep The Fire Burnin'.
One of Hartman's final compositions, "The Love in Your Eyes" was written and produced by Hartman. Following the release of his 1989 instrumental album New Green Clear Blue, Hartman turned once again to producing and writing, mainly for others. By 1993, Hartman began to record a new album of contemporary pop and dance music. While in the studio during 1993, he noted that "So many things have changed in terms of social and political issues, as well as the need for love and personal relationships. All of these things are the reasons why writing and recording new material is most meaningful to me." In the end, a total of two songs were completed; "Keep the Fire Burnin'" and "The Love in Your Eyes".
The single was released posthumously after Hartman's death on March 22, 1994, from an AIDS-related brain tumor. Released in America and Europe, the single was not a commercial success and failed to make any chartings. It was Hartman's final single of his career, and succeeded "Keep the Fire Burnin'", which was the lead single from the same-titled album. The Keep the Fire Burnin' album largely featured remixes of Hartman's previous hits.
The song and its remixes were mastered by Jose Rodriguez at the New York City mastering firm Sterling Sound.
The single was released via 12" vinyl and CD by Chaos Recordings, a dimension of Columbia Records in America, and via Columbia Records directly in Europe. In America, it was manufactured by Chaos Recordings. At the time, the album was still forthcoming.
In America, the CD release featured four different versions/remixes of the track; the "Radio Version" being the featured track, with the other three versions being the "Album Version," the "(Hip Radio Version)," and the "Classic Frankie" version. The latter remix was handled by Frankie Knuckles. An American promotional version of the single was also issued, with the same track-listing as the main issue. In Europe, the CD single featured the same track-listing.
The American 12" vinyl release featured the "Classic Frankie" remix as the featured track, along with four other exclusive remixes; the "(Classic Song)" version, the "(Reprise)" version, the "(DJ EFX's Raw Club)" version and the "(DJ EFX's Trib Hop)" version. The first three remixes were created by Knuckles, whilst the final two were done by Brendan McCarthy, DJ Digit and DJ Rasoul. The Frankie Knuckles remixes were done for Def Mix Productions.