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Eyes are described in unique ways in songs by singers and songwriters. While certain musicians actually narrate the beauty of eyes in their lyrics, majority of songs are a metaphorical account of human emotions. Eyes express the many attributes of the heart and mind. Our perspective towards life is often dictated or controlled by the things we see around us.

What Message Do Eyes Convey in Songs?

Diverse perspectives are portrayed with eyes in songs. The purpose of life and realm of understanding is depicted in enigmatic ways in songs. In certain songs, eyes represent judgment and justice in a philosophical manner. In songs from different genres, eyes are associated with clairvoyance and omniscience attributes. What the eyes see if often an extension of how the soul manifests.

Inner vision is often conveyed by singers and songwriters in a figurative way to explain a concept or idea. Eyes represent the starting point of love and romance. How a person feels when in love is often represented with the expression of eyes. What the mind and heart perceive is poetically linked with vision and sight in many songs. The path of light and darkness in thoughtfully showcased as progressive concepts through eyes in certain songs.

Symbolism: Eyes in Songs

The eyes are considered the most important symbolic sensory organ in many cultures. In songs, the eye represents good and evil. The color of eyes is mentioned in certain songs to associate with love, innocence, distrust or fury. The beauty of eyes is often associated with the soul representing a mystical aura. The evil eye is often showcased with dark elements in music videos to portray negative human traits. The mind’s eye brings to life an intellectual thought process that sows the seed of good or evil. Symbolically, open eyes relate to infinity, while closed eyes represent the end.

In certain songs, blinking eyes theatrically represent changing times. Flashbacks, childhood memories, or past relationships are often portrayed with eyes depicting a perspective. In certain lyrics, eyes are the centrifugal element that conceal or reveal the truth. In certain songs, eyes that are covered with sunglasses may denote mystery, lies, deceit, or the inability to come in terms with the truth. Shy eyes are associated with a submissive nature, and the inability to express feelings. Eyes also relate to a rush of emotions that one cannot hide. Although varied concepts are conveyed with the mention of eyes, in songs, eyes may denote or symbolize

• Love
• Truth
• Knowledge
• Intelligence
• Mystery
• Vigilance
• Good
• Anger
• Evil
• Trust
• Deceit
• Pride
• Guilt
• Light
• Protection
• Wisdom
• Lies
• Betrayal
• Moral Conscience
• Secrecy

The list below showcases a collection of rock songs, pop songs, country songs, folk songs, R&B songs, hip-hop songs, metal songs, indie songs, alternative songs, new wave songs, jazz songs, blues songs, EDM songs, and dance songs about eyes. If you have a view, opinion, or song suggestion, let us know in the comments section.

Top 10 Best Songs With Eyes in the Title

1. “Ocean Eyes”—Billie Eilish
2. “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”—Frankie Valli
3. “Sexy Eyes”—Dr.Hook
4. “Hungry Eyes”—Eric Carmen
5. “Eye of the Tiger”—Survivor
6. “When You Look Me in the Eyes”—Jonas Brothers
7. “Brown Eyed Girl”—Van Morrison
8. “Lyin’ Eyes”—The Eagles
9. “All Eyes on You”—Meek Mill featuring Nicki Minaj
10. “Rhinestone Eyes”—Gorillaz

#11—20

11. “In Your Eyes”—Peter Gabriel

12. “Don’t it Make My Brown Eyes Blue”—Crystal Gayle

13. “In Another’s Eyes”—Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks

14. “Goodbye in Her Eyes”—Zac Brown Band

15. “In Your Eyes”—The Weeknd

16. “Close My Eyes Forever”—Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne

17. “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”—Crosby, Stills & Nash

18. “Angel Eyes”—The Jeff Healey Band

19. “Open Your Eyes”—Snow Patrol

20. “Big Eyes”—Lana Del Rey

#21—40

21. “Eyes Open”—Taylor Swift

22. “Behind Blue Eyes”—The Who

23. “When I Look Into Your Eyes”—Firehouse

24. “The Bluest Eyes in Texas”—Restless Heart

25. “Eye of the Needle”—Sia

26. “Green-Eyed Lady”—Sugarloaf

27. “Breakin’ My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)”—Mint Condition

28. “Eyes on You”—Chase Rice

29. “Beautiful In My Eyes”—Joshua Kadison

30. “Eyes Wide Open”—Gotye

31. “Sad Eyes”—Robert John

32. “Bette Davis Eyes”—Kim Carnes

33. “Electric Eye”—Judas Priest

34. “Give Me Your Eyes”—Brandon Heath

35. “Eyes Closed”—Halsey

36. “Starry Eyed”—Ellie Goulding

37. “Pretty Brown Eyes”—Cody Simpson

38. “Angel in My Eyes”—John Michael Montgomery

39. “Lonely Eyes”—Chris Young

40. “When You Close Your Eyes”—Night Ranger

#41—60

41. “Swingin' With My Eyes Closed”—Shania Twain

42. “My Father's Eyes”—Eric Clapton

43. “Open Your Eyes”—Alter Bridge

44. “Blind Eye”—Uriah Heep

45. “Never Close Our Eyes”—Adam Lambert

46. “Eyes of the Insane”—Slayer

47. “Green Eyes”—Coldplay

48. “All Eyez”—Game featuring Jeremih

49. “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain”—Willie Nelson

50. “Close My Eyes”—Mariah Carey

51. “Brown Eyed Handsome Man”—Chuck Berry

52. “Eye in the Sky”—The Alan Parsons Project

53. “Sad Eyes”—Bruce Springsteen

54. “Eyes of Silver”—Doobie Brothers

55. “A Pair of Brown Eyes”—The Pogues

56. “Evil Eye”—Franz Ferdinand

57. “Cotton Eye Joe”—Rednex

58. “Black Eyes Blue”—Corey Taylor

59. “Private Eyes”—Hall & Oates

60. “Eye Know”—De La Soul

#61—80

61. “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”—The Platters

62. “Queenie Eye”—Paul McCartney

63. “Close Your Eyes”—Parmalee

64. “Ebony Eyes”—Bob Welch

65. “The Light in Your Eyes”—LeAnn Rimes

66. “Bright Eyes”—Art Garfunkel

67. “Far Away Eyes”—The Rolling Stones

68. “Dancing With Tears in My Eyes”—Ultravox

69. “Behind These Hazel Eyes”—Kelly Clarkson

70. “Lost In Your Eyes”—Debbie Gibson

71. “Naked Eye”—Luscious Jackson

72. “Eyes Without a Face”—Billy Idol

73. “If We Had Your Eyes”—Michelle Williams

74. “My Eyes”—Travis

75. “Starry Eyed Surprise”—Paul Oakenfold featuring Shifty Shellshock

76. “Angel Eyes”—Roxy Music

77. “These Eyes”—The Guess Who

78. “Close Your Eyes and Count to F--k”—Run The Jewels

79. “You Can Close Your Eyes”—James Taylor

80. “Eye of the Beholder”—Metallica

#81—100

81. “The Story in Your Eyes”—The Moody Blues

82. “My Mind's Eye”—Small Faces

83. “Gypsy Eyes”—Jimi Hendrix

84. “Blackened Blue Eyes”—The Charlatans

85. “Eyesight to the Blind”—Sonny Boy Williamson

86. “Starz in Their Eyes”—Just Jack

87. “Earache My Eye”—Cheech & Chong

88. “Temptation Eyes”—The Grass Roots

89. “When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes”—The Supremes

90. “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands”—Bob Dylan

91. “Dry Your Eyes”—The Streets

92. “Million Eyes”—Loic Nottet

93. “I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes”—Dierks Bentley

94. “Pretty Little Angel Eyes”—Curtis Lee

95. “Evil Eye”—KT Tunstall

96. “Swastika Eyes”—Primal Scream

97. “Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes”—Carla Thomas

98. “Hungry Eyes”—Merle Haggard

99. “Mystic Eyes”—Them

100. “Eyes Shut”—Years & Years

Other Notable Songs With Eyes in the Title

• “White Lies, Blue Eyes”—Bullet
• “Lost in Your Eyes”—The Jeff Healey Band
• “My Eyes Adored You”—Frankie Valli
• “I Only Have Eyes for You”—The Flamingos
• “Open Your Eyes”—John Legend
• “Harvester of Eyes”—Blue Oyster Cult
• “Violet Eyes”—Meat Puppets
• “Open Your Eyes”—Staind
• “Hey Blue Eyes”—Bruce Springsteen
• “Diamond Eyes”—Deftones
• “New Eyes”—Clean Bandit featuring Lizzo
• “Brown Eyes”—Destiny’s Child
• “Rainbow Eyes”—Rainbow
• “My Mother’s Eyes”—Frankie Valli
• “Doctor My Eyes”—Jackson Browne
• “Wide Eyed”—Animal Collective
• “Pale Blue Eyes”—The Velvet Underground
• “No One Has Eyes Like You”—Billy Currington
• “The Eyes Have It”—Karel Failaka
• “Close Your Eyes”—Rhodes
• “Look in Her Eyes”—Rod Stewart
• “Red Eye”—Vance Joy
• “My Eyes Have Seen You”—The Doors
• “Sun in Your Eyes”—Grizzly Bear
• “Blue Eyes”—Mika
• “Gary Gilmore's Eyes”—The Adverts
• “Searching With My Good Eye Closed”—Soundgarden
• “Blink of an Eye”—Tori Kelly
• “Don't Let the Stars Get In Your Eyes”—Perry Como
• “For Your Eyes Only”—Sheena Easton
• “My Eyes”—Blake Shelton featuring Gwen Sebastian
• “The Smile Has Left Your Eyes”—Asia
• “Blind Eye”—Ron Sexsmith
• “Tear Out My Eyes”—As I Lay Dying
• “Rosalinda's Eyes”—Billy Joel
• “My Eyes”—The Lumineers
• “Burberry Blue Eyes”—Razorlight
• “Moped Eyes”—Super Furry Animals
• “Angry Eyes”—Loggins and Messina
• “Fix My Eyes”—For King & Country
• “Tequila Eyes”—Randy Rogers Band
• “Blood in My Eyes”—Bob Dylan
• “Eyes on the Horizon”—Nic Cester

• “I Close My Eyes”—Hard-Fi
• “Killer's Eyes”—The Kinks
• “Dry Your Eyes”—Sean Kingston
• “I Can See It in Your Eyes”—Men at Work
• “Blueberry Eyes”—Max featuring Suga
• ‘Where Did His Eye Go?”—The Dickies
• “Eye on It”—TobyMac
• “Baby Blue Eyes”—Josh Kelley
• “Yellow Is the Color of Her Eyes”—Soccer Mommy
• “Snake Eyes”—Mumford & Sons
• “Covenant Eyes”—Trip Lee featuring Derek Minor
• “Ebony Eyes”—The Everly Brothers
• “History Has Its Eyes on You”—John Legend
• “Close Your Eyes”—The All-American Rejects
• “Eyes Off You”—Bombay Bicycle Club
• “Don’t Close Your Eyes”—Kix
• “Big Eyed Fish”—Dave Matthews Band
• “In Your Eyes”—Joe Lynn Turner
• “Pretty Little Black Eyed Susie”—Guy Mitchell
• “Eyez Closed”—Snoop Dogg featuring Kanye West and John Legend
• “A Little Death Around The Eyes”—Pete Doherty
• “Girl with One Eye”—Florence and the Machine
• “Twelve Eyes of Evil”—The Broken Family Band
• “Diamond Eyes”—Shinedown
• “Smoke in Her Eyes”—Big & Rich
• “Red Eye”—Andy Grammer
• “Angela's Eyes”—Guy Garvey
• “Eyes of the Squirrel”—Primus
• “Grey Blue Eyes”—Dave Matthews
• “A Tooth for an Eye”—The Knife
• “Eye of the Storm”—Bullet for My Valentine
• “The Young Eyes”—Sara Lov
• “Eye9”—Queensryche
• “New Eyes”—Adam Lambert
• “Eye Candy”—Josh Turner
• “Right Between the Eyes”—Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
• “Dark Eyes”—Bob Dylan
• “Through Her Eyes”—Dream Theater
• “Eyes Wide Open”—Wishbone Ash
• “Rapid Eye Movement”—David Cook
• “Keep Your Eyes on Me”—Tim McGraw
• “My Home (Blue Eyes)”—Seasick Steve

• “Third Eye”—Big K.R.I.T.
• “Black Eyes”—Gallows
• “Viscera Eyes”—The Mars Volta
• “Look in Their Eyes”—David Crosby
• “Flashbulb Eyes”—Arcade Fire
• “Whirling Eye”—The Kills
• “Eyeoneye”—Andrew Bird
• “Jackie Wants a Black Eye”—Dr. Dog
• “Two Lovely Black Eyes”—Charles Coborn
• “Eye to Eye”—Sheryl Crow
• “Staring Through the Eyes of the Dead”—Cannibal Corpse
• “Red Eyes”—Switchfoot
• “For Stevie Wonder's Eyes Only”—Bring Me the Horizon
• “Looking Through Your Eyes”—LeAnn Rimes
• “Caught Their Eyes”—Jay-Z featuring Frank Ocean
• “Our Eyes”—Lucy Rose
• “Angel Eyes”—Love and Theft
• “Devil in Her Eyes”—Heavy Pettin'
• “If I Had Eyes”—Jack Johnson
• “Dry Your Eyes”—Texas
• “Open My Eyes”—Buckcherry
• “Terminal Eyes”—Al Stewart
• “Eyeless”—Slipknot
• “Apple of My Eye”—Rick Ross
• “Real Eyes, Realize, Real Lies”—Machine Head
• “Cover My Eyes”—La Roux
• “Sunrise (Eyes of the Young)”—The Flaming Lips
• “Eve, the Apple of My Eye”—Bell X1
• “Sun in Our Eyes”—Mo and Diplo
• “Red Eye”—Kid Cudi
• “Truth in Your Eyes”—Kiefer Sutherland
• “Living in the Eye of the Storm”—Trapt
• “Glass Eyes”—Radiohead
• “4 Your Eyez Only”—J. Cole
• “Radical Eyes”—Prophets of Rage
• “Dead Man's Eyes”—Apocalyptica
• “Your Eyes”—Bombay Bicycle Club
• “Sad Eyes”—Enrique Iglesias
• “Painted Eyes”—Hercules & Love Affair
• “Junior's Eyes”—Black Sabbath
• “Third Eye”—Florence and the Machine
• “Eyes Wide Shut”—JLS

• “Eyeball Kid”—Tom Waits
• “Red Light in My Eyes, Pt. 2”—Children of Bodom
• “The Man with the Child in His Eyes”—Kate Bush
• ‘My Eyes”—Charred Walls of the Damned
• “Wild Eyed”—The Horrors
• “Music to My Eyes”—Lady Gaga
• “Keep Your Eyes Peeled”—Queens of the Stone Age
• “I Can't Take My Eyes Off You”—Joe Nichols
• “You Must Be Bleeding Under Your Eyelids”—Blindside
• “Through Your Eyes”—Bangles
• “My Nellie's Blue Eyes”—Ida Morris
• “Eyes on the Prize”—Sara Groves
• “The Camera Eye”—Rush
• “Green Eyes”—Judah & the Lion
• “See It in A Boy's Eyes”—Jamelia
• “Rimbaud Eyes”—Dum Dum Girls
• “Demon Eyes”—The Answer
• “Blue Eyed Hexe”—Pixies
• “Fresh Eyes”—Andy Grammer
• “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling”—Bing Crosby
• “Evil Eye”—Josh Ritter
• “Somebody Stole My Eyes”—Stone Sour
• “Room Full of Eyes”—The Dillinger Escape Plan
• “Mary's Eyes”—Tori Amos
• “Sunken Eyes”—Weinland
• “Look Her in the Eye and Lie”—Alan Jackson
• “Eyez”—P.O.D.
• “Rainbow Eyes”—Sorcery with Susie Rose Major
• “Mr. Bright Eyes”—Rebecca Ferguson
• “Through the Eyes of a Child”—Aurora
• “Don't Give Me Those Eyes”—James Blunt
• “Bridie's Eyes”—Kelley Ryan
• “Third Eye”—Tool
• “Dorothy Dandridge Eyes”—Janelle Monae featuring Esperanza Spalding
• “Happy Everafter in Your Eyes”—Ben Harper
• “Open the Eyes of My Heart”—Sonicflood
• “Little Girl (With Blue Eyes)”—Pulp
• “The Eyes of Mars”—Franz Ferdinand and Marion Cotillard
• “Close Your Eyes”—Michael Buble
• “Dry Your Eyes”—Neil Diamond featuring The Band
• “Guys Eyes”—Animal Collective
• “Million Eyes”—The Coral

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