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"Daylight in Your Eyes"
Single by No Angels
from the album Elle'ments
Released5 February 2001 (2001-02-05)
Recorded2000
StudioPark (Tutzing, Germany)
Length3:30
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Tony Bruno
  • Tommy Byrne
Producer(s)Thorsten Brötzmann
No Angels singles chronology
"Daylight in Your Eyes"
(2001) 		"Rivers of Joy"
(2001)
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"Daylight in Your Eyes" is the debut single by German girl group

Tommy Boy Entertainment, folded soon after, the group's original recording failed to receive a wider release, and the song was eventually sold separately abroad. There, "Daylight in Your Eyes" was purchased by Epic Records
and re-recorded by the singer Victoria Faiella for her debut album with the label.

In 2001, Faiella's producer

German-speaking Europe
and the following months in the United Kingdom and the United States, the single became a major international success, reaching number one in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

"Daylight in Your Eyes" was the best-selling single of the year 2001 in Germany as well as the third-best-selling single in Austria, and became fifth-highest-selling single of the 2000s in Germany. It was nominated for an

ECHO Award for Single of the Year (National). "Daylight in Your Eyes" received a Platinum certification from the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) for shipping half a million copies and has since been covered by various artists.[1]

Background

"Daylight in Your Eyes" was composed by songwriters and guitarists Tony Bruno and Tommy Byrnes, and initially intended to appear on the self-titled debut album of American rock band New Life Crisis, their debut with Tommy Boy Records.[2] Recorded in 2000, their rendition received a limited release in the United States, and ended on various sampler albums such as the MTV Party to Go Remixed compilation (2001).[2] Plans for an international release however fell through as Bruno and Byrnes had sold the appropriate license rights of song separately, both stateside and abroad, and the label lacked the right to release the band's version on any format throughout Europe.[3] Further problems arose as Byrnes, Bruno, and the publishing company that bought the rights to the song were forced to not only acknowledge the writing contribution of New Life Crisis leader Paul Mahos, but to also pay him back and continuing royalties.[3]

Meanwhile, Bruno met New York City singer

Victoria Faiella when they were working as background musicians on Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias' 1999 Cosas del Amor World Tour. Following a concert, he introduced her to German producer Peter Plate, one half of the musical duo Rosenstolz, who later became instrumental in her signing with the German division of Epic Records.[3] The pair soon began work on Faiella's debut album Drama, with sessions also resulting into a re-recording of Bruno's "Daylight."[3] Faiella's uplifiting, "poppier" version, produced by Bruno, Plate and his partner Ulf Leo Sommer, was eventually selected as her debut single with the record company.[3] In summer 2000, an accompanying music video was filmed and sent to German music networks, but as the record lacked general airplay support,[4] it underperformed and the singer was eventually dropped from her label.[2]

Recording and reception

Peter Plate was instrumental in disposing "Daylight".[2]

Following the termination of Faiella's contract with Epic, the rights to her songs were returned to Plate and Sommer.

inaugural season of Popstars, the German adaptation of the international reality show of the same name.[3] Submitted by Plate, Faiella's version of "Daylight" found general approval among the members of the newly formed No Angels, and became one of several songs they recorded for their debut album Elle'ments (2001).[3] While Plate, Sommer and Bruno received proper credit, recording and production duties were acceded by Thorsten Brötzmann, one of the main producers on Elle'ments.[5] Mixing of the song was overseen by Joachim "Jeo" Mezei.[5] Re-titled "Daylight in Your Eyes", No Angels' version made no significant changes to Faiella's backing track.[3][4]

After their formation, there was a period of indecision about what song would be released as No Angels' debut single.

Cheyenne Records executives believed that the first single should be "Go Ahead and Take It", which had previously been promoted during the Popstars re-call sessions on Mallorca,[6] while the group was adamant that their debut song should be "Daylight in Your Eyes".[6] The executives at Cheyenne relented, and the song was chosen as their first single out of a total of ten songs that had been pre-selected to lead the parent album.[6] Upon release, "Daylight in Your Eyes" received generally mixed reviews from music critics. Billboard magazine editor Chuck Taylor called the song "an ideal illustration of bouncy, gleeful bubble gum, tailor-made for the tween set." He felt that "the group's harmonies are equally beaming and the exhilarating production is perfectly suited to the spirit of the chorus."[7]

Commercial performance

Although "Daylight in Your Eyes" was not officially released until 5 February 2001,

platinum certification by the BVMI.[12][14]

In Switzerland, the single sat six weeks atop the

UK Singles Chart and a single entry at number 36 on the Billboard Hot Singles Sales chart.[18][19]

Music video

Original version

In the video, each of the five girls represents a different element.

An accompaying music video for "Daylight in Your Eyes" was directed by Robert Bröllochs and filmed at the X-Sight-Studios in Groß-Gerau near Darmstadt, Hesse, on 22 December 2000.[20] Also produced by Bröllochs for his Camelot Filmproduktionen, cinematography was helmed by Jason West.[21]

making of episode on the first installment of Popstars.[20]

The video does not have a substantial plot, but as both the band's management and their label attempted to introduce aliases assigning each member of the group—similar to the

archetypal type images for each themselves, a fifth element ("Spirit") was specially-created for Jessica Wahls because of a lack of another element.[20] The band later dismissed the video for its styling and make-up, both of which was widely influenced by the element theme and, according to Benaissa, made them look like a group of "five casted whores".[24]

North American version

Following its major success in German-speaking Europe,[8] MCA Records agreed on releasing "Daylight in Your Eyes" in North America.[8] As with in Europe, MCA planned to promote the band primarily within the teenage/college-aged fan demographic with the intention to establish them as teen stars.[25] However, since Bröllochs' video for "Daylight in Your Eyes" was considered too "sexy and provocative" due to its dancing routines and outifts to be broadcast on Disney Channel and other children's television networks in the United States, the quintet was forced to film a more family-friendly music video for the North American music market.[26] MCA hired Canadian music director Stephen Scott to film a second version, with Soost reprising his position as choreographer.[27] Filming took place in Toronto in April 2001 and lasted 14 hours.[25] Set in a park, the US version for "Daylight in Your Eyes" abandons the classical elements topic of the original video in favor of performance and dancing routines.[27] Solo scenes were filmed on a rotating platform.[25]

Cover versions

Following the success of No Angels' interpretation of "Daylight in Your Eyes" the song has been

webseries.[29] In January 2024, German musician Alligatoah released a heavy metal-influenced rendition of "Daylight in Your Eyes."[30]

Celebration Version

"Daylight in Your Eyes"
Single by No Angels
from the album 20
Released12 February 2021 (2021-02-12)
Length3:31
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Tony Bruno
  • Tommy Byrne
Producer(s)Christian Geller
No Angels singles chronology
"One Life"
(2009) 		"Daylight in Your Eyes"
(2021) 		"Still in Love with You"
(2021)

Background

In late 2020,

Cheyenne Records, including more than 600 master recordings from bands and solo artists who emerged from the Popstars series between 2000 and 2010.[31] On 27 November 2020, following their absence from digital streaming platforms for five years, the band's backup catalog from 2000 to 2004 was issued online, accompanied by a digital campaign as well as the release of high-quality versions of their original official music videos and a physical re-release of "Daylight in Your Eyes".[31] Released to strong streaming numbers, a revived interest from the media and their fan base prompted Benaissa, Diakovska, Mölling and Wahls to launch an official Instagram account through which they began sharing private photos and hosted several livestreams in the weeks following.[32] As with their 2007 reformation, original member Vanessa Petruo rejected to join in for promotional activities, citing her wish to stay out of the public eye following a professional reorientation.[33]

Release

While the quartet denied plans for a much-speculated reunion at first,

lyric video for the original version of "Daylight in Your Eyes" on YouTube, commemorating with its 2001 release.[35] The following week, it was announced that the band would reunite for a performance on Schlagerchampions 2021 on 27 Februar 2021,[36] followed by the accouncement of the release of a 'Celebration Version' of "Daylight in Your Eyes", featuring all-new vocals. Produced by Christian Geller, with whom the band had previously worked on their second album Now... Us! (2002), it was recorded separately in Bulgaria, Germany, and Los Angeles due to the COVID-19 pandemic and eventually released on 12 February 2021.[37]

Chart performance

Upon release of the Celebration Version, "Daylight in Your Eyes" re-entered the

German Singles Chart at number 74, combining streaming and song downloads of both the 2001 version and the 2021 version.[13] This marked the song's first appearance after almost exactly twenty years as well as its 16th week on the chart.[13] The same week, "Daylight in Your Eyes" also debuted on the German Download Chart, reaching number six.[38]

Music video

Benaissa, Wahls, Diakovska and Mölling in the opening shot of "Daylight in Your Eyes (Celebration Version)"[39]

A music video for the Celebration Version of "Daylight in Your Eyes" was directed by Franz Leibinger and filmed in

RTL.de.[39]

The visuals depict No Angels as four goddess-like beings from different universes that reunite for a performance.[39] While not a remake of the original video with its references to the classicals elements, the Celebration Version of "Daylight in Your Eyes" contains several anecdotes to the 2001 version.[41] It begins with a shot of a violet colored peculiar galaxy, followed by a close-up of Benaissa, Wahls, Diakovska and Mölling, all dressed in metal coloured sequin dresses. The first lines are sung by Diakovska, who is seen standing under a glowing triangle against a dark starry sky, surrounded by a wave-shaped pink cloud. The video then shifts to Benaissa who is seated in a giant scallop shell, followed by Wahls who is lying on a pink cloud in front of a glowing rhombus. Finally, Mölling is seen floating in a ring of boulders. Beginning with the second verse, the video shifts to several dancing routines that were filmed in a room covered with aluminum foil and in the middle of a large warehouse. When the bridge sets in, the foursome, dressed in beige or either brown latex suits, performs a dance break sequence in an ankle-deep basin that is flooded with water. The video ends with a shot of them holding hands.[39]

Track listings

Digital single[43]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Daylight in Your Eyes" (Celebration Version)
  • Bruno
  • Byrne
Christian Geller3:31

Track listings

CD, maxi-single[44]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Daylight in Your Eyes" (Radio Version)
Thorsten Brötzmann3:30
2."Daylight in Your Eyes" (Extended Version)
  • Bruno
  • Byrne
Brötzmann5:03
3."Daylight in Your Eyes" (Instrumental Version)
  • Bruno
  • Byrne
Brötzmann3:30
UK enhanced CD single
Johan Aberg
  • Paul Rein
  • Winston Sela
    • Peter Ries3:01
    4."Daylight in Your Eyes" (CD-Rom Video of US Promo)
    • Bruno
    • Byrne
    		Brötzmann4:30

    Notes

    • ^a denotes additional producer

    Credits and personnel

    Credits lifted from the liner notes of Elle'ments.[46]

    Charts

    Certifications

    Certifications for "Daylight in Your Eyes"
    Region Certification Certified units/sales
    Austria (IFPI Austria)[56] Platinum 40,000*
    Germany (BVMI)[58] Platinum 900,000[57]
    Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[59] Gold 20,000^

    * Sales figures based on certification alone.
    ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

    Release history

    Release dates and formats for "Daylight in Your Eyes"
    Region Date Format Label Edition(s) Ref
    Austria 5 February 2001 CD single
    		Standard [37]
    Germany
    Switzerland
    United States 17 July 2001 MCA
    Estonia 1 October 2001 Polydor
    France
    United Kingdom
    Various 12 February 2021
    		BMG[37] Celebration Version [37]

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