Eyes Wide Shut
by JLS (featuring Tinie Tempah)

Album: Outta This World (2010)
Charted: 8
Play Video

Songfacts®:

  • This is the third single by the British boy band JLS, from their second studio album, Outta This World. The song was written by JLS together with Lars Halvor Jensen and Tim McEwan from DEEKAY. The Danish production/songwriting team have collaborated with the boys on several of their other songs including, "Only Tonight." They have also worked for a number of other leading artists including Diddy/Dirty Money, Orianthi, Blue, Ashley Tisdale and Sugababes.
  • The original album track was re-worked for its single release, and additionally features British rapper Tinie Tempah. Discussing the collaboration, Marvin Humes said: "He's the best rapper in the country and the only person we wanted to work with so it would be silly not to make this a single."
  • Marvin told MTV UK how the collaboration with Tempah came about: "Tinie killed it on the track; it was a track that we'd written first of all in LA, last summer. We'd tried to work with Tinie for a long time. We were either going to feature on something of his or vice versa you know, he heard the track and he wanted to jump on it. Then we got to shoot a video with him. People don't think he was actually at the video shoot but he was."

Comments

Be the first to comment...

Editor's Picks

Songs in Famous Movie Scenes: '80s Edition

Songs in Famous Movie Scenes: '80s EditionMusic Quiz

You know the scenes - Tom Cruise in his own pants-off dance off, Molly Ringwald celebrating her birthday - but do you remember what song is playing?

Colin Hay

Colin HaySongwriter Interviews

Established as a redoubtable singer-songwriter, the Men At Work frontman explains how religion, sobriety and Jack Nicholson play into his songwriting.

Cy Curnin of The Fixx

Cy Curnin of The FixxSongwriter Interviews

The man who brought us "Red Skies" and "Saved By Zero" is now an organic farmer in France.

Matthew Wilder - "Break My Stride"

Matthew Wilder - "Break My Stride"They're Playing My Song

Wilder's hit "Break My Stride" had an unlikely inspiration: a famous record mogul who rejected it.

Tom Johnston from The Doobie Brothers

Tom Johnston from The Doobie BrothersSongwriter Interviews

The Doobies guitarist and lead singer, Tom wrote the classics "Listen To The Music," "Long Train Runnin'" and "China Grove."

Justin Timberlake

Justin TimberlakeFact or Fiction

Was Justin the first to be Punk'd by Ashton Kutcher? Did Britney really blame him for her meltdown? Did his bandmates think he was gay?