Bette Davis Eyes - wikipedia Bette Davis Eyes `` Bette Davis Eyes '' Single by Kim Carnes from the album Mistaken Identity B - side `` Miss You Tonight '' Released March 10, 1981 ( 1981 - 03 - 10 ) Format 7 - inch single 12 - inch single extended mix Recorded January 1981 Genre New wave soft rock Length 3 : 48 Label EMI America Songwriter ( s ) Donna Weiss Jackie DeShannon Producer ( s ) Val Garay Kim Carnes singles chronology `` Cry Like a Baby '' ( 1980 ) `` Bette Davis Eyes '' ( 1981 ) `` Draw of the Cards '' ( 1981 ) `` Cry Like a Baby '' ( 1980 ) `` Bette Davis Eyes '' ( 1981 ) `` Draw of the Cards '' ( 1981 ) Audio sample file help `` Bette Davis Eyes '' is a song written and composed by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon, and made popular by American singer Kim Carnes. DeShannon recorded it in 1974 ; Carnes 's 1981 version spent nine weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was Billboard 's biggest hit of 1981. Contents 1 Background 2 Music video 3 Lyrics 4 Track listing and formats 5 Charts and certifications 5.1 Weekly charts 5.2 Year - end charts 5.3 All - time charts 5.4 Certifications 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Background Bette Davis in 1931 The song was written in 1974 by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon. DeShannon recorded the song that same year on her album New Arrangement. In this original incarnation, the track is performed in an `` R&B lite '' arrangement, featuring a prominent uptempo piano part, as well as flourishes of pedal steel guitar and horns. However, it was not until 1981, when Kim Carnes recorded her version of the song in a radically different synthesizer - based arrangement, that `` Bette Davis Eyes '' became a commercial success. The Carnes version spent nine non-consecutive weeks on top of the US Billboard Hot 100 ( interrupted for one week by the `` Stars on 45 Medley '' ) and was Billboard 's biggest hit of the year for 1981. The single also reached No. 5 on Billboard 's Top Tracks charts and No. 26 on the Dance charts. The song won the Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Record of the Year. The song was also a number one hit in 21 countries and peaked at number 10 in the United Kingdom, her only Top 40 hit there to date. According to producer Val Garay, the original demo of the tune that was brought to him sounded like `` a Leon Russell track, with this beer - barrel polka piano part. '' The demo can be heard in a Val Garay interview on TAXI TV at 21 : 50. Keyboardist Bill Cuomo came up with the signature synth riff, using the Sequential Circuits Prophet - 5 synthesizer, which now defines Carnes 's version. The song was recorded in the studio on the first take. Bette Davis, then 73 years old, wrote letters to Carnes, Weiss, and DeShannon to thank all three of them for making her `` a part of modern times, '' and said her grandson now looked up to her. After their Grammy wins, Davis sent them roses as well. The song was ranked at number 12 on Billboard 's list of the top 100 songs in the first 50 years of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Cleopatra Records released a re-recording of the song as a single in 2007. Music video The video, directed by Australian film director Russell Mulcahy, received heavy airplay when it premiered. The video stars with a leaning figure draped in black at the center of a dance hall. The drape flies out to reveal Kim Carnes wearing sunglasses as she sings the first verse. In the first chorus, she performs with a band ; halfway dancers enter the hall. In the second verse, the dancers make slapping and floor - pounding dance motions. They disappear and reappear in the second chorus. The song finishes with the dancers making dance motions while approaching Carnes ; the band is already gone when the video ends with the black - draped leaning figure. A shadowed silhouette of Bette Davis smoking a cigarette appears throughout the video. Lyrics There is much confusion over whether the lyrics are `` she knows just what it takes to make a crow blush '' or ``... pro blush ''. Jackie DeShannon sings `` crow '' in her version, and Kim Carnes recorded it as `` pro. '' The phrase `` could make a crow blush '' is an early 20th - century Midwestern United States colloquialism meaning that one could unease someone with little effort, and the arranger of Carnes 's version was unfamiliar with the term. Others have misheard the lyrics as `` she knows just what it takes to makes a girl blush, '' suggesting a bisexual undertone, although this was unintended by either DeShannon or Weiss. Track listing and formats 7 '' single `` Bette Davis Eyes '' -- 3 : 45 `` Miss You Tonite '' -- 5 : 11 US 12 '' maxi - single `` Bette Davis Eyes '' -- 3 : 45 `` Miss You Tonite '' -- 5 : 11 Charts and certifications Weekly charts Year Chart Peak position 1981 Australia ( Kent Music Report ) Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 5 Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) France ( IFOP ) Germany ( Official German Charts ) Ireland ( IRMA ) 5 Italy ( FIMI ) Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 16 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 17 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) Norway ( VG - lista ) South Africa ( Springbok Radio ) Spain ( AFE ) Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 10 US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) 15 US Billboard Hot 100 US Cash Box Top 100 US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) 26 US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) 5 US Record World Ireland ( IRMA ) 21 2002 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 67 2007 Denmark ( Tracklisten ) 14 2013 Slovenia ( SloTop50 ) 45 Year - end charts Chart ( 1981 ) Rank Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 6 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 16 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 37 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) France ( IFOP ) Italy ( FIMI ) 5 South Africa ( Springbok Radio ) Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) US Billboard Hot 100 US Cash Box All - time charts Chart Rank US Billboard Hot 100 15 Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales Canada ( Music Canada ) Platinum 100,000 France ( SNEP ) Platinum 1,190,000 Italy ( FIMI ) Gold 25,000 United Kingdom ( BPI ) Silver 200,000 United States ( RIAA ) Gold 1,000,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone See also List of number - one singles in Australia during the 1980s List of Top 25 singles for 1981 in Australia List of Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles of 1981 Billboard Year - End Hot 100 singles of 1981 List of Cash Box Top 100 number - one singles of 1981 List of number - one singles of 1981 ( France ) List of number - one hits of 1981 ( Germany ) List of number - one hits ( Italy ) List of number - one songs in Norway List of number - one singles of 1981 ( Spain ) List of number - one singles of the 1980s ( Switzerland ) References ^ Jump up to : Greenwald, Matthew. `` Bette Davis Eyes -- Song Review ''. 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If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH External links EMI music video on YouTube Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Kim Carnes Studio albums Rest on Me Kim Carnes Sailin ' St. Vincent 's Court Romance Dance Mistaken Identity Voyeur Café Racers Barking at Airplanes Light House View from the House Checkin ' Out the Ghosts Chasin ' Wild Trains Live albums Live at Savoy, 1981 Compilations Gypsy Honeymoon : The Best of Kim Carnes Singles `` More Love '' `` Cry Like a Baby '' `` Bette Davis Eyes '' `` Draw of the Cards '' `` Voyeur '' `` Does It Make You Remember '' `` You Make My Heart Beat Faster ( And That 's All That Matters ) '' `` Invisible Hands '' `` Crazy in the Night ( Barking at Airplanes ) `` Crazy in Love '' Collaborative singles `` Do n't Fall in Love with a Dreamer '' `` Make No Mistake, He 's Mine '' `` What About Me ? '' Related articles Discography Book : Kim Carnes Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1959 − 1980 `` Volare '' -- Domenico Modugno ( songwriter ) ( 1959 ) `` The Battle of New Orleans '' -- Jimmy Driftwood ( songwriter ) ( 1960 ) `` Theme from Exodus '' -- Ernest Gold ( songwriter ) ( 1961 ) `` Moon River '' -- Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini ( songwriters ) ( 1962 ) `` What Kind of Fool Am I ? '' -- Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley ( songwriters ) ( 1963 ) `` Days of Wine and Roses '' -- Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini ( songwriters ) ( 1964 ) `` Hello, Dolly ! 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Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess ( songwriters ) ( 2013 ) `` Royals '' -- Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor ( songwriters ) ( 2014 ) `` Stay with Me '' ( Darkchild version ) -- James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith ( songwriters ) ( 2015 ) `` Thinking Out Loud '' -- Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge ( songwriters ) ( 2016 ) `` Hello '' -- Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin ( songwriters ) ( 2017 ) `` That 's What I Like '' -- Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip ( songwriters ) ( 2018 ) Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1959 − 1980 `` Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu ( Volare ) '' by Domenico Modugno ( 1959 ) `` Mack the Knife '' by Bobby Darin ( 1960 ) `` Theme from A Summer Place '' by Percy Faith ( 1961 ) `` Moon River '' by Henry Mancini ( 1962 ) `` I Left My Heart in San Francisco '' by Tony Bennett ( 1963 ) `` Days of Wine and Roses '' by Henry Mancini ( 1964 ) `` The Girl from 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Question: who is the song bette davis eyes about
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