When was behind these hazel eyes released

Clarkson also said that the song almost did not make it into the album. She explained, "It had different lyrics in the beginning a good song. Luke and produced by the latter two. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.

It is composed in the key of F sharp minor with Clarksons vocal range spanning over two octaves from F 3 to F 5. The bridge was the only part of the song that was written by Dr. Luke and Martin together with Clarkson face to face. The song begins with Clarkson wailing "oh oh" over a restless percussion. Lyrically, the song narrates the story of a failed relationship which initially started off well.

Clarkson regrets having allowed herself to be vulnerable to her ex-boyfriend and she is determined that despite the pain that she feels, he will not get the satisfaction of seeing her cry. Michael Paoletta of Billboard praised Clarksons vocal, writing "Clarkson simply delivers a loose, tour-de-force vocal that simmers alongside a steroid-charged musical backdrop that is fun, fast and furious.

Elizabeth Scott of Sky Living wrote, "while Clarkson is doing well musically, her love life still hasnt picked up and she is heartbroken once again. Im sure the thought of another top ten hit might cheer her up! Clarksons down-home everything well, mostly her looks sells these little heartbreak haikus exceptionally well.

The same sentiment was echoed by Robert Copsey of Digital Spy who considered the song as Clarksons second best single after "Since U Been Gone", writing "It proved a slow burner at the time of release, but this tracks greatness continues to be realised over time. Sam Lamsky of PopCrush described the song as "a surefire fan favorite" and ranked it at number nine in his list of "Top 10 Kelly Clarkson songs". Bill Lamb of About. According to Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, the song has been played The song stayed inside the top ten in Billboard Hot for fifteen weeks before peaking at number six on the week ending June 11, It consequently held the record as the song with the most weeks in the charts top ten without hitting the top five, before being surpassed by Rihannas "Needed Me" which spent sixteen weeks in the top ten but only peaked at number seven, eleven years later in With "Since U Been Gone" holding steady at number two, the ascent made Clarkson the first artist with two songs in the top three of the chart.

The song also appeared on the US Pop Songs at number thirty on the week ending April 30, , and peaked at number two on the week ending July 9, It spent seven consecutive weeks at number two and was held off the top spot by Mariah Careys "We Belong Together". It became the sixteenth ranked single of the s decade on the Pop Songs chart compiled by Billboard. On the Billboard s Radio Songs, the song peaked at number four on August 6, On the week ending August 27, , the song topped the Adult Top 40 and stayed in the position for five consecutive weeks.

The song has sold 1. Internationally, "Behind These Hazel Eyes" was a commercial success. In Australia, the song debuted and peaked at number six on the week ending July 3, In New Zealand, the song entered New Zealand Singles Chart and peaked at number seven on the week ending July 4, as the highest debut of the week. In the United Kingdom, the song also debuted and peaked at number nine on the week ending October 1, In Ireland, the song debuted at number nine on the week ending September 22, , and peaked at number four on the week ending November 3, It was shot for two days in April in Toronto at a Church and a sound stage while Clarkson was on tour.

According to Kahn, Clarkson was sick during the production and could not speak. During Clarksons wardrobe fitting, they communicated together using notes written by her. Though she is seen speaking and is interviewed in the behind the scenes footage. Holding a bouquet of red roses, she is surrounded by her bridesmaids as they prepare for her wedding.

The bridesmaids are unable to close the windows so they run out of the room leaving Clarkson alone, who is seen dropping the bouquet of rose as well as the wedding photo from her hands onto the floor.

The next scene shows Clarkson walking down the aisle in a church wearing a black dress. When she draws the veil of the bride, she realizes that the bride is the woman from the photo. Clarkson, who is now wearing a white wedding dress, runs out of the church and into a dark swamp. A montage of Clarkson singing with her band in a dark swamp is shown alternately with scenes of Clarkson running in the forest and lying on the ground. Clarkson is also seen standing inside an abandoned house, wearing a voluminous black dress.

As the rain starts to fall, Clarkson finally collapses, kneeling on the ground while looking at and being comforted by her other self who is singing with the band. Before he puts the ring on her finger, she looks at the guests and notices that the woman from the photo is among the audience.

She throws her wedding bouquet into the lap of the woman and shoves her way past the wedding guests who are trying to stop her from leaving. The video ends with Clarkson stepping out the doors into the bright sunlight. James Dinh of MTV Newsroom listed "Behind These Hazel Eyes" as one of the music videos with "a bad case of the runaway bride syndrome," writing, "Throughout the clip, Clarkson finds herself running through a swampy mud land until she snaps out of her visions, refuses to proceed with the wedding and makes a shocking escape out of the church.

Music put the song's music video at number 22 on her list of the best matrimony-themed musical videos of all time. He said, "She is so unbelievably gorgeous in that video that is all over TV right now [ Who knew?

She is so hot. She looks so good in it. During her concert tour at Germain Arena , Clarkson performed the song wearing the same wedding dress she wore in the song's music video.

While touring at Hammerstein Ballroom , New York City, Clarkson sang the stripped down version of the song, accompanied by guitars and vocal. Bob Gendron of the Chicago Tribune reviewed Clarkson's performance, writing "the Texas native could've impressed simply by projecting her booming voice and relishing its prodigious range.

Yet she seemed determined to reinforce female empowerment themes often missing from her mainstream-pop contemporaries' hits. According to Pope, she decided to sing the song in order to reach out to her father who divorced from her mother when she was still 11 years old. Credits adapted from the liner notes of Breakaway. Except where otherwise indicated, Everything. Cookie policy. You are here Everything Explained. She is looking in front.

On her upper left, the word "Kelly Clarkson" and "Behind These Hazel Eyes" are written in yellow and white capital letters respectively.

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