Hungry Eyes is an amazing song, by the American artist Eric Carmen.
He is a singer, songwriter, guitarist who had many hits in the 70s and ’80s, as part of the Raspberries band, but also through a solo career.
Among his most successful songs we can mention All by Myself, Never Gonna Fall in Love Again, She Did It, Hungry Eyes, and Make Me Lose Control.
Hungry Eyes was released in November 1987, as part of the album named Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack from the Vestron Motion Picture.
The song is performed by Eric Carmen, and featured in the Dirty Dancing movie, in 1987.
Recorded in 1987 at the Beachwood Studios in Ohio, Hungry Eyes was labeled by RCA, and written by John DeNicola and Franke Previte.
It was released on 7" vinyl in many countries and the interesting fact is that it was also commercialized on a mini-CD single in Japan, in 1988.
The free Hungry Eyes piano sheets have a length of 4:11 minutes in its original version, and 3:49 minutes in its single version.
Although a power ballad, but released as a pop-rock, pop, and soft rock song, Hungry Eyes peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 3 on the Cash Box Top 100 in 1988.
Hungry Eyes is among the biggest hits by Eric Carmen.
It was originally recorded by Previte’s band, for their album named Makin’ the Point, and was sung for the Dirty Dancing movie because Jimmy Ienner was familiar with the music style and wished to have the song in the soundtrack of the film.
The free Hungry Eyes piano sheet music was covered by the Eyeopener group in 2004, and by James Radford, with altered lyrics in a 2007 TV commercial for Sheba cat food.
The Hungry Eyes song is now available on our website, you can easily enjoy it on your piano.