Look into My Eyes (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony song)
1997 single by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
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"Look into My Eyes" is a song performed by American hip hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, written by members Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Bizzy Bone and Wish Bone, Anthony Eugene Cowan, and producer Tim "DJ U-Neek" Middleton. It was released on June 3, 1997, via Ruthless and Relativity Records as the third single from Music from and Inspired by the "Batman & Robin" Motion Picture and lead single from Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's third studio album, The Art of War. Recording sessions took place at Studio Cat and at U-Neeks Workshop in Los Angeles.
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| Single by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony | ||||
| from the album Music from and Inspired by the "Batman & Robin" Motion Picture and The Art of War | ||||
| Released | June 3, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
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| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 4:28 | |||
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| Producer | DJ U-Neek | |||
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| "Look Into My Eyes" on YouTube | ||||
In the United States, the single peaked at number four on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B Singles charts. On November 24, 1997, it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of one million copies. The song made it to number three in New Zealand and number sixteen in the UK Singles Chart. A music video was released for the single. Bizzy Bone did not appear in it, but the clips from the film were scattered throughout the video. A remix also produced by DJ U-Neek entitled "Look into My Eyes (Atlantis Remix)" was released on the compilation album The Collection: Volume Two. The song is interpolated into the song "Watching Me" (with Rae Sremmurd and Kodak Black) from Creed II: The Album.
Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C[2] |
Chuck Eddy of Entertainment Weekly wrote: "The staccato rap harmonies of these hugely popular Cleveland gangsta youngstas, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, resulted in startling gospel beauty on earlier hits. "Look Into My Eyes", the first commercial single from the Batman & Robin soundtrack, aims for a hypnotic darkness but ultimately feels tired and trite: spiritless voices dragging themselves through formless tempo shifts over a beatless background blur".[2] AllMusic critic gave the single 1.5 out of five stars.
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3] | 3 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[4] | 16 |
| UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[5] | 6 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[6] | 4 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[7] | 4 |
| US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[8] | 2 |
| US Rhythmic Airplay (Billboard)[9] | 4 |
Year-end charts
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[15] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||