"
These Eyes" is a song by the
Canadian rock band
The Guess Who. The song was co-written by the group's lead guitarist
Randy Bachman and lead singer
Burton Cummings and originally included on the band's 1969 album
Wheatfield Soul. It was first released as a single (backed by "Lightfoot"), in their native
Canada, where its chart success (#7), along with the influence of
CKLW-AM Windsor's radio station music director
Rosalie Trombley, helped land them a
U.S. distribution deal with
RCA Records. It was then released in the U.S. in April 1969, and became a breakthrough success for the group, as it would be their first single to reach the top ten on the
Billboard Pop Singles chart, peaking at number six, and would eventually be certified gold by the
RIAA for sales of over one million copies. While it was actually the 18th single released by the band, it was the first from the quartet of Cummings, Bachman, Jim Kale, and
Garry Peterson as produced by
Jack Richardson.