Voyeur (Kim Carnes song)

"Voyeur"
Single by Kim Carnes
from the album Voyeur
B-side"Thrill of the Grill"
ReleasedAugust 1982
Genre
Length4:01
LabelEMI America
Songwriter(s)
  • Kim Carnes
  • Dave Ellingson
  • Duane Hitchings
Producer(s)Val Garay
Kim Carnes singles chronology
"Mistaken Identity"
(1981) 		"Voyeur"
(1982) 		"Does It Make You Remember"
(1982)

"Voyeur" is a song by American singer-songwriter Kim Carnes from her seventh studio album of the same name (1982). Written by Carnes, her husband Dave Ellingson, and Duane Hitchings, the song is an uptempo synth-pop track. It is the first track from the album, and its lead single.

Billboard called it "a rocking synthesized track which is as immediately striking as 'Bette Davis Eyes.'"[1]

"Voyeur" peaked at number 25 on Cash Box's Top 100 Singles and number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100. Internationally, the single reached number 5 in Norway and number 10 in Spain and Sweden. It featured a then-controversial music video, which was later banned for its suggestiveness. The song received a nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 1983 Grammy Awards.[2]

Track listings

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  • 7-inch single[3]
A. "Voyeur" – 4:01
B. "Thrill of the Grill" – 3:23

Charts

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Chart (1982) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 30
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[5] 23
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 32
Norway (VG-lista)[7] 5
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[8] 12
Spain (AFYVE)[9] 10
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 10
UK Singles (OCC)[11] 68
US Billboard Hot 100[12] 29
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[13] 52
US Cash Box Top 100[14] 25
West Germany (GfK)[15] 45

References

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  1. ^ "Top Single Picks". Billboard. August 21, 1982. p. 67. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  2. ^ "Vote Grammy Awards". The Afro American. February 12, 1983. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  3. ^ ""Voyeur" 7" Single". Discogs. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 256. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6927." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  6. ^ "Kim Carnes – Voyeur". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  7. ^ "Kim Carnes – Voyeur". VG-lista. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  8. ^ "SA Charts 1965–1989 (As presented on Springbok Radio/Radio Orion) – Acts C". The South African Rock Encyclopedia. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  9. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  10. ^ "Kim Carnes – Voyeur". Singles Top 100. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  11. ^ "Kim Carnes: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  12. ^ "Kim Carnes Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  13. ^ "Kim Carnes Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  14. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending October 16, 1982". Cash Box. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  15. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Kim Carnes – Voyeur" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
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