"The Light in Your Eyes" is a song written by

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, and recorded by American

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. It was released in March 1997 as the sixth and final single from her debut album ''

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''. The song made it to number five on the ''

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chart in 1997. The song was originally slated to be LeAnn's debut single and was sent as a press kit to radio with the music video, along with ten second clips of "Blue", "Hurt Me" and "My Baby". When "Blue" exploded at radio, it replaced this song as her first single. She filmed the video for this song before "Blue"'s video.

Track listing

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" – 2:47 #"The Light in Your Eyes" – 3:20

Charts

Year-end charts

References

1997 singles 1996 songs LeAnn Rimes songs Curb Records singles Songs written by Dan Tyler {{1997-country-song-stub