"Your Eyes" is the debut single by season five second runner-up of ''

The X Factor Australia ''The X Factor'' is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent. The first season of the show premiered on Network Ten on 6 February 2005. Ten dropped ''The X Factor'' after ...

'',

Jai Waetford Jai Waetford (born 25 January 1999) is an Australian pop singer and songwriter who came third on the fifth season of ''The X Factor Australia''. He subsequently signed with Sony Music Australia and released his debut single " Your Eyes", which ...

. It was released digitally by

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on 1 November 2013 as the lead single from his debut EP ''

'' (2013). The song peaked at number six on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified Gold by the

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for selling over 35,000 copies.

Background and release

"Your Eyes" was written by

Louis Schoorl Louis Schoorl (born 23 December 1976) is a Dutch-born Australian songwriter, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Career Based in Sydney, Australia, Schoorl has written or produced for 5 Seconds of Summer, Taylor Henderson, Jessica ...

Hayley Warner Hayley Warner (born 23 January 1992) is an Australian singer-songwriter. In 2009, she finished as runner-up in the seventh and final ''Australian Idol'', and was noted for her high-energy performances and vast vocal range. In 2013, ''The Dail ...

and Alex Hope, and produced by Schoorl. It would have been Waetford's winner's single for the fifth season of ''

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'', if he had won the show. However, Waetford finished in third place. On 1 November 2013, it was announced that Waetford signed a recording contract with

, and "Your Eyes" was released digitally as his debut single later that day. A

CD single A CD single (sometimes abbreviated to CDS) is a music single in the form of a compact disc. The standard in the Red Book for the term ''CD single'' is an 8 cm (3-inch) CD (or Mini CD). It now refers to any single recorded onto a CD of any si ...

will be released on 8 November. The song debuted and peaked at number six on the ARIA Singles Chart on 9 November 2013.

Live performances

Waetford performed "Your Eyes" live for the first time during ''The X Factor'' grand final performance show on 27 October 2013.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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