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Naked Eyes is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Tears for Fears. Those roots explain a lot about how Naked Eyes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Fixx, Thompson Twins, Wang Chung, Spandau Ballet and ABC, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Wang Chung, Say So, Belinda Carlisle, ABC and The Human League, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Naked Eyes, reaching back through Tears for Fears and forward to Wang Chung. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Naked Eyes are an English new wave band. Formed in 1982 by vocalist Pete Byrne and keyboardist Rob Fisher, the band had four US top 40 singles in the 1980s. Naked Eyes are best known for their hit cover version of "Always Something There to Remind Me" (1982).
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Naked Eyes connections
Naked Eyes grew out of Tears for Fears, shares an orbit with The Fixx, Thompson Twins, Wang Chung and Spandau Ballet, went on to shape Wang Chung, Say So, Belinda Carlisle and ABC. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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