"Dry Your Eyes" | ||||
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Single by the Streets | ||||
from the album A Grand Don't Come for Free | ||||
Released | 19 July 2004 | |||
Length | 4:32 | |||
Label | ||||
Songwriter(s) | The Streets | |||
Producer(s) | The Streets | |||
The Streets singles chronology | ||||
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"Dry Your Eyes" is a single by English rapper and producer Mike Skinner under the music project the Streets. The song describes the protagonist trying to cope with his girlfriend breaking up with him. It was released in the UK on 19 July 2004. The song is the Streets' most successful single, reaching number one in the United Kingdom on 25 July 2004, six days after its release. "Dry Your Eyes" also went straight to number one in Ireland staying there for three weeks in a row.
In Australia, the song was ranked number 19 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004.[1] In October 2011, NME placed it at number 87 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".[2]