10 Famous Songs That Were Somehow Recorded In A Single Take

4. Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

One take, two Grammy Awards... now that's impressive. Bette Davis Eyes is a song originally written by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon, but it was massively popularised by American singer Kim Carnes (whose other hits include More Love, Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes) and I'll Be Here Where The Heart Is).

Carnes recorded her version of Bette Davis Eyes in 1981 in just a single take, and it spent nine weeks at the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In fact, it was Billboard's biggest single of the entire year.

Produced by Val Garay and taken from the album Mistaken Identity, the song won the Grammy Awards for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Talk about instant success.

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