In Another's Eyes

1997 single by Trisha Yearwood with Garth Brooks

"In Another's Eyes"

Single by Trisha Yearwood with Garth Brooks

from the album (Songbook) A Collection of Hits & Sevens

B-side

"I Want to Live Again"

Released

August 18, 1997

Recorded

1997

Genre

Country

Length

3:32

Label

MCA Nashville

Songwriter(s)

Garth Brooks, Bobby Wood, John Peppard

Producer(s)

Allen Reynolds

Trisha Yearwood singles chronology

"How Do I Live"
(1997)

"In Another's Eyes"
(1997)

"Perfect Love"
(1998)

Garth Brooks singles chronology

"That Ol' Wind"
(1996)

"In Another's Eyes"
(1997)

"Longneck Bottle"
(1997)

"In Another's Eyes" is a song recorded by American country music artists Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks. It was released in August 1997 as the second single from Yearwood's compilation album (Songbook) A Collection of Hits. The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.^[1] Brooks wrote the song with Bobby Wood and John Peppard.

"In Another's Eyes" was Brooks's and Yearwood's first major collaboration. At the time, the two were close friends but were married to other spouses, Brooks to Sandy Mahl and Yearwood to Bobby Reynolds; by 2001, each had divorced their respective spouse, and they married each other in 2005.

At the 40th Grammy Awards Brooks and Yearwood won for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "finely crafted song with a powerful lyric and delicate melody." She goes on to say that Brooks and Yearwood have a wonderful blend and natural chemistry that will make listeners wish they'd record together more often."^[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Michael Salomon and premiered in August 1997.

Chart performance

"In Another's Eyes" debuted at number 62 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 23, 1997.

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[3]	2
Irish Singles Chart^[4]	23
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[6]	44
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	58

Parodies

American country music parody artist Cledus T. Judd, released a parody of "In Another's Eyes" titled "In Another Size" on his 1999 album Juddmental.

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 403.
^ Billboard, August 30, 1997: Vol. 109 Iss. 37 - p. 86
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3373." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 3, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
^ Jaclyn Ward. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on June 2, 2009. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
^ "Trisha Yearwood Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1997". RPM. December 15, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
^ "Best of 1997: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.

Trisha Yearwood singles

Discography

Trisha Yearwood

Hearts in Armor

The Song Remembers When

"The Song Remembers When"
"Better Your Heart Than Mine"

Thinkin' About You

"XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)"
"Thinkin' About You"
"You Can Sleep While I Drive"
"I Wanna Go Too Far"
"On a Bus to St. Cloud"

Everybody Knows

"Believe Me Baby (I Lied)"
"Everybody Knows"
"I Need You"

(Songbook) A Collection of Hits

"How Do I Live"
"In Another's Eyes" (with Garth Brooks)
"Perfect Love"

Where Your Road Leads

"There Goes My Baby"
"Where Your Road Leads" (with Garth Brooks)
"Powerful Thing"
"I'll Still Love You More"

Real Live Woman

"Real Live Woman"
"Where Are You Now"

Inside Out

Jasper County

"Georgia Rain"
"Trying to Love You"

Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love

"Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love"
"This Is Me You're Talking To"
"They Call It Falling for a Reason"

PrizeFighter: Hit After Hit

"PrizeFighter"

Every Girl

"Every Girl in This Town"

Guest singles

"Squeeze Me In" (with Garth Brooks)
"Love Will Always Win" (with Garth Brooks)
"Another Try" (with Josh Turner)
"Softly and Tenderly" (with Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson)

Other singles

"I Fall to Pieces" (with Aaron Neville)
"You're Where I Belong"
"Broken"
"Forever Country" (with various artists)

v t e Garth Brooks singles
Garth Brooks	"Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" "If Tomorrow Never Comes" "Not Counting You" "The Dance"
No Fences	"Friends in Low Places" "Unanswered Prayers" "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" "The Thunder Rolls" "Wild Horses" (released in 2001)
Ropin' the Wind	"Rodeo" "Shameless" "What She's Doing Now" "Papa Loved Mama" "The River"
The Chase	"We Shall Be Free" "Somewhere Other Than the Night" "Learning to Live Again" "That Summer"
In Pieces	"Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" "Standing Outside the Fire" "One Night a Day" "Callin' Baton Rouge" "The Red Strokes"
Fresh Horses	"She's Every Woman" "The Fever" "The Beaches of Cheyenne" "The Change" "It's Midnight Cinderella" "That Ol' Wind"
Sevens	"Longneck Bottle" "She's Gonna Make It" "Two Piña Coladas" "You Move Me" "Do What You Gotta Do" (released in 2000)
The Limited Series	"To Make You Feel My Love"
Double Live	"It's Your Song"
Scarecrow	"When You Come Back to Me Again" (released in 2000) "Wrapped Up in You" "Squeeze Me In" (with Trisha Yearwood) "Thicker Than Blood" "Why Ain't I Running"
The Lost Sessions	"Good Ride Cowboy" "Love Will Always Win"
The Ultimate Hits	"More Than a Memory" "Workin' for a Livin'" (with Huey Lewis)
Man Against Machine	"People Loving People" "Mom"
Gunslinger	"Baby, Let's Lay Down and Dance" "Ask Me How I Know"
Fun	"All Day Long" "Stronger Than Me" "Dive Bar" (with Blake Shelton) "Shallow" "That's What Cowboys Do"
Guest singles	"Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy" (with Chris LeDoux; uncredited) "In Another's Eyes" (with Trisha Yearwood) "Burnin the Roadhouse Down" (with Steve Wariner) "Where Your Road Leads" (with Trisha Yearwood) "Katie Wants a Fast One" (with Steve Wariner)
Other songs	"Hard Luck Woman" "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy"