" Close My Eyes Forever " is a duet by Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne from Ford's 1988 album Lita. The song was written by Ford and Osbourne as the result of an accident in the studio, during which they both drank heavily and inadvertently wrote the lyrics to the song together. [4][5] In 1989, a remix of the song [6] was released as a single, peaking at number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100 Music video by Lita Ford performing Kiss Me Deadly. (C) 1989 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment Lita is the third solo studio album by the American glam metal singer and guitarist Lita Ford. Released in February 1988, it was her first for RCA Records and her first published with the supervision of new manager Sharon Osbourne. The song became Ford’s solo breakthrough, and it was the highest charting single for both her and Osbourne, peaking at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the late 1980s, per Ultimate Guitar. On "Close My Eyes Forever," Ozzy Osbourne’s voice, a deep, reverberant, demonic counterpart to Lita Ford’s rasp, captivated me. Up next Lyrics Related Playing from Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne - Close My Eyes Forever (Official Video) Full HD (Remastered & Upscaled) Radio Save Autoplay Add similar content to the end of the queue Lita Ford recorded "Close My Eyes Forever" as a duet with Ozzy Osbourne, and the pair wrote the song together. Ford was once engaged to Tony Iommi, who played guitar with Osbourne in Black Sabbath. Ford, along with Joan Jett, was in the all-girl teenage rock group The Runaways from 1975-1979. Her time with the band honed her skills as a songwriter, guitarist and performer. Ozzy's first Top pop 10 hit (and his only one for the following 30 years) was this gorgeous metal power ballad, a duet with ex-Runaways guitarist Lita Ford. "'Close My Eyes Forever'" was a mistake Lita Ford recalled how she and Ozzy Osbourne wrote their successful partnership "Close My Eyes Forever". The song was born in one night they were together. 1980s 2010s 1990s Valen - Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford: Close my eyes forever TV Norge Metallica | Nothing Else Matters StayFor Music Recorded during Lita Ford's North American leg of her 1988 LITA Tour. Lita Ford - Lead Guitar, Vocals Chuck Dalba - Drums Tommy Caradonna - Bass Steve Fister - Guitar Martin Gerschwitz - Keyboards “Close My Eyes Forever” peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #25 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart in 1989, making it Lita Ford’s highest chart appearance on the Billboard Ozzy Osbourne And Lita Ford - Close My Eyes Forever (HQ) Lyrics: Baby I get so scared inside, and I don't really understand Is it love that's on my mind, or Watch Ozzy Osbourne Sing 'Paranoid' in His Final Live Performance Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath Singer and Heavy Metal Pioneer, Dead at 76 Lita Ford Live 2023 🡆 Close My Eyes Forever 🡄 Dec 16 ⬘ Sugar Land, TX DeadMike.com 105K subscribers Subscribe OZZY OSBOURNE & LITA FORD - CLOSE MY EYES FOREVER (PERFORMED LIVE AT SCOREZ) JEFF SIMMONS Follow 12/13/2024 Live duet between Lita Ford (Worlds leading female guitarist, only female in The Rock´n roll Hall of fame, former singer with Joan Jett, played with Michael Jackson etc) with Kristian Valen as "Ozzy Osbourne". Recorded live for Kristian Valens latest SBS/Discovery TV-Norway show "Valen Channel/Valen Kanalen" premiering the 16´th September 2014. Valen - Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford: Close my eyes forever TV Norge 2.19M subscribers Subscribe Digitally Mastered Hi-Fi Stereo Dolby B NR on linear tracks Live tracks from Wembley Arena in London, at the peak of her 1988-1989 World Tour 1 - Directed for Cream Cheese Productions 2 to 8 - Directed for Propaganda Films 9 - Directed for The Company / DNA Productions 10 - Directed for The Company Ozzy Osbourne appears courtesy of CBS Ozzy Osbourne recalled his accidental hit with Lita Ford, 'Close My Eyes Forever, in a 2014 interview.
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