Lazy Eye (Silversun Pickups song)

"Lazy Eye" is the third single from Silversun Pickups' debut album Carnavas, written by lead singer and guitarist Brian Aubert. The band performed the song on the Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Later With Jools Holland, and Last Call with Carson Daly. The song is a playable track on Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: World Tour.

"Lazy Eye"
Single by Silversun Pickups
from the album Carnavas
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2007 (2007-09-16)
RecordedBeer Wine Fish, Echo Park; Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California, 2006
Genre
Length5:54
LabelDangerbird
Songwriter(s)
  • Brian Aubert
  • Christopher Guanlao
  • Joe Lester
  • Nikki Monninger
Producer(s)Dave Cooley
Silversun Pickups singles chronology
"Well Thought Out Twinkles"
(2007)		 "Lazy Eye"
(2007)		 "Little Lover's So Polite"
(2008)

An alternate version of the song, with a length of 7:27, was played on XMU before the shorter version was played on FM and other XM channels. This version was featured on their demo CD (which featured early versions of four tracks).

Music video

The music video for "Lazy Eye" was directed by Suzie Vlcek and produced by Eric Morgan. Former band member, Kennedy, makes a cameo appearance in the video as a bartender and the band's original drummer, Elvira Gonzalez, makes a cameo appearance as a box office/door attendant.

The video received extensive airplay on MTV, MTV2, MTVU, VH1, Fuse, MuchMusic, MTV (Latin America), International Music Feed and many other international broadcast outlets. The popularity of the video led to the creation of a VH1 "Pop-Up Video" version.[1] The "Lazy Eye" music video was among the MTV2 Subterranean "Viewers Top 20 Music Videos of 2007" list.[2]

Personnel
  • Director: Suzie Vlcek[3]
  • Producer: Eric Morgan[4]
  • Cinematographer: Joe Pugliese[5]
  • Editor: Jonathan Alberts[6]
  • Cast: Sara Grace Powell,[7] Hank May,[8] Filippo Almonde[9]
  • Cameos: Kennedy,[10] Elvira Gonzalez[11]

Charts
Chart (2007) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[12] 44
Canada Rock (Billboard)[13] 7
Peru Weekly Chart 2
Scotland (OCC)[14] 73
UK Singles (OCC)[15] 55
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[16] 5
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[17] 2
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 91

Year-end Charts
Chart (2007–08) Peak
position
Peru Year-end chart 20
U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs 17
Triple J Hottest 100 28

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[18] Platinum 1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

The song was featured in the television series The O.C., Criminal Minds, and Reaper, the 2008 film Prom Night, a promo for Major League Baseball's 2008 All-Star Game, a video package at the end of FOX's coverage of the 2008 World Series, a video package for CBC's 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs, a 2012 New Zealand New World Supermarket advertising campaign and the video games Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour, and Forza Horizon.

References
  1. http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/815938/lazy-eye-pop-up-video.jhtml
  2. http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2007/12/news-mtv2-subterranean-top-20-videos.html
  3. https://imvdb.com/video/silversun-pickups/lazy-eye
  4. https://imvdb.com/video/silversun-pickups/lazy-eye
  5. https://imvdb.com/video/silversun-pickups/lazy-eye
  6. https://imvdb.com/video/silversun-pickups/lazy-eye
  7. https://imvdb.com/video/silversun-pickups/lazy-eye
  8. https://imvdb.com/video/silversun-pickups/lazy-eye
  9. https://imvdb.com/video/silversun-pickups/lazy-eye
  10. https://imvdb.com/video/silversun-pickups/lazy-eye
  11. https://imvdb.com/video/silversun-pickups/lazy-eye
  12. "Silversun Pickups Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
  13. "Silversun Pickups Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard.
  14. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  15. "Silversun Pickups: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  16. "Silversun Pickups Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  17. "Silversun Pickups Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.
  18. "American single certifications – Silversun Pickups – Lazy Eye". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH. 
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