Dead Eyes Opened

"Dead Eyes Opened"
Single by Severed Heads
from the album Since the Accident
B-side
  • "Bullet"
  • "Mount"
ReleasedFebruary 1984 (US)
11 June 1984 (Australia)
17 October 1994 (remixed version)
Recorded1982
GenreEBM, industrial
Length3:22 (Album version)
6:35 (Single version)
LabelInk Records
Songwriter(s)Tom Ellard
Producer(s)Tom Ellard
Severed Heads singles chronology
"Dead Eyes Opened"
(1984)
"Stretcher"
(1985)

"Dead Eyes Opened" is a song by the experimental Australian group Severed Heads, originally released on their 1983 album Since the Accident. Upon its initial release as a 12-inch record single in 1984, the track received critical success. A remixed version released in October 1994 achieved commercial success in Australia, peaking at #16 on the ARIA Charts.

In 2015, the song was listed at number 16 in In the Mix's '100 Greatest Australian Dance Tracks of All Time'.