Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Smoke Gets in Your Eyes "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" is a show tune written by American composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach for the 1933 musical "Roberta". The song was sung in the Broadway show by Tamara Drasin. Its first recorded performance was by Gertrude Niesen, who recorded the song with orchestral direction from Ray Sinatra, Frank Sinatra's second cousin, on October 13, 1933. Niesen's recording of the song was released by Victor, with the B-side, "Jealousy", featuring Isham Jones and his Orchestra. Paul Whiteman had the first hit recording of the song on the record charts in
Light in Your Eyes and the Top Hits Online Charts, not going further than #53. Crow acknowledges George Harrison as being an influence in this song (particularly "My Sweet Lord"). The chorus of the song comes from a song performed by a young girl named Holden Hamlet, which was a tribute to her parents who had died when she was 4 years old. UK CD Single, cat. no. 9862700 Light in Your Eyes "Light in Your Eyes" is the second and final single from Sheryl Crow's first compilation album titled "The Very Best of Sheryl Crow" (2003). It was released as a single only