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
Daylight in Your Eyes and Burno received proper credit, recording and production duties were acceded by "Elle'ments" producer Thorsten Brötzmann. Mixing of the song was overseen by Joachim "Jeo" Mezei. Re-titled "Daylight in Your Eyes", the No Angels' version made no significant changes to Faiella's backing track. Although the label initially favoured album cut "Go Ahead and Take It" as the band's debut single, the song was eventually selected out of a total of ten songs to lead the album. "Daylight in Your Eyes" received mixed reviews from music critics. "Billboard" magazine editor Chuck Taylor called the song "an ideal illustration of bouncy, gleeful