Close Your Eyes (Bernice Petkere song)

"Close Your Eyes" is a popular song written by American composer Bernice Petkere. The song was published in 1933 and first recorded that year by Freddy Martin & His Orchestra.

Recorded versions

 * Ruth Etting (1933)
 * Al Bowlly (1933)
 * Comedian Harmonists (1934), German version (as "Komm im Traum")
 * Johnny Bode (1934), Swedish version
 * Harry Belafonte (1949)
 * Tony Bennett (1954)
 * Humphrey Lyttelton (1956)
 * Ella Fitzgerald (1957)
 * Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1959 [2020]) Just Coolin'  album
 * Oscar Peterson (1959)
 * Gene Ammons (1960) Boss Tenor album
 * Vic Damone (1962) Linger Awhile With Vic Damone
 * Michel Legrand (1962) Bravissimo album
 * Doris Day (1957) Day By Night, and Duet (1962)
 * Peggy Lee (1963)
 * Nancy Wilson (1964)
 * Herb Ellis & Remo Palmier (1978) Windflower album
 * Toni Tennille (1988) Do It Again album
 * Kurt Elling (1995)
 * Liza Minnelli (1996)
 * Betty Carter (1996)
 * Stacey Kent (1997) Close Your Eyes album
 * Don Tiki (1997)
 * Queen Latifah (2004)
 * Terez Montcalm (2007)
 * Loston Harris (2008)
 * Nellie McKay (2009)
 * Roy Hargrove (2007 [2010]) Live at the New Morning DVD release
 * Alexis Cole (2013)
 * Liv Stoveland (2010)
 * Leonardo Zurita (2021)

In popular culture
The song is featured in the film The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), during a murder scene, and in the 1996 BBC TV detective series The Mrs Bradley Mysteries, which starred Diana Rigg. The song was the end of transmission tune of Radio MonteCarlo in the 1960s.