Cool fact. Bette Davis herself loved this song, in large part to the fact that her grandson all of a sudden thought of grandma as being cool and relevant. Bette wrote Kim and the actual composer of the song to tell them how much she loved it. They then exchanged gifts as the song went on to win awards, etc.

Bette Davis starred in movies from the 1930's-1980's. She was not to be trifled with and she went toe to toe with powerful movie executives to get the roles she wanted. Like her contemporary, Katherine Hepburn, she portrayed strong, unconventional female characters. Great reaction!

Bette Davis was an actress, I believe in the 30s & 40s, and she was known for her large, expressive eyes.

Kim has what I call a 'Smokey, bedroom voice'. Love her sound!

Ok I googled: Kim didn’t write it but made it famous. “…..written back in 1974 by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon. “They got the idea for the tune after seeing Bette perform in the movie Now Voyager. it was later revived in 1981 by Kim Carnes and spent nine weeks at no1 in the charts and won Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Record of the Year. At the time Bette was 73 years old and wrote letters to Kim, Donna and Jackie to thank them for making her “a part of modern times.”

@michaelasay8587

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think it was #1 for 9 weeks.

@camperoh

2 жыл бұрын

It spent five weeks at number one. It was knocked out of the spot for one week, and returned to the number one spot for another four weeks.

One of my favorite pop songs of the period. And her voice is amazing.

@bryansproles2879

2 жыл бұрын

Love the raspiness, similar to Stevie Nicks.

@rhondawest8027

Жыл бұрын

Mine too!!!❤

I love that you guys actually looked Betty up to see what Kim was talking about. Most reactors don’t know who Betty Davis was (understandably) and I’m always thinking “you’re sitting right in front of a damn computer, look her up!”. Anyway, great reaction guys!

I'm glad you did this!! During the "We Are The World" video a lot of people can't name her to the right of Cyndi Lauper. Her voice is like the female Rod Stewart. It's so recognizable!!

@boydpaul7788

2 жыл бұрын

I use to think it was Rod Stewart 😂

@chrisellis3797

2 жыл бұрын

@@boydpaul7788 I was the same as a kid🤣

@booooo666

2 жыл бұрын

Bonnie Tyler has a similar voice

Bette Davis was specifically known for the depth of emotion she could put in eyes and eye expressions. As a side note, Bette Davis heard the song and enjoyed it immensely.

The person was Three Pronged Starlet, she had Harlow's Hair, Garbo's sighs and Bette's Eyes. Three Icons.

It is pronounced Carns- I know you guys wouldn't know that - she has a great voice - You need to watch some of Bette Davis' movies. One of her most famous lines is "Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be bumpy night" from All About Eve. My favourite movie of hers is Now Voyager.

She was big in the 80’s. She’s in USA for Africa’s We are the World. When you all watch the video, your younger generation always questions who she is. Now you know. She was awesome.

Betty Davis was known for her eyes, they could burn a hole through you. She was one hell of an actress. I was a young kid in the early 60's. If you like really dark creepy movies watch What ever happened to Baby Jane. Also that co-starred Joan Crawford. I kid you not its really creepy.

"Voyeur" is another classic hit by Kim Carnes.

I've always been a sucker for the raspy voice of Kim Carnes (pronounced as one syllable - "carns"). Like Stevie Nicks and Bonnie Tyler, I have always been a swooned by those sultry raspy sound. She does a duet with Kenny Rogers which is one of my favorites by Kenny "Don't Fall In Love With a Dreamer" which is so powerful and moving songs. And Asia nailed it - yes her eyes were seductive. Hence the spy comment. That look that if you look into them she can get away with whatever she wanted to.

I love her voice.

Another artist that was on "We Are The World".

"Fasten your seatbelts; it's going to be a bumpy night." - best Bette Davis line ever. 🙂

As well as being one of the greatest actors on film, she changed film. She was out grossing her peers at the box office, including John Wayne and Humphrey Bogart, and used this to get a wider range of roles, there by single handedly changing roles for women, expanding them. She changed film forever making a wider range of stories and plots for all film goers. Legendary. I was 16 when this song came out, what's not to like. Was a big film person when I was young, big Bogart fan, also Peter Lorre and others. Better Davis virtually help kick start the careers of Bogart, Claude Rains and other favorites of mine. Better Davis, gotta love her.

This song was the "My Heart Will Go On" of 1981, in that it was everywhere, playing all the time. The song also made it to #1 on the Billboard charts for 9 weeks. It won Song of the Year and Record of the Year at the Grammys.

I looooove this song❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

This record is so fucking 🔥🔥🔥🔥 been on loop since Greatest Night In Pop..

To me is this, Bette Davis eyes can look into one's soul. She can read out those whom she is not the one to be disrespect and played with, just because she's a woman who wanted to make a difference in the quality work as an actress, The Star. She been into the movies since the 1930s on up. She fought the big time studio head honchos of everything she works hard for including her salaries and creative freedom. Majority of her movies are on the serious side. Very seldom she does a comedy which based off a Broadway play call "The Man Who Came To Dinner" which she star along with Ann Sheridan and Monty Wooley. Definitely checkout her movies, pick a date with a big bowl of popcorn or snacks and see her in actions. Great reactions yall👍🏾✊🏾✌🏾

My favorite of hers is Crazy in the night (Barking at Airplanes). She also did a great duet with Kenny Rogers " Don't fall in love with a dreamer"

i am entertained by how entertained y'all are with that video lol. the lyric implies that the boys think she's a spy because bette's eyes are PIERCING, KNOWING, ALL-SEEING. if you wanna see some intense bette check out "whatever happened to baby jane" - yikes!

"She precocious... and she knows just what it takes to make a pro blush"

She's a great artist! Awesome song!

Kim Carnes followed the trail down to Muscles Alabama. It was a trail that everyone follolowed in the 60s and 70s, to get that one of a kind, Muscle Shoals Sound!!

I love this song

Bette Davis, one of the best and influential actors ever to appear on screen had begun her career on stage before sound movies existed from 1930s onward until death1989. Davis was known for her forceful and intense style of acting and gained a reputation as a perfectionist in her craft. She could be combative and confrontational with studio executives and film directors, as well as with her co-stars, expecting the same high standard of performance and commitment from them as she expected from herself. Her forthright manner, idiosyncratic speech, and ubiquitous cigarette contributed to a public persona that has been often imitated and sung about lol. She admitted that her success had often been at the expense of her personal relationships. She was married four times, divorcing three and widowed once, when her second husband died unexpectedly. She raised her children largely as a single parent. Her daughter, B. D. Hyman, wrote a controversial memoir about her childhood, 1985's My Mother's Keeper. Extremely strong and independent woman that wouldn't take a fool lightly and called a out what she thought was unfair or unjust behavior particularly towards her career and work - tough woman but God she was fabulous.

There is something about this. Smooth guitar, rough voice. Stunning. Classic I can't believe this is 40!!! years old

Bette Davis was an actress famous for her big eyes and deep gaze ... they say she liked the song tribute to her ... great song No. 1 worldwide

Asia got those Betty Davis eyes

Jackie Deshannon wrote this and performed it back in 1975. Bette Davis starred in bad girl movies starring as far back as the 1920s.

She is the female Rod Stewart..

@williambingman1686

3 ай бұрын

Exactly. Neither can sing.

Another huge song of my younger days. Hot song.

One of my favorites to play cruising town on a Friday and Saturday night on the prowl in my 68 Chevelle

All 80s pop music I hear gives me flashbacks to being a kid and getting up in the middle of the night to whiz and walking past my parents bedroom with the radio on....playing 80s pop

I love this song.

It also mentioned Jean Harlow"her hair was Harlow Gold"and Greta Garbo.Does she look familiar, like the lady that was standing beside Cindy lauper in the We are the world video(you asked who she and a man were, everyone said Kim carnes and suggested this song).And yes,that is her hair.Oh,and Michael Jackson "borrowed the one glove idea"from Kim who did it for the official video of this song a full 2 years before MJ.

i enjoy your videos. you are both 2 of the most beautiful people i have ever seen. GORGEOUS couple.

"Bette Davis Eyes" was a MONSTER hit that paved the way for the sound of the 1980s. It spent nine non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, beginning May 16, 1981. That duration at #1 made it the #1 song of 1981, narrowly beating out "Endless Love" by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie, which also spent nine weeks at #1 that year. "Bette Davis Eyes" was also the #2 song of the entire 1980s, behind only "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John, which spent 10 weeks at #1, and was also the #1 song of 1982. ("Endless Love" was the #2 song of 1981, and the #3 song of the entire 1980s.) P.S. 'Carnes' is one syllable. The 'e' is silent.

I love how asia is smiling from ear to ear. Me too :D I feel it

I watched a movie with Bette Davis where she played twins it was called "dead ringer"

8:20 .. you asked. so i've loved this song since i was a wee lad and it came out. i never delved into the why BDavis reference. i think BDavis meant something to Kim. a strong female. so i feel Kim wrote this song about a dream girl and added that she has Bette Davis Eyes.. powerful... but for me this song got me cause of the great music and Kims unique xlnt voice. great keyboards. i have made a cover of this song and the music is great. many praises for the xlnt sound of the keyboards and the vocals, and great notes and composition. this song rocked me in California and in the Caribbean when i went there in the 80s. a worldwide loved song.

Since you said you love the voice of Kenny Rogers.... Kim Carnes and Kenny Rogers sang a duet called "don't fall in love with a dreamer" definitely worth a reaction.

Love this song...a real 80's song ...bought this around the same time as the Passions "I'm in love with a German filmstar"

The #1 song of 1981.

Kim Carnes did a GREAT duet w/ Kenny Rogers called 'Don't Fall in Love w/ a Dreamer'

Golden classic & masterpiece. No one can sing like Kim Carnes

@williambingman1686

3 ай бұрын

Thank God!

Good for you guys to know who Bette Davis was.

❤️ Kim

Song of the year in ‘81; Kim Carnes was great

Check out her diet with Kenny Rogers "Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer" just a beautiful song by these two legends

donna weiss guy name jackie deshannon wrote this song in 1972

Fantastic song! 🙂 So many memories, from the 17th century...

BETTY DAVIS is an ICON and still ALIVE

@nealm6764

Жыл бұрын

Is she? Holy cow. Thought she was dead 10 years ago. ETA: Dude she died in 1989.

Kim was good a friend with Kenny Rogers and had a smash duet hit together "Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer" and of course both of them are a part of USA to AFRICA "We Are The World". She also had a beautiful song on the Flashdance soundtrack "I'll Be Here Where The Heart Is". I feel both her and Bonnie Tyler had great success with the raspy voice singing style.

Asia’s eyes blow my mind. Lord. 👀

We used to call that song “she’s got Marty Feldman eyes”. Look those beauties up!

@kenqb5450

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Especially in "Young Frankenstein"

@ronbecker7939

2 жыл бұрын

@@kenqb5450 😂😂👍

@allenwhitmer8192

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah...maybe you're remembering the spoof by Bruce Baum, Marty Feldman Eyes

Kim Carnes was the US version of Britain's Rod Stewart. When this first came out on the radio. everyone thought this was a new hit by Rod Stewart.

This was a big #1 hit..like 13 weeks ..very catchy...

Oooh yes …… thanks guys ….4 reaction…. Love Love love 💗

I just love yuor reactions...

The raspyness of her voice reminds me very much of how Rod Stewart sounds....very like that I think,,,good song too...I like it..

Bette Davies actually had very clearly recognizable eyes. And she who was highly talented played in movies, but also theatre, together with the very best actors and actresses of that long time period from the 1930ties till the 70ties and her very last movie appearance was in the very early 80ties. And she was one of those for that time rare "strong female characters with attitude" - so to say - in Hollywood which wasn´t always advantagous for her actor career because she often got certain beefs with certain mighty film producers But her from everyone admired tremendous craft in acting and having such a long lasting actor career made her to an all time Hollywood Icon.

FIRST CD I BOUGHT IN 1994

Kim was in one other video yall played we are the world she was the blonde beside Cyndi Lauper

You should to watch some Betty Davis Movies on a movie review channel.. great actress that didn't take crap.

One of my favorites. Eyes to die for.

Y’all got it on point

Please react to her duet with Kenny Roger's called " Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer"

I am so glad you at least know WHO Betty Davis is, I saw another couple of reactors who are about the same age as you two, and they had NO idea WHO Bette Davis is, which really shocked me. I am SURE they might have seen one of her movies SOMEWHERE. Just wish we could see the video, other reactors show it with no problem

with respect to dj, you got betty davis eyes, nice shine

Listen to Don’t Fall In Love With A Dreamer a duet with Kenny Rogers and Kim Carnes.

Thank you

I’m not sure of the whole story but I think whoever Kim was singing about, she had mesmerizing eyes, and she was “it”. Comparing her to Betty, not talking about Betty.

Bette Davis eyes, more commonly known as "bedroom eyes". Bette was "hot stuff!"

She is in the "USA for Africa" video. She was standing with Blondie.....the very loud girl with colored hair. I think it was pink or blue.

@Sandy-er6tk

2 жыл бұрын

Blondie? You mean Cyndi Lauper, right?:-)

Kim was in the USA for Africa video next to Cyndy Lauper. Kim also sang Smokey Robinson's song: "More Love".

Beautiful voice, forgot that song, her eyes were her eyes

This is one of my go-to karaoke songs lol

Her song, “More Love” is even better and more effective at showcasing her voice.

Oh you got a watch her in mommy dearest then you’ll know just what Betty Davis was like.She was Vicious to her daughter and son.

@DeepOwl1073

2 жыл бұрын

Mommy Dearest was about Joan Crawford

I suggest "Invisible Hands" by her. This is such a good classic from 1981.

Another great Kim Carnes song is her duet with Kenny Rogers "Don't Fall In Love With a Dreamer".

Last name is pronounced like "Carnz", not Car-ness.

Bette Davis, movie icon. She was not the most beautiful of the icons but when she walked into a scene her body language and eyes commanded your full attention. That’s called presence. Nobody messed with her, she had bigger b*lls then the male movie executives back then. She was Boss.

No, that is not her natural color. It is enhanced. But yeah, it’s nice.

Play Propellerheads,video, History Repeating, featuring Shirley Bassey..

Rumour has it that the song was originally going to be called 'Marty Feldman Eyes' but for some reason they didn't roll with it.

That raspy voice is everything

Hope yall react to more 80s tracks 80's one of if not the best era in music ever so many classics

This is a 80s tune, but she was a bit older then the up and coming younger more underground 80s bands I enjoyed,, plus my 8th grade history Teacher played this and a song " In the Dark after Dark " during study time, from her album, so yeah, these 2 tracks stuck.

I have always been transfixed by Lauren Bacall's eyes.

Always liked Carnes gravelly voice .....Don't recall another tune by her ...tho ...

Bette Davis started acting in 1929. Look up a picture of her from 1929 or 1930 and you'll understand why "everbody thinks she's a spy", because she had very persuasive looks when she was young. Carnes (Karnz) not "Carness".

At least this is the studio version....

You've nothing to be jealous about, Miss Beauty . . .

It's not the best movie but I recommend the film "Duets". It has some unique takes, including Free Bird and this song, sung by Gwynyth Paltrow. Seriously it's well sung and done.