Broke My Eyes is an English language

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 hit in Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 for the Norwegian band Donkeyboy

Donkeyboy

Donkeyboy are a pop band from Drammen, Norway, formed in 2005. The band consists of Cato Sundberg , Kent Sundberg , Peter Michelsen , Thomas Drabløs , and Alexander Garborg Ågedal .-Biography:Donkeyboy were signed to Warner Music after an employee came across their music on MySpace...

, their third most successful single after "Ambitions

Ambitions (song)

"Ambitions" is an English language song by Norwegian band Donkeyboy, taken from their debut album Caught in a Life. It was released as their debut single in 2009 and was a number-one hit in the Norwegian Singles Chart....

" (13 weeks at the top of the Norwegian Singles Chart

VG-lista

VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by...

) and "Sometimes

Sometimes (Donkeyboy song)

Sometimes is an English language massive hit in Norway for the Norwegian band Donkeyboy, their second most successful single after "Ambitions", their debut single that stayed 13 weeks on top of the Norwegian Singles Chart...

", their second single (8 weeks on top of the charts). All three singles are taken from Donkeyboys' debut album Caught in a Life

Caught in a Life

Caught in a Life is Norwegian band Donkeyboy's debut album in October 2009. It was produced by Simen M Eriksrud and Espen Berg at Livingroom Studios, Oslo. It topped the Norwegian Albums Chart in the winter of 2009.It was released on October 19, 2009...

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"Broke My Eyes" reached #6 in the Norwegian Singles Chart. The video representing oridnary Norwegians humming and dancing to the tune was directed by Egil Pedersen and Geir Jardar Olsen.

Nominations

• "Broke My Eyes" was nominated for the Best Song and later Best Video by the show Urørt on Norwegian Broadcasting Corporaion's NRK P3
  NRK P3
  NRK P3 is one of three nation-wide analogue radio channels operated by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation . It was established as NRK's third radio channel in 1993, and focuses on youth culture: principally music, together with humour, entertainment, and health education.Over the years NRK P3...
  
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Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Norwegian Singles Chart	6