"Looking Through Patient Eyes" is a 1993 song by American hip hop/R&B group P.M. Dawn, released as a single from their album The Bliss Album…? (Vibrations of Love and Anger and the Ponderance of Life and Existence).

The song features backing vocals by Cathy Dennis

Cathy Dennis

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 and samples "Father Figure" by George Michael

George Michael

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The line "Joni help me, I think I'm falling" is a reference to Canadian singer Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...

; she is also referenced in the group's previous single "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss

Set Adrift on Memory Bliss

"Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" is the signature hit by P.M. Dawn from their debut album, Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience. Writing credit is given to Attrell Cordes and Gary Kemp of Spandau Ballet as the song is built around samples of their 1983 hit "True," as well...

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Music video

The music video for the song was shot in a church, and features various Christian images interspersed throughout it. Most notably, Prince Be is seen wearing a T-shirt with "Thank you, Jesus" written across it in big black letters, further separating them from their hardcore colleagues in the hip hop

Hip hop

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 genre.

Track listing

U.S. CD single

1. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Extended Mix) - 6:15
2. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Radio Mix) - 4:06
3. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Instrumental) - 4:18

U.S. 7" single

1. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Radio Mix)
2. "Plastic" (Radio Mix)

U.S. CD promo single

1. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Radio Mix)
2. "Looking Through Patient Eyes"
3. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Extended Mix)

U.S. 12" promo single 1

1. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Pete Rock
   Pete Rock
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    Mix)
2. "Looking Through Patient Eyes"
3. "Plastic" (Radio Mix)
4. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Radio Mix)

U.S. 12" promo single 2

1. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Radio Mix)
2. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Extended Mix)
3. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Instrumental)
4. "Plastic" (Radio Mix)

UK CD single

1. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Radio Mix)
2. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Extended Mix)
3. "Plastic" (Extended Mix)
4. "Plastic" (Radio Mix)

UK 12" single

1. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Extended Mix)
2. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" (Radio Mix)
3. "Plastic" (12" Mix)
4. "Plastic" (Funk U Tomorrow)

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	20
Canadian Singles Chart Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays....	1
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	11
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	6
Year-end chart (1993)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	38