Along with
Roland Orzabal and
Curt Smith of
Tears for Fears fame, Byrne and his future music partner in Naked Eyes,
Rob Fisher, were members of a short-lived British group called
Neon. Byrne and Fisher formed Naked Eyes in 1982. Naked Eyes' first hit, "
Always Something There to Remind Me", is a synth-pop cover of the
Burt Bacharach standard. The band had three subsequent top 40 hits: "
Promises, Promises" "When the Lights Go Out", and "(What) In the Name of Love". Naked Eyes disbanded following the release of their second album,
Fuel for the Fire (1984). Byrne is also known for an
electronica recording of
The Rolling Stones' track "
Paint It Black". He wrote "I Am the Cute One" for the
Olsen twins' video, "Our First Video". Byrne released a solo album entitled
The Real Illusion in 2001; the album featured some of the last tracks he had written with Fisher for a proposed third Naked Eyes album. In 2005, Byrne reformed Naked Eyes. Naked Eyes released
Fumbling with the Covers, an album of
covers and Naked Eyes hits, in 2007. On 8 June 2021, Naked Eyes released a new album,
Disguise the Limit. ==Discography==