Eyes on Me (Faye Wong song)

"Eyes on Me" is a song by Chinese recording artist Faye Wong as a love theme for the video game Final Fantasy VIII.

[3] Square Enix Music Online writer Dave felt "Eyes on Me" was both "overhyped and overcriticized" since it was "ultimately a replica".

[3] In 2020, Lisa Cam of the South China Morning Post listed the song as one of Faye's best, noting it had been a "matter of national pride" that she had performed the end theme for "arguably one of the most popular RPGs of the 1990s".

[8][9][10] The song was popular among the video game community in the Western world, and brought Faye Wong to the attention of many who were not previously familiar with her music.

[11] In 2017, Brian Ashcraft from Kotaku described "Eyes on Me" as one of the most iconic songs of the Final Fantasy franchise, as well as one of the most commercially successful singles associated with the video game industry.

[1] Near the end of the production of Final Fantasy VII, the developers suggested to use a singer, but abandoned the idea due to a lack of reasoning based on the game's theme and storyline.

[20] In 2004, a Japanese version sung by Manami Kiyota titled "Summer Album" (夏のアルバム, "Natsu no Arubamu") with lyrics by Kazushige Nojima was included on Final Fantasy Song Book: Mahoroba.