Private Eyes
Daryl Hall & John Oates
- Key
- A minor
- Camelot
- 8A
- BPM
- 122.1
Key confidence low · relative C major (8B) · BPM confidence high · half-time 61.1 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13
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As of 2026-10-13, "Private Eyes" by Daryl Hall & John Oates has charted in 2 markets across 1 platform, peaking at #34 (US) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it runs at 122.1 BPM.
- Markets
- 2
- First seen
- 2026-08-15
- Latest chart date
- 2026-10-13
- Peak
- #34 us
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
The song hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, making it Hall & Oates's third of six chart-topping hits and their second of the 1980s. [1] Its handclap chorus turned the track into an audience-participation favorite at live Hall & Oates shows. [2] It was the first single to feature the backing lineup of guitarist G. E. Smith, bassist Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, drummer Mickey Curry, and saxophonist/keyboardist Charles DeChant, and its music video cast the duo as film-noir style trenchcoat-wearing private detectives. [3]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Written by Daryl Hallsource
- Covered Daryl Hall and John Oatessource
- Covered Dear Rougesource
- Covered DJ Jumpsource
- Covered Fayraysource
- Covered Goodknight Productionssource
- Covered Hall & Oatessource
- Covered Hall& Oatessource
- Written by Janna Allensource
- Covered Moonsource
- Written by Sara Allensource
- Covered Stanrycksource
- Covered The Bird and the Beesource
- Covered Towa Teisource
- Written by Warren Pashsource
- Covered 鳥山雄司source
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Swedense · shazam#164#164#164
- United Statesus · shazam · 2 cities#34#34#34
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- us 2 cities · best #34 kansas city
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Editions
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Identity
- ISRC
- USRC10301825
- Slug
- daryl-hall-john-oates__private-eyes
- Sources
- shazam
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