Boy in the Box (album)

Boy in the Box is the sophomore album by Canadian singer Corey Hart, released in 1985. The album generated four charted singles: "Never Surrender" (CAN #1 (4 weeks) beginning July 6, 1985; US #3 on Aug 17, 1985), title-track "Boy In the Box" (CAN #7 on Oct 12, 1985; US #26 on Nov 2, 1985), "Everything In My Heart" (CAN #1 on Jan 18, 1986; US #30 on Feb 1, 1986), and "Eurasian Eyes" (CAN #29 (3 weeks) beginning Mar 22, 1986).

On February 1, 1986, Hart became the second-ever Canadian artist (after Bryan Adams) to be awarded a Diamond disc from the CRIA (now Music Canada), as 'Boy In The Box' was certified for shipping one million units within his homeland alone.

Hart's single, "Never Surrender", was CRIA-certified Platinum on August 1, 1985. It also won a Juno Award, in November 1985, for "Single of the Year", and reached #1 on the US 'Hot 100 Sales' chart.

"Everything In My Heart", Hart's second #1 single from the album, was pressed in translucent red vinyl and its b-side featured a live recording of the seasonal Gene Autry Christmas classic, "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer". The single was CRIA-certified Gold on January 29, 1986.

In the Spring of 1986, Hart's "Eurasian Eyes" was featured in the soundtrack of the Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger-starring, Adrian Lyne-directed erotic-romantic flick, '9 1/2 Weeks'. Hart had written the song for graphic designer and photographer, Erika Gagnon, who was his girlfriend at the time.

Each single from the album featured music videos which garnered heavy-rotation airplay on both MuchMusic and MTV. Additionally, "Komrade Kiev" was a popular video in both North America and in Europe, but it wasn't officially released as a single.