Close My Eyes (Mariah Carey song)

"Close My Eyes"
Song by Mariah Carey
from the album Butterfly
Studio
Length4:19
LabelColumbia
Composers
LyricistCarey
Producers
  • Carey
  • Afanasieff

"Close My Eyes" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey for her sixth studio album Butterfly (1997). It was co-written and produced by Carey and Walter Afanasieff. While Carey solely wrote the lyrics to the song, both she and Afanasieff composed its music. They also produced and arranged the song together. A downtempo piano led song, the lyrics in "Close My Eyes" revolve around negative experiences in her life, including indirectly talking about the relationship between her and ex-husband Tommy Mottola. In September 2012, Carey revealed that it is one of her most favorite and revealing songs that she has written in her career thus far.