Bright Eyes - Stephen Gately w/ Lyrics

Stephen Patrick David Gately (17 March 1976 -- 10 October 2009) was an Irish pop singer--songwriter, actor, dancer, musician and author, who, with Ronan Keating, was one of two lead singers of the pop group Boyzone.[1] All of Boyzone's studio albums hit number one in the United Kingdom, their third and last being their most successful internationally. With Boyzone Gately had a record-breaking sixteen consecutive singles enter the top five of the UK Singles Chart.[2] He performed for millions of fans globally.[3] He released a successful solo album in 2000, after the group's initial breakup, which charted in the UK top ten and yielded three UK hit singles, including the top three hit "New Beginning". Gately went on to appear variously in successful stage productions and on television programmes as well as contributing songs to various projects. In 2008, he rejoined his colleagues as Boyzone reformed for a series of concerts and recordings.
After success with Boyzone, the band decided in 2000 to move on to solo projects. Gately was the first, with his debut solo single, "New Beginning", released on 29 May 2000. The single reached number three in the UK charts.

Two weeks later the album New Beginning was released and entered the charts. The album included twelve tracks including a version of the classic "Bright Eyes", which he recorded for the soundtrack to a new TV version of Watership Down. He also voiced one of the characters in the film, Blackavar, which was created to look like him.

The second single taken from the album was "I Believe". Released on 2 October 2000, this song also featured on the soundtrack to the film Billy Elliot. The single just missed the UK top ten, peaking at number eleven. He attended the premieres of the film both at the Edinburgh Film Festival and at the Empire Theatre in Leicester Square, along with the stars of the film, Julie Walters and Jamie Bell. In May 2001, Stephen's third single, "Stay", was released and reached number thirteen in the UK chart. That month, with his single still in the charts, his record company Polydor dropped him from their label.

In January 2007, Gately was heard in Horror of Glam Rock, a Doctor Who audio drama produced by Big Finish Productions for BBC7. For this audio play, Gately recorded an original song, "Children of Tomorrow", with music by Tim Sutton and lyrics by Barnaby Edwards; this was his first solo track since 2001.[22]

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• Bright
• Eyes
• Stephen
• Gately

[nelsonsunico]

its nice to hear another version of this art garfunkel song from former member of boyzone whos with God now

[xJustxMe82]

Omg ... this video is soo beautifully made! and Stephan suits the song soo much; I miss him and BoyZone.! RIP.

[Junius01]

great song, RIP

[aWolfSong]

o.O As I posted a comment about a bathroom, that was on my Android tablet, much sorryness. D: It was meant to say:

Dear replay button,

I am very sorry for raping you.

-aWolfSong

: but it screwed up.

Dx

[Kevin92181]

thank you so much for this beautiful video

[MonsterlyInLoveII]

love this rendition... r.i.p pareng stephen .... great job! tol

-=MonZ=-