{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"RouteNote - Radar","provider_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar","author_name":"Radar Team","author_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/author\/rn_adm_rad\/","title":"Who Originally Sang \u201cBette Davis Eyes\u201d? - RouteNote - Radar","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"KLXAtENkEz\"><a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/who-originally-sang-bette-davis-eyes\/\">Who Originally Sang \u201cBette Davis Eyes\u201d?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/who-originally-sang-bette-davis-eyes\/embed\/#?secret=KLXAtENkEz\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Who Originally Sang \u201cBette Davis Eyes\u201d?&#8221; &#8212; RouteNote - Radar\" data-secret=\"KLXAtENkEz\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/routenote_Bette_Davis_Eyes_-profile_y3xfdqy_-v_8.2_1173e703-87ed-4caf-a9d7-2b50763f3ba3_1.png","thumbnail_width":1024,"thumbnail_height":1024,"description":"Jackie DeShannon. Kim Carnes made \u201cBette Davis Eyes\u201d famous in 1981. But DeShannon co-wrote and recorded the song years earlier for her album New Arrangement. And if you play the original after hearing Carnes&#8217; version your entire life, you may briefly wonder whether you selected the correct track. Same composition. Almost completely different record. Who wrote \u201cBette Davis Eyes\u201d? Jackie DeShannon and Donna Weiss. The pair wrote the song during the 1970s. DeShannon was already an accomplished songwriter and performer with a career stretching back into early rock and pop. Weiss brought lyrical material. The two developed the song together...."}