"Close My Eyes Forever" is a

duet A duet (italian language, Italian: ''duo'') is a musical composition for two Performing arts, performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists. It differs from a har ...

Lita Ford Lita Rossana Ford (born September 19, 1958) is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. She was the lead guitarist for the all-female rock band the Runaways in the late 1970s, and then embarked on a successful glam metal solo career tha ...

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Ozzy Osbourne John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and media personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead singer of the heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which per ...

from Ford's 1988 album '' Lita''. The song was written by Ford and Osbourne as the result of an accident in the studio, during which they both drank heavily and inadvertently wrote the lyrics to the song together. In 1989, a remix of the song was released as a single, peaking at number eight on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in 1989, and number 25 on the US ''Billboard'' Album Rock Tracks chart. It is Ford's highest charting single and the highest charting hit of Osbourne's solo career. The song was one of four singles from the album '' Lita''.

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1988 songs 1989 singles Lita Ford songs Ozzy Osbourne songs RCA Records singles Songs about depression Songs about suicide Song recordings produced by Mike Chapman Songs written by Ozzy Osbourne Male–female vocal duets Glam metal ballads {{metal-song-stub