Eagle-Eye Cherry

Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry (born 7 May 1968) is a Swedish singer and stage performer. His 1998 single "Save Tonight" achieved commercial success in Ireland, the United States and the United Kingdom. Cherry is the son of American jazz artist Don Cherry and Swedish artist and designer Moki Cherry.

He pursued acting during high school, though Cherry's acting career was eventually set aside as his musical career took precedence in his life with his debut album Desireless (1997). He has released several other albums since his debut, and has co-written for other artists and films, and has guest-starred on reality television. Cherry's music is of the acoustic, rock, post-grunge and alternative rock genres.

He is fluent in both English and Swedish.

Early life

Cherry was born on 7 May 1968, in Stockholm, Sweden, Cherry is the fourth of five siblings. He is the half-brother of singer Neneh Cherry (his mother's daughter with Ahmadu Jah). Other half-siblings are violinist Jan Cherry, Christian Cherry, and jazz musician David Ornette Cherry. At the age of 12, Cherry was sent to school in New York City. He remained there to work as an actor and a drummer in various bands.

Career

In 1988, Cherry was credited as "Teenager" in the film Arthur 2: On the Rocks. In 1989, he was credited as "Vet #1" in Born on the Fourth of July. In 1993, he starred on the short-lived NBC action/adventure television show South Beach.

Cherry's father died in 1995. He returned to Stockholm to focus on his music rather than an acting career. He began writing and recording his debut album, Desireless, in his bedroom studio on an acoustic guitar. His fifth album, Streets of You, was released on 26 October 2018.

Discography

Studio albums

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width: 15em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width: 16em;"| Album details

! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width: 10em;"| Certifications

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|SWE

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|AUS

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|AUT

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|FRA

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|GER

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|NL

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|NZ

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|SWI

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|UK

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|US

! scope="row" | Desireless

Released: 21 July 1997
Label: Superstudio / Polydor
Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download, LP

| 2 || 68 || 4 || 4 || 23 || 31 || 16 || 4 || 3 || 45

BPI: Gold
RIAA: Platinum
SNEP: 2× Gold

! scope="row" | Living in the Present Future

Released: 6 March 2000
Label: Superstudio / Polydor
Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download, LP

| 3 || 33 || 30 || 10 || 23 || — || — || 6 || 12 || —

! scope="row" | Sub Rosa

Released: 29 September 2003
Label: BMG / RCA / Polydor
Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download, LP

| 40 || — || — || 53 || — || — || — || 31 || — || —

! scope="row" | Can't Get Enough

Released: 5 October 2012
Label: Vertigo
Formats: CD, digital download, LP

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

! scope="row" | Streets of You

Released: 26 October 2018
Label: Papa Cherry
Formats: CD, digital download

| — || — || — || 172 || — || — || — || — || — || —

! scope="row" | Back on Track

Released: 27 January 2023
Label: Papa Cherry
Formats: CD, digital download, LP

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

! scope="row" | Become a Light

Released: 26 September 2025
Label: Papa Cherry
Formats: CD, digital download, LP

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

| colspan="18" style="text-align:center; font-size:8pt;"|"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

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! scope="row" | Live and Kicking

Released: 2007
Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download, LP

Singles

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! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Certifications

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|SWE

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|IRE

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|NL

BPI: 2× Platinum

| rowspan="4"| Desireless

! scope="row"| "When Mermaids Cry"

|rowspan="2"|1998

| 34 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

! scope="row"| "Falling in Love Again"

| — || — || 48 || 81 || 23 || 70 || — || — || 8 || —

! scope="row"| "Permanent Tears"

|1999

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 43 || —

! scope="row"| "Are You Still Having Fun?"

|rowspan="3"|2000

| 18 || 69 || 37 || 81 || 39 || 79 || 41 || 31 || 21 || —

|rowspan="3"|Living in the Present Future

! scope="row"| "Long Way Around" (featuring Neneh Cherry)

| — || — || 60 || 85 || — || 81 || — || 45 || 48 || —

! scope="row"| "Promises Made"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

! scope="row"| "Feels So Right"

|2001

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

| Present/Future and Sub Rosa

! scope="row"| "Skull Tattoo"

|rowspan="2"|2003

| 54 || — || — || — || — || 99 || — || 64 || 158 || —

|rowspan="2"|Sub Rosa

! scope="row"| "Don't Give Up"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

! scope="row"| "Can't Get Enough"

|rowspan="2"|2012

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|Can't Get Enough

! scope="row"| "As One" (with Tomas Ledin)

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|rowspan="3"|non-album track

! scope="row"| "Dream Away" (with Darin)

|2014

| 30 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

! scope="row"| "Save Tonight" (2018 Rendition)

|rowspan="3"|2018

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

! scope="row"| "Streets of You"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|rowspan="2"|Streets of You

! scope="row"| "While Away"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

! scope="row"| "I Like It"

| 2021

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

| Back on Track

| colspan="18" style="text-align:center; font-size:8pt;"|"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Featured singles

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! scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Album

! scope="row"| "Get Up" (Thomas Gold featuring Eagle-Eye Cherry)

| 2019

Filmography

Film

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

|1988

|Arthur 2: On the Rocks

|Teenager

|1989

|Born on the Fourth of July

|Vet #1

|1991

|The Doors

|Roadie

|2006

|White Trash

|Samir

|2018

|Lyckligare kan ingen vara

|Mark

Television

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

|1988

|ABC Afterschool Special

|Various

|Episode: "Date Rape"

|1989

|Runaway

|Companion

| rowspan="2" |Television film

|1989

|Livin' Large

|Billy

|1990

|The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

|Thelonius the Musician

|Episode: "Here Are Just a Few Things That Could Possibly Go Wrong"

|1990

|The Cosby Show

|Guy #2

|Episode: "Just Thinking About It"

|1991

|The Hit Man

|Billy

|Television film

|1993

|South Beach

|Vernon

|5 episodes

References

External links

Official website
archived at the Wayback Machine (last updated January 2014)