Greg O’Connor’s Newest Single: “Through Your Eyes”
By Sheryl Aronson / Photography by Kevin Sikorski
Greg O’Connor, a prolific artist and Emmy winner, has composed scores for more than 30 television series and written more than 1,000 featured songs for TV, films and commercials. After four Primetime Emmy nominations, he won the coveted award for the song “A Wonderful Normal Day” for “Mad TV,” where he served as composer and songwriter for all 14 seasons.
O’Connor’s other accolades include composing a song with lyricist Jordan Firstman for the Film Independent Spirit Awards in February 2020. The song went viral in less than 48 hours, garnering more than 7 million views, and was featured in major publications and news outlets. The tribute to Laura Dern at the end of the song was such a hit that she posted about it on her Instagram account. James Corden even tweeted, “This is the best part of any award show you’ll see this year. Sensational!”
For the legendary band Chicago, on their latest BMG album with founding member James Pankow, O’Connor wrote and produced two songs: “Someone Needed Me the Most” and “Firecracker.” Pankow and O’Connor also wrote two Billboard Adult Contemporary Top 20 songs for Chicago: “The Only One” and “Show Me a Sign,” as well as “Here With Me (A Candle For the Dark)” for the album “Stone of Sisyphus.” O’Connor also produced songs for Barry Manilow’s album “The Greatest Songs of the Eighties,” as well as Manilow’s hit Christmas single “Christmas Is Just Around the Corner.”
Although O’Connor has scored big in the world of composing and songwriting for the last 35 years, he has never released his own personal music. Last fall, he finally released his first album, “The Place I’ve Never Been,” which he dubbed his “personal passion project.”
“The impetus for this album started because I had gone through a lot of personal changes over the last couple of years since COVID,” he said. “I’ve done a lot of work for hire through my three-decade career working on film and TV projects.
“This time, I had no financial agenda, no gatekeepers and nothing pushing me along. I had to be self-motivated, which is a lot harder than you think.”
Finally stepping into the spotlight with this solo album, O’Connor produced, composed and wrote lyrics for 10 original songs that explore relationships, including: “I Got You,” “The Place I’ve Never Been,” “Bad Luck Love” and “Ghosted.”
At the same time, another major change in O’Connor’s life fueled his inspiration: falling in love with Kevin Sikorski, an esteemed photographer and videographer based in Los Angeles. Together, they pooled their creative resources to produce music videos that highlight the new music.
On May 23, 2025, O’Connor released his newest single, “Through Your Eyes,” as a special wedding surprise for his husband. The song was first heard publicly on May 18, when the couple was married at the Blithewold Mansion in Bristol, Rhode Island. O’Connor gave a stellar performance of the song to his astounded groom and guests at the reception.
He explained the inspiration behind the song: “We were on a nice little getaway, and one of the places we visited was the Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford, Connecticut, where there were beautiful gardens Kevin knew. I was attempting to take a photo of the estate and surrounding gardens when Kevin quickly repositioned my hands to get a better angle of the shot. I thought to myself, ‘If I could see the world through your eyes.’”
Sikorski then took a film camera version of that photo, which became the cover art for the single. The whole concept was using photographic imagery to express the idea of seeing things from your partner’s point of view.
As O’Connor reminds us, “I think that the world could use more empathy and understanding.”
The song goes beyond the theme of romantic relationships and applies to all personal relationships—business, friendships, family—any situation where people might have disagreements. “I think technology has made it difficult for people to communicate properly and feel connected,” he said. “The song speaks about the many different angles of love.”
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- New single “Through Your Eyes” (Listen here)
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