Eurythmics

Released: April 29, 1985

Songwriter: Annie Lennox David A. Stewart

Producer: David A. Stewart

Cool tears flow upon my pillow
And I'm freezing blue with misery
You know that I never meant to hurt you
But something always gets right in the way

So I'll fill this bedrom full of mystery
Hang our last conclusions on the wall
And if this empty building starts to get to me
Please remember that it just might be your fault

Better to have lost in love
Than never to have loved at all...

So the fated lovers turn to enemies -
And all their hidden feelings start to show
And I never though that boy
Could mean so much to me
And now it seems I'll have to let you go...

While working as a waitress at a health food restaurant in London, Annie Lennox met Dave Stewart, with whom she formed the band Catch with singer-songwriter Peet Coombes. Catch released one single before adding two more members and changing their name to The Tourists. Under that name, the band scored five UK hits before Coombes' substance abuse broke the band apart.

Lennox and Stewart continued writing together – with Stewart moving from guitar to synthesizer and Lennox adopting an androgynous look – and formed Eurythmics. Within a few years, the duo was propelled into international stardom when “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)”, a single from their second album, became a top ten hit in nine countries.

Over the decade, the duo moved away from their dark new wave sound and S&M imagery, evolving into a more mainstream synthpop band. In that time, they scored twenty-one UK top 40’s (ten of which were also US top 40 hits). In 1990, Eurythmics quietly disbanded and Lennox took a break from music to have her first child.

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