Eurythmics

Released: April 29, 1985

Songwriter: Annie Lennox David A. Stewart

Producer: David A. Stewart

(When will you make up your mind?)

Darling just be yourself tonight
There's nothing wrong with the way you feel
The moon and stars are in the sky
We're centuries apart
And the lights are shining down on you
(I can't stand it)

Everybody's kissing someone
Holding hands just to get some fun
I couldn't care less if I ever get none
Or never fall into some lover's arms again
(I can't stand it)
Aah... conditioned soul
When will you make up your mind?
(I can't stand it)

Aah... conditioned soul
When will you make up your mind?
(I can't stand it)

Darling don't be afraid tonight
Something's wrong with the way you feel
The moon and stars have all gone by
We're centuries apart and the lights are dying
Everybody's hurting someone
Stabbing back just to get some fun
I hope to God I don't get me none
Or never fall into some killer's arms again

When will you make up your mind?
(I can't stand it)

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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