Eurythmics

Released: October 27, 1989

Songwriter: Annie Lennox David A. Stewart

Producer: David A. Stewart

I don't care if you won't talk to me
You know I'm not that kind of girl
And I don't care if you won't walk with me
It don't give me such a thrill

And I don't care about the way you look
You should know I'm not impressed
'Cause there's just one thing that I'm looking for
And he don't wear a dress

I need a man
I need a man
Hey baby, I need a man
Hey, I need a man

Baby, baby, baby, don't you shave your legs
Now don't you double comb your hair
Don't powder puff, just leave it rough
I like your fingers bare

When the night comes down, I can turn it 'round
I can take you anywhere
I don't need love, forget that stuff
You know that I don't care

I need a man, that's what I want
I need a man, yeah baby
I need a man, cool, cool
I need a man

I don't need a heart breaker
Fifty-faced trouble maker
Two timing time taker
Dirty little money maker

Muscle bound cheap skate
Low down woman hater
Triple crossing, double dater
Yella bellied alligator

I don't care if you won't talk to me
You know I'm not that kind of girl
And I don't care if you won't walk with me
It don't give me such a thrill

And I don't care about the way you look
You should know I'm not impressed
'Cause there's just one thing that I'm looking for
And he don't wear a dress

I need a man, leave me alone
I need a man, don't take me home
I need a man
Baby, you're just [?]
Baby, baby, baby
I need a man
I need a man, shake your hips
I need a man
I need a man
I need a man, that's right
I need [?]

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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