Eurythmics

Released: June 30, 1986

Songwriter: Annie Lennox David A. Stewart

Producer: David A. Stewart

Well the first time that I saw you
You were standing in the rain
You were waiting at the station
For the last connecting train
Well - who will you go to
When there's no-one to betray?
And I said - who will you go to
When your best friend turns away?
Hey hey...

Last time you're gonna let me down
Last time you're gonna
Fool around with me...

There's a garden full of roses
There's a necklace full of pearls
You have come to take the roses
To give to other girls
Well - I am just a pretty thing
You wanted for a day
There is nothing left between us
There is nothing left to say...
Hey hey...

People like you
Can be so mean
People like you
Just don't come clean

Last time you're gonna let me down
Last time you're gonna
Fool around with me...

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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