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Somebody Told MeEurythmics

Released: January 4, 1983

Songwriter: David A. Stewart Annie Lennox

Producer: David A. Stewart Robert Crash

[Intro]
Somebody told me
Somebody told me
Somebody told me
Something about you

[Verse 1]
I didn't believe it
I couldn't believe it
I'm still reeling
'Cause I just can't take the blow

[Chorus]
Well there's laughter and love
And there's a lot of pain
I never wanna see your
Pretty face again
Well there's laughter and love
And there's a lot of pain
I never wanna see your
Pretty face again

[Verse 2]
Full of forgiveness
You're just twisted
I'm a silly little saint
With a halo of smiles
But it makes no difference

[Chorus]
Well there's laughter and love
And there's a lot of pain
I never wanna see your
Pretty face again
Well there's laughter and love
And there's a lot of pain
I never wanna see your
Pretty face again

[Post-Chorus]
Well, well, well, well
Well, well, well, well
Well, well, well, well
Well (Well!), well (Well!), well (Well!), well

[Bridge: Annie Lennox & David A. Stewart]
Somebody told me
Somebody told me
Somebody told me
Somebody told me
Somebody told me
Somebody told me
Something about you

[Verse 3: Annie Lennox & David A. Stewart]
I didn't believe it
I didn't believe it
I couldn't believe it
I didn't believe it
I'm still reeling
'Cause I just can't take the blow

[Chorus]
Well there's laughter and love
And there's a lot of pain
I never wanna see your
Pretty face again
Well there's laughter and love
And there's a lot of pain
I never wanna see your
Pretty face again
Well there's laughter and love
And there's a lot of pain
I never wanna see your
Pretty face again
Well there's laughter and love
And there's a lot of pain
I never wanna see your
Pretty face again

[Outro]
Well, well, well, well
Well, well, well, well
Well, well, well, well
Well, well, well (Well! Yeah, yeah, yeah!)

Eurythmics

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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