Eurythmics

Released: January 1, 1983

Songwriter: Annie Lennox David A. Stewart

Producer: David A. Stewart

[Verse 1]
Paint a rumour
What's it gonna spread?
Paint a rumour
See the place go red
I could tell you something
Promise not to tell
I could tell you something
Promise not to sell

[Chorus]
It's a secret
It's a secret
It's a secret
It's a secret

[Verse 2]
I have heard a whisper
I have heard a whisper
What did it say?
I have heard a whisper
Make it go away
Don't believe a word of it
Promise not to tell
Don't repeat a word of it
Promise not to sell

[Chorus]
It's a secret
It's a secret
It's a secret
It's a secret
It's a secret
It's a secret
It's a secret
It's a secret
It's a secret

[Verse 3]
Paint a rumour
Paint a rumour
See the place go red
I could tell you something
I could tell you something
Promise not to sell
Paint a rumour
Paint a rumour
Make it go away
I could tell you something
I could tell you something
Promise not to sell
Paint a rumour
What's it gonna spread?
Paint a rumour
I could tell you something
Promise not to sell
I could tell you something
Paint a rumour
What did it say?
Paint a rumour
I could tell you something
Promise not to tell
I could tell you something

[Chorus]
It's a secret
It's a secret
It's a secret
It's a secret
It's a secret

[Bridge]
Paint a rumour
I could tell you something
I could tell you something
I could tell you something
Promise not to sell
I could tell you something
I could tell you something
I could tell you something
Promise not to tell
I could tell you something

[Instrumental Outro]

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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