Eurythmics

Released: January 1, 1983

Songwriter: Annie Lennox David A. Stewart

Producer: David A. Stewart

[Verse 1]
The first cut – is a criminal thing
The first cut – goes deeper in

[Pre-Chorus]
Each impression
Makes a chain reaction
Each impression
Will never be, never be, never be, never be broken

[Verse 2]
I'm a white girl – you can see my skin
Look at this picture – that I'm living in
And old scores
Never settle down
I'll keep on walking
Till I'm burried in the cold ground
Cold ground
Cold, cold ground

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh! Hey!
Each impression
Makes a chain reaction
Each impression
Will never be, never be, never be, never be broken

[Outro]
The first cut
The first cut
The first cut
The first cut
The first cut
The first cut
The first cut
The first cut
The first cut
The first cut
The first cut
The first cut
The first cut
The first cut
The first cut
The first cut

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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