Eurythmics

Released: September 11, 1989

Songwriter: David A. Stewart Annie Lennox

Producer: Jimmy Iovine David A. Stewart

[Verse 1]
Well, c'mon, darlin'
The stars are burning bright
C'mon now, darlin'
Our luck is good tonight
'Cause we're the all time winners
In the all time loser's game
Yeah, we're the all time winners
And here we go again

[Chorus]
The King and Queen of America
The King and Queen of America
The King and Queen of America
The King and Queen of America

[Verse 2]
Yeah, it's the king of nothing
And the Queen of rage
With a pile of confusion
Upon a glittering stage
You know we never did anything
To make ourselves feel proud
You know we never did anything
So let's play it loud

[Chorus]
Let's hear it for the
The King and Queen of America
Hear it for the
The King and Queen of America
The King and Queen of America
The King and Queen of America

[Bridge]
So come on, darlin'
There's a big moon in the sky
We're gonna build a little satellite
We're gonna make it fly
We're gonna send it up to heaven
All the way up to the stars
And all of them aliens
Are gonna find out who we are

[Chorus]
We're talking 'bout the
The King and Queen of America
Talking 'bout the
The King and Queen of America
Talking 'bout the
The King and Queen of America
The King and Queen of America
We're talking 'bout the
The King and Queen
The King and Queen
The King and Queen
The King and Queen
The King and Queen
The King and Queen
The King and Queen
The King and Queen
The King and Queen
The King and Queen
The King and Queen

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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