Eurythmics

Released: June 30, 1986

Songwriter: Annie Lennox David A. Stewart

Producer: David A. Stewart

[Intro]
Yeah!
You gave me such a bad time
Tried to hurt me, but now I know

[Verse 1]
Thorn in my side
You know that's all you ever were
A bundle of lies
You know that's all that it was worth
I should have known better
But I trusted you at first
I should have known better
But I got what I deserved
Oo-woah-uwoah-woah-woah
(Oo-woah-uwoah-woah-woah)
Oo-woah-uwoah-woah-woah

[Chorus]
To run away from you
(So run-run, run, run)
Was all that I could do
(Run-run, run, run)
To run away from you
(So run-run, run, run)
Was all that I could do
(Run-run, run, run)
To run away from you
(So run-run, run, run)
Was all that I could do

[Verse 2]
Thorn in my side
You know that's all you'll ever be
So don't think you know better
'Cause that's what you mean to me
I was feeling complicated
I was feeling low
Now every time I think of you
I shiver to the bone
Oo-woah-uwoah-woah-woah
(Oo-woah-uwoah-woah-woah)
Oo-woah-uwoah-woah-woah

[Chorus]
To run away from you
(So run-run, run, run)
Was all that I could do
(Run-run, run, run)
To run away from you
(So run-run, run, run)

[Bridge]
(Run-run, run, run)
(Run-run, run, run)
(Run-run, run, run)
(Run-run, run, run)
(So run-run, run, run)
(Run-run, run, run)
(So un-run, run, run)
(Run-run, run, run)
(So un-run, run, run)

[Outro]
To run away from you
(Run-run, run, run)
Was all that I could do
(So un-run, run, run)
To run away from you
(Run-run, run, run)
Was all that I could do
(So un-run, run, run)
(Run-run, run, run)
(So un-run, run, run)

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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