Eurythmics

Songwriter: Charlie Wilson Patrick Seymour Annie Lennox David A. Stewart

Producer: David A. Stewart Jimmy Iovine

[Verse 1]
Well, I passed you by this morning
You were stumblin' down the street
And by the look upon your face
I could tell you wasn't
Feeling too sweet
You dropped down to the bottom
That's what you
Gone and did
Livin' in a bad dream
Finally flipped your lid

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Well – Superman I've got
News for you
And every body else
That's listenin' too
There's a new way out
If yer ready to hear
We're gonna make it clear

[Chorus]
What we need is revival!
Yeah!
Revival!
Revival!
Revival!
Yeah!

[Verse 2]
Look at that girl
She's the saddest thing
You've ever seen
Washed up and faded
Like a dirty old pair of jeans
She's running round in circles
But she don't have a single friend
Looks like her own bitterness
Has twisted her till the end

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Well – Mona Lisa look me in the eye
And tell me when
You're gonna get satisfied
I'm gonna spell it out
Right in front of you
This is what you have to do

[Chorus]
Get ready for revival!
Revival!
Revival!
Yeah!
Revival!
Revival!
Revival!
Revival!
Revival!

[Bridge]
R.E.V.I.V.A.L
It's gonna lift you
Right up
From your prison cell
Play it out loud
Like a ringing bell
You go
R.E.V.I.V.A.L

[Outro]
Revival!
Revival!
Hey, Superman!
Revival!
Come on over here! Pick yourself up!
Revival!
Ha-ha! Yeah!
Revival!
You look so dirty, you look so mean!
Revival1
Ha, he's like James Brown!
Revival!
Revival!
That's the best thing you can do?
Revival!
<>That's the best thing you can do? Okay!
Revival!
Safe to say! Ha-ha!
Revival!
Revival!
Revival!
Revival!

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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