Eurythmics

Released: September 11, 1989

Songwriter: Annie Lennox Chucho Merchan David A. Stewart

Producer: David A. Stewart Jimmy Iovine

[Verse 1]
Well, the sun came up this morning
Like a burning red balloon
It broke into my window
And it slipped across the room
It spread itself upon me
Like the smell of sweet perfume
I was sleeping like a baby

[Verse 2]
I'm not a saviour
I'm not a saint
I'm not an angel
I'm not that quaint
Don't need a preacher
To be that wise
Don't need a teacher –
I've got my eyes...

[Chorus]
You hurt me and I hate you
You hurt me
You hurt me and I hate you
You hurt me

[Verse 3]
A history of bitterness
You have left a blazing trail
If you had been a hammer
I'd be a broken nail
You gave me nothing –
Nothing but regrets
Don't think it's over –
It's not over yet

[Chorus]
You hurt me and I hate you
You hurt me
You hurt me and I hate you
You hurt me
You hurt me, I hate you
You hurt me
You put me down, you put me down
You hurt me and I hate you
You hurt me...
You put me down, you put me down

[Verse 4]
They say there's no Hell on Earth
That's like a woman scorned
And if you have to face this Hell
You'll wish you'd not been born
And if you have to face this Hell
You'll find me standing there
In the shadows, in the corners
At the foot of every stair

[Bridge]
You put me down
You put me down
You put me down
You put me down
You put me down
You put me down
You put me down
You put me down
You put me down
You put me down
You put me down
You put me down

[Outro]
You hurt me, I hate you
You put me down, you put me down
You hurt me
You put me down, you put me down
You hurt me and I hate you
You put me down, you put me down
You hurt me
You put me down, you put me down
You hurt me, I hate you
You put me down, you put me down
You hurt me
You put me down, you put me down
You hurt me, I hate you
You put me down, you put me down
You hurt me...
You put me down, you put me down

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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