Eurythmics

Released: November 15, 2005

Songwriter: David A. Stewart Annie Lennox

Producer: David A. Stewart

Take a girl like that
And put her in a natural setting
Like a cafe for example
Along comes the boy
And he's looking for trouble
With a girl like that
With a girl like that
Who knows what they'll decide to do
Who knows what they'll get up to
I'd love to know
Wouldn't you?

I love to listen to Beethoven...

You think you know just what you want
But you have used that weapon against me
Did I tell you I was lying by the way
When I said I wanted a new mink coat
I was just thinking about
Something sleek
To wrap around my tender throat
I was dreaming like a Texan girl
A girl who thinks she's got the right to everything
A girl who thinks she should have
Something extreme

I love to listen to Beethoven...

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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