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Eurythmics
The Eurythmics were among the biggest things going in the early/mid 1980s, as new wave synth pop
took over pop. The Eurythmics had the genre down: the over-synthesized drum-machined sounds,
the expensive-looking videos, and an '80s spin on the gender-bending glam-rock of the early '70s.
Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart played together at the end of the 70s as a part of the Tourists, a London
synth-pop band that released a few well-received singles before splitting up. Lennox and Stewart,
at the time involved romantically as well as professionally, set themselves up as the Eurythmics,
and released an LP, In The Garden, on RCA records.
The failure of their debut didn't deter them from working together further, nor did the end of
their romantic relationship. Success waited just around the corner, as their next release, Sweet Dreams,
gave them a top ten hit at home, and a number one hit in a new market for the duo - the US.
The hits that their Touch album spawned, the most notable of which being Here Comes the Rain Again,
showed that the Eurythmics were not just another one hit wonder like many of their contemporaries.
Case in point: when Sweet Dreams hit #1, the rest of the top ten included Michael Sembello's Maniac,
Taco's Putting on the Ritz, and Kajagoogoo's Too Shy. While fellow fans of early '80s tunes may
remember these songs fondly, the artists didn't amount to much.
Other artists obviously caught on to the band's staying power. Elvis Costello and Aretha Franklin signed
on to sing alongside Lennox on their 1985 release, Be Yourself Tonight. Stewart was tapped to do production
work for an impressive list of artists including Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Mick Jagger.
Their 1989 release, We Too Are One, proved their most successful album.
Eurythmics song lyrics...
Sweet Dreams (are made of this)
There Must Be An Angel (playing with my heart)
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