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 theis 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 my fellow fans of early eighties 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.

Lyrics featured below: "Here comes the rain again", "Sweet Dreams (Are made of this)", "Who's That Girl?", "Would I Lie to you?" , "It's Alright (Baby's coming back)", "Love is a stranger" ,"There must be an angel (playing with my heart)"

The language of love
Slips from my lover's tongue
Cooler than ice cream
And warmer than the sun
Dumb hearts get broken
Just like china cups
The language of love
Has left me broken on the rocks

But there's just one thing
(Just one thing)
But there's just one thing
And I really wannna know

Who's that girl
Running around with you?
Tell me
Who's that girl
Running around with you?

The language of love
Has left me stony grey
Tongue tied and twisted
At the price I've had to pay
Your careless notions
Have silenced these emotions
Look at all the foolishness
Your lover's talk has done



Would I Lie To you?

Would I lie to you?
Would I lie to you honey?
Now would I say something that wasn't true?
I'm asking you sugar
Would I lie to you?

My friends - know what's in store.
I won't be here anymore.
I've packed my bags
I've cleaned the floor.
Watch me walkin'.
Walkin' out the door.

(Believe me - I'll make it make it)

Tell you straight - no intervention.
To your face - no deception.
You're the biggest fake.
That much is true.
Had all I can take.
Now I'm leaving you

(Believe me - I'll make it make it)

Chorus repeats.

(Watch me - watch me! Ooh yea)




It's Alright (Baby's coming back...)

it's alright, baby's coming back 
and i don't really care where he's been 
it's alright, baby's coming back 
and i won't turn him around this time 

i'll be you cliff you can fall down from me 
i'll be you ledge you can lean upon me 
i'll be you bridge your flowering tree 
you can still depend on me 

and i'll be the ticking off your clock 
and i'll be the numbers on your watch 
and i'll be your hands to stop the time
i'll even be your danger sign

and i'll be your grace your dignity 
and i'll be your night your destiny 
and i'll be your comfort and your ease
i will be your storm at seas 
and i'll be your sharp intake of breath 
and i'll be your work i'll take no rest 
and when the world falls to decline 
i'll be yours and you'll be mine 

make it easy on yourself tonight 



Love is a Stranger

Love is a stranger 
In an open car 
To tempt you in 
And drive you far away 

And I want you 
And I want you 
And I want you so 
Itīs an obsession 

Love is a danger 
Of a different kind 
To take you away 
And leave you far behind 
And love love love 
Is a dangerous drug 
You have to receive it 
And you still canīt 
Get enough of the stuff 

Itīs savage and itīs cruel 
And it shines like destruction 
Comes in like the flood 
And it seems like religion 
Itīs noble and itīs brutal 
It distorts and deranges 
And it wrenches you up 
And youīre left like a zombie 

And I want you 
And I want you 
And I want you so 
Itīs an obsession 

Itīs guilt edged 
Glamorous and sleek by design 
You know itīs jealous by nature 
False and unkind 
Itīs hard and restrained 
And itīs totally cool 
It touches and it teases 
As you stumble in the debris 

And I want you 
And I want you 
And I want you so 
Itīs an obsession 



There must be an angel (playing with my heart)

No-one on earth could feel like this.
I'm thrown and overblown with bliss.
There must be an angel
Playing with my heart.
I walk into an empty room
And suddenly my heart goes "boom"!
It's an orchestra of angels
And they're playing with my heart.

(Must be talking to an angel)

No-one on earth could feel like this.
I'm thrown and overblown with bliss.
There must be an angel
Playing with my heart.
And when I think that I'm alone
It seems there's more of us at home.
It's a multitude of angels
And they're playing with my heart.

Chorus repeats.

I must be hallucinating
Watching angels celebrating.
Could this be reactivating
All my senses dislocating?
This must be a strange deception
By celestial intervention.
Leavin' me the recollection
Of your heavenly connection.