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Eurythmics
British new wave duo
Eurythmics were a British pop duo formed in 1980, consisting of the Scottish vocalist Annie Lennox and the English musician and producer Dave Stewart. They had both previously been in the Tourists, a band that broke up in 1980.
They released their first album, In the Garden, in 1981 to little success, but achieved global acclaim with their second album, Sweet Dreams (1983). The title track became a worldwide hit, reaching number 2 in the UK Singles Chart, and number 1 in Canada and on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Eurythmics went on to release a string of hit singles and albums, including "Love Is a Stranger", "There Must Be an Angel " and "Here Comes the Rain Again", before splitting in 1990.
members: Annie Lennox, David A. Stewart, Dean Garcia, Olle Romo, Roger Pomphrey
formed in: Sunderland
labels: 19 Recordings, Arista Records
genres: blue-eyed soul, new wave
awards: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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1976–1982: Formation and In the Garden
Lennox and Stewart met in 1975 in a restaurant in London, where Lennox worked at that time. They first played together in 1976 in the punk rock band the Catch. After releasing one single as the Catch in 1977, the band evolved into the Tourists. Stewart and Lennox were also romantically involved. The Tourists achieved some commercial success, but the experience was reportedly an unhappy one. Personal and musical tensions existed within the group, whose main songwriter was Peet Coombes, and legal wrangling happened with the band's management, publishers and record labels. Lennox and Stewart felt the fixed band line-up was an inadequate vehicle to explore their experimental creative leanings and decided their next project should be much more...
After strenuous years of touring and recording (Eurythmics had released eight studio albums in eight years), a rift had developed between the duo and Eurythmics disbanded, although no formal notice was given. Stewart began writing film soundtracks and had a big international hit in 1990 with the instrumental track "Lily Was Here" (featuring saxophonist Candy Dulfer). The single reached No. 6 in the UK and the Top 20 throughout much of Europe and the US, and top 10 in Australia. A soundtrack of the same name was also released, produced and largely written by Stewart. He formed a band called the Spiritual Cowboys, releasing two albums with this group in the early 1990s. Lennox took time off from her career to have a baby and to consider a...
British synthpop duo of Annie Lennox (b. December 25, 1954, Aberdeen, UK) and David A. Stewart (b. September 9, 1952, Sunderland, UK). They first recorded together as members of new wave band The Catch (2) who would change their name to and enjoy two UK top ten hits in early 1980, but disband before the year was out. In 1981, Lennox and Stewart made their debut as Eurythmics, though they struggled to gain recognition at first, only breaking through with their sixth single Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This). This was the turning point of their career. They continued to be one of the leading synth pop groups throughout the eighties. After a long period of solo activities in the early and mid-90s Eurythmics re-united for one album and charity world tour in 1999 and in 2004 for the release of extended, remastered and repacked editions of their previous albums and a second hits compilation. Eurythmics released one song (the B-side of Put A Little Love In Your Heart by Annie Lennox & Al Green) under the alias The Spheres Of Celestial Influence, a name considered before naming themselves Eurythmics. They chose that name referring to the Dalcroze eurhythmics pedagogical exercise syste
Also known as: DaEurythmics, Eurhythmics, Eurithmics, Euritmics, Euritmiscs
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Liner notes
Eurythmics, the records, oldest first
In the Garden
1981 album
Eurythmics
1983 ep
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
1983 album
wanted
Touch
1983 album
wanted
Be Yourself Tonight
1985 album
Revenge
1986 album
Savage
1987 album
We Too Are One
1989 album
Sexcrime
1992 album
Peace
1999 album
I’ve Got a Life (Dance Vault Mixes)
2005 ep
Right By Your Side (Dance Vault Remixes)
2006 ep
Records from MusicBrainz; covers from the Cover Art Archive.
"Here Comes the Rain Again" is a song by British duo Eurythmics and the opening track from their third studio album, Touch (1983). It was written by group members Annie Lennox and David A.
Stewart and produced by Stewart. The song was released on 13 January 1984 as the album's third single in the UK and in the United States as the first single.
Release and reception
During the week of 28 January 1984, Billboard announced that "Here Comes the Rain Again" was the second most added song to Hot 100 reporting stations in the United States. In the UK, the single became Eurythmics' fifth Top 10 hit, peaking at number eight. It was the duo's second top ten hit in the United States, peaking at number four in March 1984.
Music video
The music video, featuring both Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, was directed by Stewart, Jonathan Gershfield and Jon Roseman, and filmed in December 1983, a month before the single came out. The video opens with a passing aerial shot of the Old Man of Hoy on the Island of Hoy in the Orkney Islands before transitioning to Lennox walking along the rocky shore and cliff top. She later explores a derelict cottage while wearing a nightgown and holding a lantern. Stewart stalks her with a video camera. In many scenes the two are filmed separately, then superimposed into the same frame.
Sampling and Covers
The song's opening was used in the Belgium Dance act Oxy's 1992 single "The Feeling."
