Eurythmics were a British pop duo formed in 1980,consisting of Scottish vocalist Annie Lennox and English musician and producer Dave Stewart. They were both previously in the Tourists,a band that broke up in 1980. They released their first studio 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 two in the UK Singles Chart,and number one in Canada and 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.
Be Yourself Tonight is the fourth studio album by British pop duo Eurythmics,released on 29 April 1985 by RCA Records.
"Respect" is a song written and originally recorded by American soul singer Otis Redding. It was released in 1965 as a single from his third album Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul and became a crossover hit for Redding.
"Love Is a Stranger" is a song by the British pop duo Eurythmics. Originally released in late 1982,the single was commercially unsuccessful,but it was re-released in 1983,reaching the UK top 10. The single was re-released again in 1991,to promote Eurythmics' Greatest Hits album.
"Freeway of Love" is a song by American singer Aretha Franklin. It was written by Jeffrey Cohen and Narada Michael Walden and produced by the latter for Franklin's thirtieth studio album Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985). The song features a notable contribution from Clarence Clemons,the saxophonist from Bruce Springsteen’'s E Street Band. Sylvester,Martha Wash,and Jeanie Tracy provided backup vocals on "Freeway of Love".
Who's Zoomin' Who? is the thirtieth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin,released on July 9,1985,by Arista Records. A departure from the Luther Vandross-produced adult contemporary sound of her previous albums Jump to It (1982) and Get It Right (1983),Franklin worked with producer Narada Michael Walden on the majority of the album,envisioning "a record with a younger sound to it". As a result,Who's Zoomin' Who? contains influences of several popular mid-1980s genres,including dance-pop,synth-pop,and contemporary R&B,as well as pop songs with crossover appeal.
"Think" is a song written by American singer Aretha Franklin and Ted White,and first recorded by Franklin. It was released as a single in 1968,from her Aretha Now album. The song reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100,becoming Franklin's seventh top 10 hit in the United States. The song also reached number 1 on the magazine's Hot Rhythm &Blues Singles,becoming her sixth single to top the chart. Franklin re-recorded the song in the Atlantic Records New York studio for the soundtrack of the 1980 film The Blues Brothers and in 1989 for the album Through the Storm. Pitchfork placed it at number 15 on its list of "The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s".
"Who's That Girl?" is a song by British pop duo Eurythmics,released as the lead single from their third studio album,Touch (1983). It was written by band members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart and produced by Stewart.
"Right by Your Side" is a 1983 song by the British pop duo Eurythmics. It was written by group members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart,and produced by Stewart. The track was released as the second single in the UK from Eurythmics' third album Touch.
"Here Comes the Rain Again" is a 1983 song by British duo Eurythmics and the opening track from their third studio album Touch. It was written by group members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart and produced by Stewart. The song was released on 12 January 1984 as the album's third single in the UK and in the United States as the first single.
"Would I Lie to You?" is a song written and performed by British pop duo Eurythmics. Released on 9 April 1985 as the lead single from the band's fourth studio album,Be Yourself Tonight (1985),the song was the first by the duo to feature their change in musical direction from a predominantly synthpop style to rock and rhythm and blues. The song,and its accompanying album,featured a full backing band and relied less on electronic programming.
"There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" is a song by the British musical duo Eurythmics,released as the second single from their fifth studio album,Be Yourself Tonight (1985). It features a harmonica solo by American musician Stevie Wonder. The song became a worldwide success;most notably in Ireland,Norway and the United Kingdom,where it remains the duo's only chart-topper.
"It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)" is a song written and recorded by the British pop music duo Eurythmics. It was released as the fourth and final single from their 1985 album Be Yourself Tonight. The song was produced by Dave Stewart,and the song's brass arrangement was devised by Michael Kamen.
"Missionary Man" is a song by British pop duo Eurythmics from their fifth studio album,Revenge (1986). The song features Jimmy Zavala on harmonica and Joniece Jamison on backing vocals.
"Thorn in My Side" is a song by British pop music duo Eurythmics. It was released as the second single from the duo's fifth studio album,Revenge (1986). Written by band members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart,the song is a cast-off to an unfaithful lover. "Thorn in My Side" was produced by Stewart.
"I Need a Man" is a song recorded by British pop music duo Eurythmics. It was written by band members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart and produced by Stewart. Taken from their sixth album,Savage (1987),the song was released in May 1988 by RCA Records as the third single in the UK and the first single in the United States.
"Don't Ask Me Why" is a song recorded by British pop music duo Eurythmics,released as the second single from their seventh album,We Too Are One (1989). The song was written by bandmembers Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart and produced by Stewart with Jimmy Iovine. In the US,it was released as the first single from the album. It is a lush pop song with melancholy and bitter lyrics which describe the ending of a love relationship. In it Lennox tells the subject "don't ask me why / I don't love you any more / I don't think I ever did".
"He's the Greatest Dancer" is a 1979 song by the American vocal group Sister Sledge. Released on February 3,1979,the song was written and composed by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers,and recorded for the group's successful 1979 album We Are Family. Billboard named the song No. 66 on its list of "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time."
"Chain of Fools" is a song written by Don Covay. Aretha Franklin first released the song as a single in 1967 and subsequently it appeared on many of her albums. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot Rhythm &Blues chart and number two on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. In the lyrics,the singer has been with her boyfriend for five years but realizes she's one of his "chain of fools," women with whom he's been cheating. Others tell her to leave him,but she says his love is too strong and she's too weak. Yet someday,she predicts the chain will break.
"A Deeper Love" is a song written by American producers Robert Clivillés and David Cole,and performed by them as Clivillés &Cole featuring vocals by Deborah Cooper. Released by Columbia in 1991,the song was the duo's fifth number-one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. On other US charts,"A Deeper Love" peaked at number 83 on the soul singles chart and number 44 on the pop chart. Overseas,especially in Europe the single charted higher,going to number 15 in the UK and number eight on the Dutch Top 40.
