Eurythmics - Did You Know?
May 29, 2018Music facts, music trivia, interesting stories and much more. Introducing the "Did You Know" page about British music duo, Eurythmics.
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Eurythmics were a British music duo that were formed in London in 1980 and consisted of members David A. Stewart and Annie Lennox.
The two first met in 1977 when Stewart came into the London restaurant by the name of Pippins, where Lennox used to work as a waitress. The two became a couple while they were bandmates in a band called The Tourists from 1977-1980.
Soon after they formed the band Eurythmics in 1980, they decided to split up, but continued working and making music together. Many of their early songs express the complex feelings that come with being in such proximity to your ex-lover.
Eurythmics have sold an estimated 75 million records all over the world and won several big and distiguished awards during their music career. In 1984, Eurythmics have won an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist, In 1987 they won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, in 1999 won the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.
In 2005 the band was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame and in 2017 were nominated for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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The song "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" by Eurythmics is about the search for fulfillment, and the "sweet dreams" in the song are the desires that motivate us.
The song was written just after Lennox and Stewart had a bitter fight. Lennox thought that this was the end of their relationship, and was trying to write the song, but was miserable.
Stewart decided to try and do this anyway, so, he came up with the beat, while Lennox improvised the synthesizer riff, and suddenly they realized they had a potential hit.
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Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox wrote the song "Here Comes The Rain Again" when they were staying at the Mayflower hotel in New York City.
It was an overcast day. Lennox was sitting in Stewart's room, and he was playing some little riff on the keyboard, sitting on the window ledge. Lennox was looking out the window at the slate grey sky above the New York skyline, and just began singing spontaneously, 'here comes the rain again.'
The song "Here Comes The Rain Again" was recorded in an old church that was converted into a studio.
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