The Eurythmics Greatest Hits Poll

"It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)" = <3

you should have done a poll of greatest hits minus "Sweet Dreams"

I never want to hear it again!

Was imagining this poll a few days ago oddly enough. 'Love is a stranger' rules all and is on MY old Eurythmics GH... where'd it go?

ha was wondering the exact same thing

it's a dangerous drug

it's an obsession

Love is a stranger is my fave

yeah would vote Love is a Stranger, not trying to be challopsy

"Sweet Dreams". Because somebody made the unforgiveable crime of not including the glorious "Love Is a Stranger"

Had no idea "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)" was ever a single. It's no "Better To Have Lost In Love" but it'll do.

Esp. since somehow "Love Is A Stranger" and "I Could Give You (A Mirror)" seem to be absent...

Hey, I'm going by Wikipedia's idea of what the British edition looks like. I forgot about "Love is a Stranger," but look, "Sexcrime"!

hey, i'm not hatin'... beats the US version!

THIS IS SOME DAMN FINE NEW WAVE, BITCHEZ.

"Sweet Dreams," but very honorable mentions to "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)," "Missionary Man," and especially "Here Come the Rain Again"

Okay I have just realized that I haven't heard "Who's That Girl" since 1983. I'd entirely forgotten this song. Wow.

In the absence of "Love is a Stranger", "Here Comes the Rain Again" no contest. I would have been torn between those two. But most of these are pretty great.

Would definitely vote Love is a Stranger too (which was on my greatest hits I had as a child). Failing that, Sweet Dreams of course.

"The Miracle of Love" BLOWS

bump

How Funny!

Would still have voted "It's alright", the only one I can stand, really.

Still, though.

re: You have placed a chill...

A heartfelt lyric from Annie, and a really stupid chintzy production.

When they did it on TOTP, they did it acoustically, as if to say "we made a mistake"...

Looked on everyhit:

27 Eurythmics 17 Again Feb 2000

Ha ha ha. Not.

A heartfelt lyric from Annie, and a really stupid chintzy production.

When they did it on TOTP, they did it acoustically, as if to say "we made a mistake"...

Yeah, the keyboard is pure tinsel, but not a single acoustic performance I've seen matches the original. "I Need You" excepted (and that's an intentional joke), Lennox is totally uninteresting in an acoustic context; she needs vulgar production values.

I saw her doing "Shining Light" on Woss, and "Lean on me" on RedNose.

She needs to go home, is what she needs.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

"I Could Give You (A Mirror)" was the b-side of the us 45 for "Sweet Dreams". hard to beat that.

still dont know what im voting for.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

I can live with this.

I was NOT expecting "It's Alright..." to do this well.

so i guess "beethoven" wasn't actually an american single? i remember seeing the video a lot on 120 minutes.

by the way, thanks, guys, for directing me to the Savage videos. Having only known the clips for "You Have Placed a Chill..." and "I Need a Man," I was floored by how well-executed the Diaries of a Mad Housewife scenarios are. I wonder seriously whether Eurythmics were really video artists with musical soundtracks (that's a compliment).

been wanting to see that for 22 years now :(

go to YouTube!

feelin 'when tomorrow comes' right now tbh

The A+ synthpop duo that wanted to be a B-grade blue-eyed soul band.

That's some serious grade inflation.

I agree with everyone who thinks Love is a Stranger is their best. I was quite into the Eurythmics as a kid, and funnily LIAS was my least favourite back then. Heard it again a couple of years ago and it floored me.

love is a stranger 12" w/ "let's just close our eyes" & "monkey monkey" on the flip is a towering achievement of the 1980s

as "thorn in my side" didn't gotta no vote, 'tis bloody obvious i fkn forgot to vote in this poll bah! :(

the opening notes on 'when tomorrow comes' are so melancholic

She sounds like such a diva on that one.

Se-S-S-S-S-Sex-Sex Crime C-C-C-C-Crime

"You Take Some Lentils and You Take Some Rice" came on my iphone shuffle the other day and confused the hell out of me for a minute.

No Love Is A Stranger, no credibility

so odd how quickly this band in 1986 turned into wannabe arena rockers. Did any other synth duo follow this path besides Tears For Fears?

Duo? No, but I did just get this wonderful image in my head of Soft Cell making a big arena rock record like a synth-drenched Sticky Fingers.

I have never been a Eurythmics fan, but a couple of weeks ago I overheard "Here Comes the Rain Again" in a grocery store and it has taken up semi-permanent residence in my brain.

"You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart" is one my favourite singles of 1988

and what a video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQpJqtfCmcM

Their best stuff, including Annie Lennox material.

Such a good choice on this poll - even if LiaS was included, and despite Sweet Dreams > Touch, HCtRA is the best of everything Eurythmics had. I love the video too. I remember it coming out when I was deeply in love with the second album - I saw the video and thought, there will never be better music than this.

A lot of good songs getting zero votes though. Angel, Thorn in my Side, Who's That Girl?, Sisters Are Doing it for Themselves. These are brilliant pop numbers.

Would have voted for 'Love is a Stranger'

I never really used to be much of a fan of Eurythmics, possibly due to the fact that I've heard 'Sweet Dreams' (the song) more times than I could possibly count to the point where I don't care if I never hear it again, mixed with the fact that I don't really like their later stuff. However, I now recognise Sweet Dreams (the album) and Touch (particularly the former) to be pleasant, and often quirky, electronic pop records, and wish they'd continued along that path.

savage >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Never liked 'em.

I do like "Its Alright" and her solo "Little Bird" and I don't know why those particularly.

Someone told me to check out the first album. I did. Its not all that. Yeah, the French one is good. The others range from passable to no thanks.

Based on Savage and 1984, making a song cycle with a narrative brought out their best work.

And now what I think of that Aretha duet