The duo have won an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in 1984, the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1987, the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 1999, and in 2005 were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame. The Eurythmics have sold an estimated 75 million records worldwide. In 2017, the group was nominated for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and were nominated again in 2018.
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Studio albums
In the Garden (1981)
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1983)
Touch (1983)
1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) (1984, soundtrack)
Be Yourself Tonight (1985)
Revenge (1986)
Savage (1987)
We Too Are One (1989)
Peace (1999)
The Walk
Eurythmics Lyrics
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I don't need to suffer
You're beautiful
Good to talk to
You make an impression
To take my attention
And when you touch my skin
I smell disaster
Step away, walk away
All I want is the real thing
(nothing but the real thing)
Walking on pavements
We collect in bars
Asleep in the houses
So alone,
Looking inside herself
She breaks the glass
Turns her head backwards
She's fallen down again
The Walk by Eurythmics is a song that talks about the endless pursuit of happiness and the struggle to find contentment. The first few lines sound like the singer is almost there to find that happiness, but something is holding them back. They say that they could be contented and that they don't need to suffer, but they smell disaster when they are touched. It's almost like they've had bad experiences in the past and they're afraid to let their guard down again. The lyrics "Step away, walk away, all I want is the real thing" reiterate the fact that the singer wants something genuine and true, but they haven't found it yet.
The second part of the song takes a different approach and is sung from the perspective of a woman. The woman is described as someone who is lonely and looking inside herself. She breaks the glass which could be interpreted as a metaphor for breaking down emotional walls. However, she quickly turns her head backward and falls down again. This suggests that she's scared and can't get past those walls to open herself up to the possibility of finding happiness, love or whatever it is that she's missing.
Overall, The Walk is a song about the human condition and how we all search for something genuine and true in our lives. We all have different ways of approaching that quest, but we all face similar struggles and fears along the way.
Line by Line Meaning
I could be contended
I am satisfied with my current state of existence.
I don't need to suffer
I do not require hardships to feel fulfilled.
You're beautiful
Your physical appearance is aesthetically pleasing.
Good to talk to
You are a pleasant conversationalist.
You make an impression
You are memorable, leaving an impact on my thoughts.
To take my attention
You distract me from other thoughts, grasping my focus.
And when you touch my skin
Your touch elicits a visceral response.
I smell disaster
I sense a foreboding sense of danger or harm.
Step away, walk away
Please distance yourself from me.
All I want is the real thing
I desire authenticity and genuineness.
Walking on pavements
Strolling upon the concrete paths.
We collect in bars
We congregate in drinking establishments.
Asleep in the houses
Lying dormant in the dwellings.
So alone, looking inside herself
Feeling isolated, introspectively analyzing one's emotions and psyche.
She breaks the glass
She shatters the glass in a sudden, dramatic act of rebellion or frustration.
Turns her head backwards
She looks behind herself, reflecting on the past.
She's fallen down again
She has once again stumbled, feeling defeated or discouraged.
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Written by: Annie Lennox, David Allan Stewart
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on Love Is a Stranger
Love is a stranger in an open car
To tempt you in and drive you far away
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
It's an obsession
And I want you
And I want you
And I want you so
It's 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 can't get enough of the stuff
It's savage and it's cruel and it shines like destruction
Comes in like the flood and it seems like religion
It's noble and it's brutal, it distorts and deranges
And it wrenches you up and you're left like a zombie
And I want you
And I want you
And I want you so
It's an obsession
It's guilt edged, glamorous and sleek by design
You know it's jealous by nature
False and unkind
It's hard and restrained
And it's 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
It's an obsession
And I want you
And I want you
And I want you so
It's an obsession
And I want you
And I want you
And I want you so
It's an obsession
And I want you
And I want you
And I want you so
It's an obsession