Who's That Girl? (Eurythmics song)

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Who's That Girl?
Eurythmics
publication June 27, 1983
length 3:45
Genre (s) New wave , synth pop
text Annie Lennox
music David A. Stewart , Annie Lennox
album Touch
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Who's That Girl?
  DE 19th 08/08/1983 (11 weeks)
  UK 3 07/09/1983 (10 weeks)
  US 21st 05/05/1984 (13 weeks)

Who's That Girl? is a song by the Eurythmics from 1983. The piece was composed by Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart , the text is by Annie Lennox.

publication

The song first appeared in the UK in June 1983 in a 3min 45s version; on the B-side was You Take Some Lentils ... And You Take Some Rice . The single reached number 3 in the UK Top 40 , number 5 in the Irish charts , number 14 in the Swedish charts and number 28 in the Dutch Top 40 . To promote them, the band went on a short tour of some English coastal cities called the Kiss Me Quick Tour . A little later a maxi single was released that contained the title song in a seven-minute version, the B-side was supplemented by ABC Freeform . In November 1983 the song was included on the album Touch in a 4min 45s long version. After its release in North America, the single reached number 21 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in May 1984 .

Text and style of music

The lyrics of the song are about an unrequited love. Lennox was inspired by the fact that she was unhappily in love at the time. During the recording of the song, the pieces ABC Freeform and You Take Some Lentils ... And You Take Some Rice , which were later released as the B-side of the single , were created . Both titles are extraordinary pieces for the band. ABC Freeform is based on a simple rhythm to which Julian Stewart, Dave Stewart's stepfather, recites the alphabet twice in French in a tearful voice . The song You Take Some Lentils ... And You Take Some Rice is a mixture of electronic squeaks and dissonant tones over a simple beat. A voice whose origins are no longer known recites an anecdote about a crazy recipe with carbohydrates .

The song is characterized as a ballad . It is based on a pseudo- symphonic synthesizer melody in which purely electronic sounds are combined with haunting synthesizers that play the epic melody. Annie Lennox's singing is gentle and seductive. The song begins with a slow rhythm that increases before the chorus . The piece ends with a fuzzy guitar effect that fades in and out during the fadeout .

Music video

At the beginning of the video, Annie Lennox appears as a singer in a nightclub , wearing a blonde 1960s wig and singing the song. In the audience sits David A. Stewart, who flirts with various women and is busy with a drinking binge . The women include Hazel O'Connor , Kiki Dee and Siobhan Fahey . The latter was Stewart's future second wife.

Cover versions

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release date
  2. ↑ Charts DE Charts UK Charts US
  3. ↑ a b c Bryony Sutherland, Lucy Ellis: Annie Lennox: The Biography . Omnibus Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-7119-9192-7 , pp. 175 .
  4. ↑ Eurythmics - Who's That Girl? swedishcharts.com, accessed April 25, 2010 .
  5. ↑ Nederlandse Top 40, 35/1983. top40.nl, accessed on April 25, 2010 .
  6. ^ A b Bryony Sutherland, Lucy Ellis: Annie Lennox: The Biography . Omnibus Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-7119-9192-7 , pp. 178 .
  7. ^ Bryony Sutherland, Lucy Ellis: Annie Lennox: The Biography . Omnibus Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-7119-9192-7 , pp. 176 .

literature

  • Bryony Sutherland, Lucy Ellis: Annie Lennox: The Biography . Omnibus Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-7119-9192-7 , pp. 175-178 .

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