- Love Is a Stranger
Infobox Single
Name = Love Is a Stranger
Artist =Eurythmics
from Album =Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Released =November 8 ,1982 March 28 ,1983 (Re-issue)
Format =7" ,12"
Recorded = 1982
Genre = New Wave,Electronica , Synth Pop
Length =
Label =RCA
Producer =David A. Stewart
Adam Williams
Reviews =
Last single = "The Walk"
(1982)
This single = "Love Is a Stranger"
(1982)
Next single = "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
(1982)Extra chronology
Last single = "(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry "
(1990)
This single = "Love Is a Stranger" (1991 release)
(1991)
Next single = "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (1991 release)
(1991)
Misc = Extra album cover
Background = khaki
Upper caption = Alternate covers
Lower caption = 1991 re-issue cover"Love Is a Stranger" is
Eurythmics ' fifth single, and like its predecessors, was initially a commercial flop, although it later became a worldwide hit when it re-entered the chart following their commercial breakthrough with "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)".It was produced by
David A. Stewart and Adam Williams and was self-financed at Eurythmics' 8-track facility in Chalk Farm.The song has a fairly sparse, up-tempo arrangement. It uses the rare
Movement Systems Drum Computer and various synthesizers (providing bass, melody lines and sound effects), including the SuzukiOmnichord , combined with Lennox's strident multi-tracked vocal harmonies. The song is also punctuated with sexual-sounding vocal grunts of "uh!" from Stewart.The single release was accompanied by a striking
music video , in which Stewart acts as chauffeur for an androgynous Lennox, who plays the role of a high-class prostitute. During the course of the video, Lennox removes a curly blonde wig to reveal her trademark, close-cropped, ginger hair underneath. This caused controversy in the USA, as some people mistakenly thought Lennox was a maletransvestite .The single B-side was "Monkey Monkey", a stripped-down electro track featuring a sparse drum machine and sequenced synthesizer arrangement, with Lennox's vocal heavily electronically processed. The bass-line consists of a rhythmically shifting motive permutating against the drum pattern. Lennox plays with half-articulated fake-French soundings and extremely long intonations.
On the 12-inch maxi-single this song was preceded by "Let's Just Close Our Eyes" a completely alternative version of their previous single "The Walk"
The single was re-released in 1991.
Track listings
7"
*A: "Love Is a Stranger"
*B: "Monkey Monkey"12"
*A: "Love Is a Stranger"
*B1: "Monkey Monkey"
*B2: "Let's Just Close Our Eyes"Chart performance
External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLwy2QuVOUE Youtube - Music video]
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