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Eurythmics — Love is a Stranger
Album: Greatest Hits
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Released: 1991
Length: 3:36
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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 drenches 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
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 Roto wrote:

This station could always stand to play a little more Annie.



and Dave!
Posted 3 weeks ago by Rashley    [ Reply ]
Love em or loathe em you can't deny that she has a fantastic voice.  Takes me back to my awkward teenage youth
Posted 3 weeks ago by frogtoad    [ Reply ]
For me this is their best & I don't have an issue with the grunting.
Posted 2 months ago by Jakethemuss    [ Reply ]
just thinking of the knob who recently said Annie isn't that good and doesn't have any range. 
Oy
Posted 2 months ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
 Fionn wrote:



Wiggling the pinky?


something is going on there judging by her expressions
Posted 9 months ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
Am I the only one who finds the grunts cringey?
Posted 9 months ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
 TallCreative1 wrote:



Wiggling the pinky?
Posted 9 months ago by Fionn    [ Reply ]
 CowboyJJ wrote:


I can’t unhear this, and I think about this post every time the song plays…



Jeepers -- I thought I was the only one who heard this.  Thank you for adding it to your collection of earworms.
Posted 9 months ago by Fionn    [ Reply ]
Posted 9 months ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
Wow, listen to that--then listen to Spiders (Kidsmoke) by Wilco. Makes me wonder about (positive musical) influences...
Posted 1 year ago by JeffGuyett    [ Reply ]
 ericdaryl wrote:

And I want you 
 And I want you 
And I want you 
something circumcision


huh?  



I can’t unhear this, and I think about this post every time the song plays…
Posted 1 year ago by CowboyJJ    [ Reply ]
Avante-garde songwriting at it’s finest. Annie Lennox has such a beautiful voice. 
Posted 1 year ago by bluebeag    [ Reply ]
We need a Eurythmics tour...........................
Posted 1 year ago by KPC1    [ Reply ]
"Love is a stranger and speaks a strange language" (Rumi, mystical poet)

Posted 1 year ago by grandemarch    [ Reply ]
 lily34 wrote:


i never noticed this before, and now it's all i can hear in this song!

Stewart's semi-masturbatory additions are reminiscent of Stewie's Perfect Pig in the Road to the Multiverse episode OINK!
Posted 1 year ago by maxvonevil    [ Reply ]
This song isn't just really great.
It's truth.
Posted 1 year ago by paulmcnett    [ Reply ]
 lily34 wrote:


i never noticed this before, and now it's all i can hear in this song!



Same here!   IDK! The grunts GOTTA GO!!!
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
A long-time friend and I danced to this song at a party. It swept us up together and held us close and I swear at that moment we knew we'd marry.  Brilliant song on its own merits, of course. 

Posted 1 year ago by jimnshay    [ Reply ]
I'm wondering if they remixed this for the greatest hits...

I don't remember all those grunts being quite so prominent when this song was all over the radio.
Posted 1 year ago by Queue    [ Reply ]
 timmus wrote:

I can easy Bruce Dickinson stopping the recording and saying he wants more "uhh" from Dave Stewart.



i never noticed this before, and now it's all i can hear in this song!
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
wonderful!
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
is this a very subtle segue?

last song: 
pretend we're in Antarctica
(Which I didn't decipher until about halfway through, wondering what kind of car he was talking about...)

this one:
Love is a stranger in an open car

if so,  @William, I'm tracking! 
Posted 1 year ago by Queue    [ Reply ]
The writeup doesn't mention Annie's remarkable Medusa album. 
Posted 1 year ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
And I want you, and I want you, and I want you so it's an obsession
 
After 40 years I finally find out what it is she's singing after "I want you".  I don't know if it's the Scottish accent but I just can't make that line out.
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
 xrdstv wrote:



We are all glad it was not 'more cowbell' ... ;-)


I've been seeing "more cowbell" on these forums for over a decade. Today, I finally Googled the term and found the SNL skit.... Pretty funny!
My education continues. Slowly.
Posted 1 year ago by mattenuttall    [ Reply ]
I never get tired of this song.  Need to remember it when I have my headphones on.
Posted 1 year ago by unclestupidhead    [ Reply ]
I've spent my whole life thinking it was
'and I want you, something circumcision'
That's what kids sang at school and I never questioned it. Thought it was very odd though...
I'm 51 
Posted 2 years ago by salice    [ Reply ]
 timmus wrote:

I can easy Bruce Dickinson stopping the recording and saying he wants more "uhh" from Dave Stewart.




We are all glad it was not 'more cowbell' ... ;-)
Posted 2 years ago by xrdstv    [ Reply ]
This has held up surprisingly well.
Posted 2 years ago by divis    [ Reply ]
I can easy Bruce Dickinson stopping the recording and saying he wants more "uhh" from Dave Stewart.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
 xcranky_yankee wrote:

...thought it was "such a sad obsession"...will keep singing this



I heard "Suffering from obsession"
Posted 2 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
Comedy music
Posted 2 years ago by gentlegiantfinn    [ Reply ]
Genious...  Eurythmics! yes I love this tune...
Posted 2 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
 aspicer wrote:

There is a glitch on this track - like CD skips throughout the song. Bill hopefully you can correct this for us?  Thx.



Just double-checked this file. Correct level, no skips.
Posted 2 years ago by William    [ Reply ]
...thought it was "such a sad obsession"...will keep singing this
Posted 2 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
An interesting read...Annie Lennox, The Biography.

Posted 2 years ago by Baha_48    [ Reply ]
 BritGirl333 wrote:


I mean, WHO ELSE had lyrics AND a voice to deliver them like these masters


First time I heard Annie sing A Whiter Shade of Pale, it sent shivers down my spine. 

Posted 3 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
There is a glitch on this track - like CD skips throughout the song. Bill hopefully you can correct this for us?  Thx.
Posted 3 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Idk what just happed but this track suddenly blared the volume and blew my ears out. Rip headphone users.
Posted 3 years ago by strykerking    [ Reply ]
O U T S T A N D I N G .
Posted 4 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
You may want to upgrade your speakers.  

 kingart wrote:
I don't know about you, but to my untrained ear it sounds like she's singing

And I want you and I want you and I want you circumcision

Anyway, this track could be included in a list of 50 Tunes To Play Instead of Waterboarding. 

 

Posted 4 years ago by skooba    [ Reply ]
 dancindan wrote:
sexy and sinister
 
Indeed, very haunting.
Reminds me of the last women I dated before I met my wife.
One hell of a voice she had
Posted 4 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
I don't know about you, but to my untrained ear it sounds like she's singing

And I want you and I want you and I want you circumcision

Anyway, this track could be included in a list of 50 Tunes To Play Instead of Waterboarding. 

 
That may not be a matter of training.
Posted 4 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
TEN
Posted 4 years ago by Jakethemuss    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
 
 

Pure genius!
Posted 4 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
Such a brilliant song.
Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
sexy and sinister
Posted 5 years ago by dancindan    [ Reply ]
Bueno
Posted 5 years ago by Angry_Old_Man    [ Reply ]
 clintiskeen wrote:
Ummm are they sampling the music from zelda II?
 

I still hear (and love) this synth!
Posted 5 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 skyian wrote:

Substitute physician?
 

 
I want you so, {#Beat} its an obsession
Posted 5 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
 jgfergus wrote:
Typical example of why 80's synth pop drum machine was crap. God awful!
 
No. it just means you don't like it. It is actually some fantastic early 80s synthpop!
Posted 6 years ago by tiggers    [ Reply ]
I don't know about you, but to my untrained ear it sounds like she's singing

And I want you and I want you and I want you circumcision

Anyway, this track could be included in a list of 50 Tunes To Play Instead of Waterboarding. 

Posted 6 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 jgfergus wrote:
Typical example of why 80's synth pop drum machine was crap. God awful!

 

and what does sir recommend for music?
Posted 6 years ago by Jota    [ Reply ]
 jgfergus wrote:
Typical example of why 80's synth pop drum machine was crap. God awful!

 
Personally I think this is sounding better than ever - and there was a time I didn't think the synth pop genre had longevity. I've changed my mind. Love this.
Posted 7 years ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]
 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:
How come I never noticed the male grunts in this before?  Is this a new front that has opened up against western civilisation - computer hackers adding subliminal undertones to my favourite songs?  {#War}

 
This was the first time, after all these years, that I heard the grunts too!
Posted 7 years ago by bluematrix    [ Reply ]
 sfyi2001 wrote:
<snip>
 
Wrong album.
Posted 7 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
This couldn't have come at a better time.  I need it to clean my ears from the excrement spewing from D(bag) Trump's mouth.  {#Dancingbanana_2} Unfortunately, it's on in the background in my office.  {#Frustrated}
Posted 7 years ago by skooba    [ Reply ]
Love this song...takes me back to college. {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 7 years ago by SheRidesABeemer    [ Reply ]
"I want your circumcision." WTF?
Posted 7 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
How come I never noticed the male grunts in this before?  Is this a new front that has opened up against western civilisation - computer hackers adding subliminal undertones to my favourite songs?  {#War}
Posted 7 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
Typical example of why 80's synth pop drum machine was crap. God awful!
Posted 7 years ago by jgfergus    [ Reply ]
Change the opening line to 'love is a stranger in an unmarked white van' and the whole song is transformed. {#Cheesygrin}
Posted 8 years ago by Redpoint    [ Reply ]

Posted 8 years ago by pcarre    [ Reply ]
 I mean, WHO ELSE had lyrics AND a voice to deliver them like these masters


{#Bananajam}

 


Posted 8 years ago by BritGirl333    [ Reply ]
SUCH a fantastic track and Annie's voice is pure magic. {#Music}
Posted 8 years ago by BritGirl333    [ Reply ]
Pure awesomeness. I'm getting the musical shivers. I can imagine the conversation though "I'm going to sort of, just grunt at this bit. Ok?"
Posted 8 years ago by MrsTom    [ Reply ]
Released in 1982; this Greatest Hits album is from 1986.
Posted 8 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
Outstanding
Posted 8 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
 ericdaryl wrote:
And I want you 
 And I want you 
And I want you 
something circumcision
huh?  

 
Obsession.
You're my obsession.
Who do you want me to be,

oh sorry, segued into a different song there. 
Posted 8 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
 ericdaryl wrote:
And I want you 
And I want you 
And I want you 
something circumcision
 
The Eurythmics always were on the "cutting edge."
Posted 8 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
 ericdaryl wrote:
And I want you 
 And I want you 
And I want you 
something circumcision
huh?  

 
Substitute physician?
 
Posted 9 years ago by skyian    [ Reply ]
And I want you 
 And I want you 
And I want you 
something circumcision


huh?  
Posted 9 years ago by ericdaryl    [ Reply ]
Love, love, love is a dangerous drug.

     ...especially when you're young.
Posted 9 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
I like this song. But no matter what I try, I will always hear her singing about a circumcision.
Posted 9 years ago by lathyris    [ Reply ]
 ScottN wrote:
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

 
Well stated Scott!

{#Bananajam}
Posted 9 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
Great 80's memories! These two made a great artistic and very musical combo!
thanks Bill and Becky!
Posted 9 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
Classic
Posted 9 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Annie! she was always soo awesome ~ sing it.. {#Music}
Posted 9 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]
 ScottN wrote:
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

 
Totally a good description of the song and band...
Posted 9 years ago by Sweet_Virginia    [ Reply ]
There was some astonishing harmonica player on their live tour, Revenge I think.....  Never heard anything like it.
Posted 9 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Always preferred this to "Sweet Dreams" and "Here Comes the Rain Again".  Sadly, them others always got more air play.  It's tough having tastes slightly out-of-sync with the mainstream. {#Confused}  God bless RP.
Posted 9 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
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
Posted 9 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:
When I was a young kid I bought this CD via a record club... this song was the reason... it makes me think our tastes do not change or "progress" or "improve" like academics would have you believe...just not true...as we grow older we are simply exposed to more
 
Nicely said.
Posted 9 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
When I was a young kid I bought this CD via a record club... this song was the reason... it makes me think our tastes do not change or "progress" or "improve" like academics would have you believe...just not true...as we grow older we are simply exposed to more
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 Elroweho wrote:
Never much of a Eurythmics fan - A little to "artsy" for my taste

 
Eurythmics artsy? Wow, that's made me think!
Posted 10 years ago by 2020sk    [ Reply ]
Best ever pronunciation of the word "debris"!
Posted 10 years ago by 2020sk    [ Reply ]
Everybody in my alien space craft loves this song...
Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
That voice leaves me speechless !

 
Posted 10 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
 JoBo wrote:
I wonder why I never before heard the grunting in the background??

 

 
I was thinking the same thing.
 
 
Kind of annoying.    
Posted 10 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
 joelbb wrote:

RT, your hotel room is ALWAYS full of music lovers!
  
I inhabit a mushrooming multitude of churches now...  love this marvelous song...  hope life is grand for you, joelbb...
Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
She sounds so angelic I'll rate this Eurythmic song godlike (such a beauty that Annie, hmmm hmm)
Posted 10 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 Peter_Bradshaw wrote:
{#Wave}.... truly amazing vocals an truly amazing producer
 
agree with you on that...
Posted 10 years ago by Jannne    [ Reply ]
{#Wave}.... truly amazing vocals an truly amazing producer
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
Great song from one of the best pop albums of all time, Diva. Played mine a million times. 
 
Posted 10 years ago by FrankDebbieCote    [ Reply ]
 msymmes wrote:

Listen....       The 80's were great!
Okay.  So I define the 80's as 1977 to 1984.

 I suffer from that exact chronological disorder. I wonder, are there more of us? Also, this song. Treasure.
Posted 10 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
 clwguy wrote:
Now I ask you, isn't this a whole lot better then the acoustic version of Here Comes the Rain Again?
 
Absolutely.
Posted 10 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
Her voice is marvelous, innit?
Posted 10 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
A 6 that would be higher if there was any evidence of human involvement here.  Yeah, I know, Annie's voice...but you can do some of those flourishes with machines in the studio these days.
Posted 10 years ago by ladybinnath    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:
Competition for souls can turn ugly, but my money's on Lazarus.  
 
Thank you...  think of it as soles...  I hope you be having a marvelous weekend right this minute, kcar...

everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches be dancing buck ass naked all across the holy moly world like B.F. Skinner...  we love this splendiferous song...  love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...
Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Eurythmics -- Hammersmith Odeon -- 1983.  Thanks for bringing back memories of that wonderful concert.
Posted 11 years ago by kcgirlindc    [ Reply ]
This is now a TEN imho,   Her very best ever !

 
Posted 11 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
I wonder why I never before heard the grunting in the background??
Posted 11 years ago by JoBo    [ Reply ]
 Xeric wrote:
There are a number of songs that make me want to turn it way up.  There are far fewer that make me want to go out and radically upgrade the stereo--to some state-of-the-art monster--and then turn THAT to 11.  This is one of those latter songs.  Yes.
 

 
Funny you should say that, I am lucky enough to have a bit of a monster hi-fi- set up and this sounds utterly amazing on it. By 'this' I mean the CD or vinyl not a nastily compressed MP3 signal!
Posted 11 years ago by tiggers    [ Reply ]
Never much of a Eurythmics fan - A little to "artsy" for my taste
Posted 11 years ago by Elroweho    [ Reply ]
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD... PLEASE NO!
Posted 11 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:


Now we are in a church...  everybody in my church loves this song...

hope you are having a marvelous weekend...
 

 


The naked mole rat within Reverend Joel Osteen lurches from his slumber upon hearing of this troubling development. 

comparison of naked mole rat and Reverend Joel Osteen at totallylookslike.com 


Competition for souls can turn ugly, but my money's on Lazarus.  
Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
There are a number of songs that make me want to turn it way up.  There are far fewer that make me want to go out and radically upgrade the stereo--to some state-of-the-art monster--and then turn THAT to 11.  This is one of those latter songs.  Yes.
 
Posted 11 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
Just bumped to a NINE !
 
Posted 11 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
 joelbb wrote:

RT, your hotel room is ALWAYS full of music lovers!
 

Now we are in a church...  everybody in my church loves this song...

hope you are having a marvelous weekend...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...

 
 
RT, your hotel room is ALWAYS full of music lovers!
Posted 12 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
I know allz yallz just love annie and dave ....but everyone in my kayak really ummmm how do we put this nicely..... ahhhhh..arrrrrrggggghhhhhhhhhhh.
Posted 12 years ago by DD rabbi_phil    [ Reply ]
 clwguy wrote:
Now I ask you, isn't this a whole lot better then the acoustic version of Here Comes the Rain Again?
 
Oh yes.
Posted 12 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
 perikleshokie wrote:
THE best Eurythmics song.  An aural time machine.

 
AGREED !




Posted 12 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
THE best Eurythmics song.  An aural time machine.
Posted 12 years ago by perikleshokie    [ Reply ]

Listen....       The 80's were great!


Okay.  So I define the 80's as 1977 to 1984.


Posted 12 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
Originally released in 1983. We're coming up on it's 30 year anniversary and still sounds great. Kudos to Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart!
Posted 12 years ago by krysthal    [ Reply ]
Her voice was so powerful and clear ... used to mesmerize me, and still does ...
Posted 12 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]


Link likes chiptune.
Posted 12 years ago by Hippostar    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:

Keep this one in the rotation, it's a gem!



Posted 13 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
Now I ask you, isn't this a whole lot better then the acoustic version of Here Comes the Rain Again?
Posted 13 years ago by clwguy    [ Reply ]