Eurythmics

Biography

Eurythmics were a British pop duo formed in 1980, consisting of the Scottish vocalist Annie Lennox and the English musician and producer Dave Stewart. They had both previously been in the Tourists, a band that broke up in 1980. They released their first album, In the Garden×In the Garden16 October 1981 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1English Summer4:032Belinda3:593Take Me to Your Heart3:354She's Invisible Now3:305Your Time Will Come4:346Caveman Head3:597Never Gonna Cry Again3:058All the Young (People of Today)4:159Sing-Sing4:0510Revenge4:32, in 1981 to little success, but achieved global acclaim with their second album, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)×Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)1983 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Love Is a Stranger3:432I’ve Got an Angel2:453Wrap It Up3:344I Could Give You (a Mirror)3:515The Walk4:436Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)3:377Jennifer5:098This Is the House5:019Somebody Told Me3:3010This City Never Sleeps6:40 (1983). The title track became a worldwide hit, reaching number 2 in the UK Singles Chart, and number 1 in Canada and on the US Billboard Hot 100. Eurythmics went on to release a string of hit singles and albums, including "Love Is a Stranger×Love Is a StrangerNovember 1982 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracksALove Is a Stranger3:34B1Let's Just Close Our Eyes4:13B2Monkey, Monkey5:19", "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)×There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)24 June 1985 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAThere Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart) (special dance mix!)6:15BGrown Up Girls4:14" and "Here Comes the Rain Again×Here Comes the Rain Again1983 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracksAHere Comes the Rain Again5:05B1This City Never Sleeps (live version)5:30B2Paint a Rumour8:00", before splitting in 1990.
Stewart became a sought-after record producer, while Lennox began a solo recording career in 1992 with her debut album Diva. After almost a decade apart, Eurythmics reunited to record their ninth album, Peace×Peace19 October 1999 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks117 Again4:552I Saved the World Today4:533Power to the Meek3:184Beautiful Child3:285Anything but Strong5:056Peace Is Just a Word5:517I’ve Tried Everything4:178I Want It All3:329My True Love4:4510Forever4:0911Lifted4:49, released 1999. The album produced three singles – "I Saved the World Today×I Saved the World Today4 October 1999 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1I Saved the World Today4:522You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart (live)3:583There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart) (live)5:38", "17 Again×17 AgainOctober 1999 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks117 Again4:572Gospel Medley (Includes Ball & Chain, Would I Lie to You? & Sisters Are Doing for Themselves))9:36" and "Peace Is Just a Word×Peace Is Just a Word5 May 2000 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Peace Is Just a Word (album version)5:51217 Again (album version)4:553Beautiful Child (album version)3:294Annie & Dave Talk About Their 'Peace' Album4:535One Day (World Online Internet Company Ad)1:046Peace Is Just a Word5:027Beautiful Child4:388Exclusive (Q+) A With Dave & Annie: A Perfect Combination0:509Exclusive (Q+) A With Dave & Annie: The Word Peace0:3110Exclusive (Q+) A With Dave & Annie: Unified1:1511Exclusive (Q+) A With Dave & Annie: Peace Is Just a Word0:3412Exclusive (Q+) A With Dave & Annie: Getting Back Together0:3913Exclusive (Q+) A With Dave & Annie: Never Really Broke Up1:121417 Again5:04". The same year, they were awarded the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. They reunited again in 2005 to release the single "I've Got a Life", which peaked within the top ten on the singles charts in Scotland, and reaching number one on the US Dance Club Songs Charts, as part of a new compilation album, Ultimate Collection×Ultimate Collection4 November 2005 · Album · CompilationSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 19 tracks1I’ve Got a Life4:082Love Is a Stranger3:443Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)3:384Who’s That Girl?3:475Right by Your Side3:506Here Comes the Rain Again4:527Would I Lie to You?4:278There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)4:439Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves4:5710It’s Alright (Baby’s Coming Back)3:4911When Tomorrow Comes4:1712Thorn in My Side4:1513The Miracle of Love4:3614Missionary Man3:4815You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart3:5416I Need a Man4:2417I Saved the World Today4:281817 Again4:2319Was It Just Another Love Affair?3:53.
Eurythmics have sold an estimated 75 million records worldwide. Their awards include the 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, and the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 1999. They were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005, the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.

1976–1982: Formation and In the Garden

Lennox and Stewart met in 1975 in a restaurant in London, where Lennox worked at that time. They first played together in 1976 in the punk rock band the Catch. After releasing one single as the Catch in 1977, the band evolved into the Tourists. Stewart and Lennox were also romantically involved. The Tourists achieved some commercial success, but the experience was reportedly an unhappy one. Personal and musical tensions existed within the group, whose main songwriter was Peet Coombes, and legal wrangling happened with the band's management, publishers and record labels. Lennox and Stewart felt the fixed band line-up was an inadequate vehicle to explore their experimental creative leanings and decided their next project should be much more flexible and free from artistic compromise. They were interested in creating pop music, but wanted freedom to experiment with electronics and the avant-garde.
It was in a hotel in Wagga Wagga, Australia, while playing around with a portable mini-synthesizer that Lennox and Stewart decided to become a duo. Calling themselves Eurythmics (after the pedagogical exercise system that Lennox had encountered as a child), they decided to keep themselves as the only permanent members and songwriters, and involve others in the collaboration "on the basis of mutual compatibility and availability". The duo signed to RCA Records. At this time, Lennox and Stewart also split as a couple. During the period that Lennox and Stewart were in the Tourists, and later as Eurythmics, they were managed by Kenny Smith and Sandra Turnbull of Hyper Kinetics Ltd.
They recorded their first album, In the Garden×In the Garden16 October 1981 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1English Summer4:032Belinda3:593Take Me to Your Heart3:354She's Invisible Now3:305Your Time Will Come4:346Caveman Head3:597Never Gonna Cry Again3:058All the Young (People of Today)4:159Sing-Sing4:0510Revenge4:32, in Cologne with Conny Plank (who had produced the later Tourists sessions). The album, released in October 1981, mixed psychedelic, krautrock and electropop influences, and featured contributions from Holger Czukay and Jaki Liebezeit (of Can), drummer Clem Burke (of Blondie), Robert Görl (of D.A.F.), and flautist Tim Wheater. A couple of the songs were co-written by guitarist Roger Pomphrey (later a TV director). The album was not a commercial success (though the debut single "Never Gonna Cry Again×Never Gonna Cry AgainJune 1981 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksANever Gonna Cry Again3:00BLe Sinistre2:39" made the UK charts at No. 63). Lennox and Stewart then activated their new Eurythmics mode of operation by touring the record as a duo, accompanied by backing tracks and electronics, carted around the country by themselves in a horse-box.
During 1982, the duo retreated to Chalk Farm in London and used a bank loan to establish a small eight-track studio above a picture framing factory, giving them freedom to record without having to pay expensive studio fees. They began to employ much more electronics in their music, collaborating with Raynard Faulkner and Adam Williams, recording many tracks in the studio and playing live using various line-up permutations. However, the three new singles they released that year ("This Is the House×This Is the HouseMarch 1982 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 5 tracksAThis Is the House6:11B1Your Time Will Come (live)7:18B2Never Gonna Cry Again (live)4:36B34/4 in Leather (live)3:05B4Take Me to Your Heart (live)5:00", "The Walk×The WalkJune 1982 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracksAThe Walk4:36B1Invisible Hands6:07B2Dr. Trash3:18B3The Walk, Part 24:00" and "Love Is a Stranger×Love Is a StrangerNovember 1982 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracksALove Is a Stranger3:34B1Let's Just Close Our Eyes4:13B2Monkey, Monkey5:19") all performed badly on initial release in the UK. Although their mode of operation had given them the creative freedom they desired, commercial success still eluded them and the responsibility of personally running so many of their affairs (down to transporting their own stage equipment) took its toll. Lennox apparently suffered at least one nervous breakdown during this period, while Stewart was hospitalised with a collapsed lung.

1983–1984: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) and Touch

Eurythmics' commercial breakthrough came with their second album, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)×Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)1983 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Love Is a Stranger3:432I’ve Got an Angel2:453Wrap It Up3:344I Could Give You (a Mirror)3:515The Walk4:436Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)3:377Jennifer5:098This Is the House5:019Somebody Told Me3:3010This City Never Sleeps6:40, released in January 1983. The successful title track featured a dark and powerful sequenced synth bass line and a dramatic video that introduced the now orange crew-cut Lennox to audiences. The song reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming one of the year's biggest sellers, No. 6 in Australia, and later topped the Canadian chart and US Billboard Hot 100. The band's fortunes changed immensely from this moment on, and Lennox quickly became a pop icon, gracing the covers of numerous magazines including Rolling Stone. Their previous single, "Love Is a Stranger×Love Is a StrangerNovember 1982 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracksALove Is a Stranger3:34B1Let's Just Close Our Eyes4:13B2Monkey, Monkey5:19", was also re-released and became another chart success. The video for the song saw Lennox in many different character guises, a concept she would employ in various subsequent videos. The album's working title was Invisible Hands (as was a track left off the album), inspiring the name of the British independent company Invisible Hands Music‍— known for releasing music by Hugh Cornwell, Mick Karn and Hazel O'Connor. The album also featured a cover of the 1968 Sam & Dave hit "Wrap It Up", performed as a duet between Lennox and Green Gartside of Scritti Politti.
The duo quickly recorded a follow-up album, Touch×Touch14 November 1983 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 9 tracks1Here Comes the Rain Again4:542Regrets4:443Right by Your Side4:054Cool Blue4:495Who’s That Girl?4:486The First Cut4:467Aqua4:378No Fear, No Hate, No Pain (No Broken Hearts)5:219Paint a Rumour7:32, which was released in November 1983. It became the duo's first No. 1 album in the UK, and also spawned three major hit singles. "Who's That Girl?" was a top 3 hit in the UK, the video depicting Lennox as both a blonde chanteuse and as an Elvis Presley clone. It also featured cameo appearances by Hazel O'Connor, Bananarama (including Stewart's future wife, Siobhan Fahey), Kate Garner of Haysi Fantayzee, Thereza Bazar of Dollar, Jay Aston and Cheryl Baker of Bucks Fizz, Kiki Dee, Jacquie O'Sullivan and the gender-bending pop singer Marilyn, who would go on to musical success of his own that same year. The upbeat, calypso-flavoured "Right by Your Side×Right by Your Side1983 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracksARight by Your Side12:24B1Right by Your Side (special mix)1:02B2Plus Something Else5:37" made the Top 10, and "Here Comes the Rain Again×Here Comes the Rain Again1983 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracksAHere Comes the Rain Again5:05B1This City Never Sleeps (live version)5:30B2Paint a Rumour8:00" (No. 8 in the UK, No. 4 in the US) was an orchestral/synth ballad (with orchestrations by Michael Kamen).
In 1984, RCA released Touch Dance, an EP of remixes of four of the tracks from Touch, aimed at the club market. The remixes were by prominent New York City producers Francois Kevorkian and John "Jellybean" Benitez. Also released in 1984 was Eurythmics' soundtrack album 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother). Virgin Films had contracted the band to provide a soundtrack for Michael Radford's modern film adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. However, Radford later said that the music had been "foisted" on his film against his wishes, and that Virgin had replaced most of Dominic Muldowney's original orchestral score with the Eurythmics soundtrack (including the song "Julia×JuliaJanuary 1985 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAJulia4:05BMinistry of Love3:43", which was heard during the end credits). Nevertheless, the record was presented as "music derived from the original score of Eurythmics for the Michael Radford film version of Orwell's 1984". Eurythmics charged that they had been misled by the film's producers as well, and the album was withdrawn from the market for a period while matters were litigated. The album's first single, "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)×Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)1992 · Other · RemixSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four) (Extended Mix)7:592Julia (Extended Mix)6:353I Did It Just The Same3:29", was a top 5 hit in the UK, Australia and across Europe, and a major dance success in the United States.

1985–1986: Be Yourself Tonight and new musical direction

The duo's next album, Be Yourself Tonight×Be Yourself Tonight29 April 1985 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 9 tracks1Would I Lie to You?4:282There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart)5:253I Love You Like a Ball and Chain4:054Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves5:595Conditioned Soul4:296Adrian4:347It’s Alright (Baby’s Coming Back)3:498Here Comes That Sinking Feeling5:409Better to Have Lost in Love (Than Never to Have Loved at All)5:05, was produced in a week in Paris and spent four weeks at No. 1 in Australia. It showcased much more of a "band style" and a centred sound (with an R&B influence), with real drums, brass, and much more guitar from Stewart. Almost a dozen other musicians were enlisted, including members of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers, guest harmonica from Stevie Wonder, bass guitar from Dean Garcia, string arrangements by Michael Kamen, and Lennox singing duets with Aretha Franklin and Elvis Costello. It continued the duo's transatlantic chart domination in 1985, and contained four hit singles: "Would I Lie to You×Would I Lie to YouApril 1985 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracksAWould I Lie to You? (an Eric ‘ET’ Thorngren mix)4:52B1Would I Lie to You? (extended mix)4:59B2Here Comes That Sinking Feeling5:40?" was a US Billboard top five hit and Australian No. 1, while "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)×There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)24 June 1985 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAThere Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart) (special dance mix!)6:15BGrown Up Girls4:14" (featuring Wonder's harmonica contribution) became their first and only UK No. 1 single. The feminist anthem "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" (a duet with Aretha Franklin, though originally intended for Tina Turner), and "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)" also rode high in the charts. In September 1985, Eurythmics performed "Would I Lie to You?" at the 1985 MTV Video Music Awards at the Radio City Music Hall in New York.
It was a major commercial success for Eurythmics on international albums charts, reaching the top five in regions including Australia (where it reached number one), New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Canada, Finland and the United Kingdom. Elsewhere, it reached the top ten in the United States, Switzerland and Germany.
It was nominated for the Billboard Music Award for Top Billboard 200 Album and Top Compact Disk Award at the 1985 Billboard Music Awards and the Brit Award for British Album of the Year at the 1986 Brit Awards. Two of the albums singles – "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" and "Would I Lie to You?" were nominated for two awards at the 28th Annual Grammy Awards in 1986 for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal respectively.

1986–1990: Revenge, Savage and We Too Are One

Eurythmics released their next album, Revenge×Revenge30 June 1986 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Missionary Man4:302Thorn in My Side4:153When Tomorrow Comes4:314The Last Time4:155The Miracle of Love5:076Let’s Go!4:137Take Your Pain Away4:368A Little of You3:569In This Town3:4410I Remember You5:02, in 1986. The album continued their move towards a band sound, verging on an AOR-pop/rock sound. Sales continued to be strong in the UK and internationally, but were somewhat slower in the US, though "Missionary Man×Missionary Man1986 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAMissionary Man3:49BTake Your Pain Away4:30" reached No. 14 on the US Hot 100 chart and went all the way to No. 1 on the US Album Oriented Rock chart (AOR). Revenge would eventually certify double Platinum in the UK and Gold in the US, and spend forty weeks in the Australian Top 10 where it reached No. 2. The band went on a massive worldwide tour in support of the album, and a live concert video from the Australian leg of the tour was released.
In 1987, Lennox and Stewart released the album Savage×Savage9 November 1987 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)4:502I’ve Got a Lover (Back in Japan)4:273Do You Want to Break Up?3:404You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart3:525Shame4:266Savage4:117I Need a Man4:248Put the Blame on Me3:459Heaven3:2810Wide Eyed Girl3:2911I Need You3:2412Brand New Day3:43. This saw a fairly radical change within the group's sound, being based mainly around programmed samples and drum loops (Lennox would later say that where Revenge was more of a Stewart album in sound, Savage was more of a Lennox one). Lyrically the songs showed an even darker, more obsessive side to Lennox's writing. A video album was also made, directed by Sophie Muller, with a video for each song. This was largely a concept piece, following characters portrayed by Lennox, specifically one of a frustrated housewife-turned-vamp (as exemplified in "Beethoven (I Love to Listen To)×Beethoven (I Love to Listen To)24 October 1987 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1Beethoven (I Love to Listen To)3:572Heaven3:283Beethoven (I Love to Listen To) (dance mix)5:19", a UK top 30 and Australian No. 13 hit). The brazen, sexually charged rocker "I Need a Man×I Need a Man1987 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracksA1I Need a Man (Macho mix)5:56A2I Need a Man (edited)4:06B1Beethoven (I Love to Listen To) (dance mix)5:11B2Beethoven (I Love to Listen To) (7″ edit)3:47" remains a Eurythmics staple, as does "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart×You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart1987 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracksAYou Have Placed a Chill in My Heart (dance mix)7:50B1Do You Want to Break Up? (dance mix)6:10B2You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart (acoustic version)3:10". Much less commercial than the two previous albums, Savage was mostly ignored in the US, although rock radio in more progressive markets supported "I Need a Man". In the duo's native UK, however, the album was a top 10 success and was certified Platinum.
In 1989, Eurythmics released the album We Too Are One×We Too Are One11 September 1989 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1We Two Are One4:352The King & Queen of America4:313(My, My) Baby's Gonna Cry4:554Don't Ask Me Why4:235Angel5:126Revival4:067You Hurt Me (And I Hate You)4:248Sylvia4:449How Long?4:4310When the Day Goes Down6:00, which entered the UK Album Chart at No. 1 (their second No. 1 album after Touch×Touch14 November 1983 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 9 tracks1Here Comes the Rain Again4:542Regrets4:443Right by Your Side4:054Cool Blue4:495Who’s That Girl?4:486The First Cut4:467Aqua4:378No Fear, No Hate, No Pain (No Broken Hearts)5:219Paint a Rumour7:32) and gave the duo four UK Top 30 hit singles. The album was a return to the rock/pop sound of their mid-80s albums and was certified Double Platinum in the UK, and reached No. 7 in Australia, but was less successful in the US (although the single "Don't Ask Me Why" grazed the Billboard Top 40). Other singles from the album included "Revival×Revival18 August 1989 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1Revival4:102Precious3:433Revival (extended Dance mix)6:22", "The King and Queen of America×The King and Queen of AmericaJanuary 1990 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1The King and Queen of America4:312There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart) (live)6:313I Love You Like a Ball and Chain (live)4:424See No Evil4:10" and "Angel×Angel1989 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1Angel5:142Missionary Man (acoustic version)3:463Angel (Choir version)5:49". Accompanying the album, the duo conducted their Revival world tour from 8 September 1989 to 25 January 1990. Parts of the tour (both on and off-stage) were interspersed with promo videos for Eurythmics' 1990 video album We Two Are One Too.

1990–1998: Hiatus and solo careers

After strenuous years of touring and recording (Eurythmics had released eight studio albums in eight years), a rift had developed between the duo and Eurythmics disbanded, although no formal notice was given. Stewart began writing film soundtracks and had a big international hit in 1990 with the instrumental track "Lily Was Here" (featuring saxophonist Candy Dulfer). The single reached No. 6 in the UK and the Top 20 throughout much of Europe and the US, and top 10 in Australia. A soundtrack of the same name was also released, produced and largely written by Stewart. He formed a band called the Spiritual Cowboys, releasing two albums with this group in the early 1990s. Lennox took time off from her career to have a baby and to consider a life after Eurythmics. Accordingly, the duo had very little communication with each other from 1991 to 1998. In 1991, Eurythmics' Greatest Hits collection was released, entering the UK album chart at No. 1 and spending a total of ten weeks at that position, plus eight weeks in New Zealand and seven weeks in Australia at No. 1 as well as becoming a massive worldwide seller. New remixes of "Sweet Dreams×Sweet DreamsDecember 2006 · Single · RemixSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Sweet Dreams6:08" and "Love Is a Stranger×Love Is a StrangerNovember 1982 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracksALove Is a Stranger3:34B1Let's Just Close Our Eyes4:13B2Monkey, Monkey5:19" were also released as singles at this time. During 1993, a live album entitled Live 1983–1989×Live 1983–198915 November 1993 · Album · LiveSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 28 tracks · 3 discsDisc 11Never Gonna Cry Again5:152Love Is a Stranger4:003Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)3:484This City Never Sleeps5:355Somebody Told Me3:446Who’s That Girl?4:087Right by Your Side4:298Here Comes the Rain Again5:499Sex Crime (1984)3:4710I Love You Like a Ball and Chain5:0611Would I Lie to You?3:35Disc 21There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart)6:572Thorn in My Side4:353Let’s Go4:564Missionary Man5:045The Last Time4:506Miracle of Love6:237I Need a Man4:008We Too Are One4:199(My My) Baby’s Gonna Cry5:1010Don’t Ask Me Why5:0511Angel6:07Disc 31You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart4:002Here Comes the Rain Again2:473Would I Lie to You?2:054It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)1:305Right by Your Side1:226When Tomorrow Comes3:22 featuring recordings from various years throughout Eurythmics' career was also released.
In 1992, Lennox released her first solo album, Diva. The album was a critical and popular success, entering the UK album chart at No. 1 and achieving quadruple platinum status (more than any Eurythmics studio album had done), as well as producing a string of five hit singles. She followed this up in 1995 with her second album, Medusa, an album of cover versions. It became her second No. 1 album in the UK, reaching double platinum status both there and in the US.
Stewart, meanwhile, released the solo albums Greetings from the Gutter (1995), and Sly-Fi (1998), but neither was commercially successful.

1999–2005: Peace and Ultimate Collection

In the late 1990s, Eurythmics reunited and recorded a new album, Peace×Peace19 October 1999 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks117 Again4:552I Saved the World Today4:533Power to the Meek3:184Beautiful Child3:285Anything but Strong5:056Peace Is Just a Word5:517I’ve Tried Everything4:178I Want It All3:329My True Love4:4510Forever4:0911Lifted4:49, which was released in 1999. The single "I Saved the World Today×I Saved the World Today4 October 1999 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1I Saved the World Today4:522You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart (live)3:583There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart) (live)5:38" reached No. 11 in the UK Singles Chart, and a remix of "17 Again×17 AgainOctober 1999 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks117 Again4:572Gospel Medley (Includes Ball & Chain, Would I Lie to You? & Sisters Are Doing for Themselves))9:36" gave the duo their first chart-topper on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The band also embarked on a world tour, dubbed the "Peacetour×Peacetour2000 · Album · LiveSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 21 tracks1I Want It All5:072Missionary Man4:243Thorn in My Side3:574When Tomorrow Comes4:045It’s Alright (Baby’s Coming Back)4:186I Saved the World Today3:017Who’s That Girl?5:348I Love You Like a Ball and Chain2:269Would I Lie to You?1:4810Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves7:111117 Again3:3412You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart4:1913Love Is a Stranger3:5714I Need a Man4:5315Walking on Broken Glass4:2316There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)6:2217Here Comes the Rain Again4:2818Why5:1119The Miracle of Love4:5020Peace Is Just a Word7:2521Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)4:34", to support the album. The tour started on 18 September 1999 at Cologne's Kölnarena and ended on 6 December 1999 at the London Docklands Arena (which was filmed and released on video and DVD). All proceeds from the tour went to Greenpeace and Amnesty International. The year 2000 saw numerous European festival appearances by Eurythmics (at Germany's Rock am Ring, among others). In 2001, Stewart performed with U2 for the America: A Tribute to Heroes benefit concert. In 2002, he collaborated with Bryan Ferry on his album Frantic.
In June 2003, Lennox released her third solo album, Bare, which was a top-five hit in the UK and the US., with three tracks reaching the top of the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. She also recorded the song "Into the West" for Peter Jackson's film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, where it appeared as the closing theme and earned Lennox the Academy Award for Best Song. In November 2003, Eurythmics played three songs at the 46664 in Cape Town, South Africa, for which Stewart was one of the primary organisers. They played an unplugged version of "Here Comes the Rain Again×Here Comes the Rain Again1983 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracksAHere Comes the Rain Again5:05B1This City Never Sleeps (live version)5:30B2Paint a Rumour8:00", "7 Seconds" with Youssou N'Dour and "Sweet Dreams×Sweet DreamsDecember 2006 · Single · RemixSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Sweet Dreams6:08". Stewart collaborated with Rolling Stones vocalist Mick Jagger on the soundtrack to the movie Alfie, released in 2004, including the critically acclaimed "Old Habits Die Hard", which won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song from a Motion Picture.
On 7 November 2005, Eurythmics released Ultimate Collection, a remastered greatest hits package with two new songs. One of them, "I've Got a Life", was released as a single and reached No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart as well as spending three consecutive weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play in the US. Lennox and Stewart appeared on a number of TV shows to promote their new compilation album, which was a Top 5 hit and certified Platinum in the UK. On 14 November 2005, the duo's label, RCA, re-released their eight studio albums in remastered and expanded editions featuring rare B-sides, remixes and unreleased songs. The remasters were made available separately with expanded artwork, and also together in a collector's box set, entitled Boxed. However, the 1984 soundtrack album 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) was not included in this re-release campaign as Virgin Records holds the rights to that album. Also in 2005, Eurythmics were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame. In 2007, Lennox resumed her solo career with her fourth album, Songs of Mass Destruction, which was a top 10 success in the UK and the US. In 2009, she released her first solo "greatest hits" package, The Annie Lennox Collection. The same year, Lennox stated that although she and Stewart remain friends, she does not foresee any further Eurythmics projects in the future.

One–off reunions (2012–present)

In an interview with Reuters in September 2012, Stewart was quizzed on whether a new Eurythmics album is in the works, to which he replied: "We're not talking about one right now, but never say never." He added that he was considering developing a musical based on the music of Eurythmics.

2014: Beatles tribute concert

Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart performed as a duo for "The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles". The event was recorded at the Los Angeles Convention Center on 27 January 2014, the day after the Grammy Awards. They performed the Beatles song "The Fool on the Hill".

2019: Sting's 30th We'll Be Together benefit concert

Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, billed as Eurythmics, performed at Sting's 30th We'll Be Together benefit concert in aid of his Rainforest Foundation Fund on 9 December 2019 at New York City's Beacon Theatre. The group played "Would I Lie to You×Would I Lie to YouApril 1985 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracksAWould I Lie to You? (an Eric ‘ET’ Thorngren mix)4:52B1Would I Lie to You? (extended mix)4:59B2Here Comes That Sinking Feeling5:40?", "Here Comes the Rain Again×Here Comes the Rain Again1983 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracksAHere Comes the Rain Again5:05B1This City Never Sleeps (live version)5:30B2Paint a Rumour8:00", and "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)×Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)1983 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Love Is a Stranger3:432I’ve Got an Angel2:453Wrap It Up3:344I Could Give You (a Mirror)3:515The Walk4:436Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)3:377Jennifer5:098This Is the House5:019Somebody Told Me3:3010This City Never Sleeps6:40", before returning to join in the finale performance of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" along with the night's other performers.

2022: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony

Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart performed as Eurythmics at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California performing "Would I Lie to You×Would I Lie to YouApril 1985 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracksAWould I Lie to You? (an Eric ‘ET’ Thorngren mix)4:52B1Would I Lie to You? (extended mix)4:59B2Here Comes That Sinking Feeling5:40?", "Missionary Man×Missionary Man1986 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAMissionary Man3:49BTake Your Pain Away4:30" and "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)×Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)1983 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Love Is a Stranger3:432I’ve Got an Angel2:453Wrap It Up3:344I Could Give You (a Mirror)3:515The Walk4:436Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)3:377Jennifer5:098This Is the House5:019Somebody Told Me3:3010This City Never Sleeps6:40" as part of the 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. They were inducted by U2's the Edge.