THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

562-Eurythmics-Here Comes the Rain Again.

1984-Number 8 single.

Best Bit-At 2.36. No expense spared, there’s a 30 piece orchestra playing on this.

The Eurythmics were officially formed in 1980, in Wagga Wagga, Australia, by David A. Stewart, and Annie Lennox. The pair had first met in a London restaurant in 1975, where Lennox was working at the time. They first played together in 1976, in a ‘Punk Rock’ band called ‘The Catch,’ who after one unsuccessful single evolved into ‘The Tourists.’ With ‘The Tourists’ they released three studio Albums between 1979-1980, and six singles within the same time period, of which thee reached the UK top 40, with their cover of the 1963 Dusty Springfield hit ‘I Only Want to Be with You,’ peaking the highest at Number 4 in 1979. It was during this period that Stewart and Lennox were romantically involved, but both felt stifled at ‘The Tourists’ lack of creativity, and they decided that they wanted to branch out on their own as a duo, even so their romance had come to an end. The duo’s name ‘Eurythmics’ came from a method of teaching music through movement, (Dalcroze eurhythmics) developed by the Swiss musician Emile Jaques-Dalccroze, (1865-1950) Lennox had studied it while a student.

The Eurythmics were active between 1980-1990, and again between 1999-2005, they have also got to together again in 2014, 2019, and 2022, to perform live. They have sold in excess of 75 million records worldwide, with their discography including eight studio Albums released between 1981-1999, and 33 singles released between 1981-2005, there are also two official compilation Albums, one box set, one live Album. and one soundtrack Album available. In the UK, 24 of their singles have reached the top 40, with ‘There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart’) making the Number 1 spot in 1985, while in America on the Billboard Hot 100, 10 of their singles have reached the top 40, with ‘Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This’) making the Number 1 position in 1983, while ‘Here Comes the Rain Again,’ peaked at Number 4.

Ann Lennox was born on December 25th, 1954, in Aberdeen, Scotland, according to the British ‘Official Charts Company,’ she is the most successful female British artist in UK music history, having sold in excess of 80 million records. The American cable television network ‘VH1,’ have named her, ‘The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive,’ In 2015 At the ‘Ivor Novello Awards,’ she was made a fellow of the ‘British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors’ (The Ivors Academy,) becoming the first woman to receive the honour. In 2020 along with her ‘Eurythmics’ partner Dave Stewart, they were inducted into the ‘Songwriters Hall of Fame,’ and the duo were then inducted into the ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’ in 2022. Away from music Annie Lennox has been a public supporter of ‘Amnesty International,’ and ‘Greenpeace’ for many years. In November 2009, she was awarded the ‘Peace Summit Award 2009,’ by the ‘World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates,’ for her engagement in the fight against the HIV pandemic in South Africa. In 2013 the South African Anglican bishop Desmond Tutu (1931-2021) said of Annie Lennox, ‘She is one of those exemplary human beings who chose to put her success in her chosen career to work in order to benefit others. She is a true friend of Africa and of South Africa. Her Aids activism in general, and support for the treatment action campaign in-particular, contributed significantly to turning the pandemic around in our country.’

The solo discography of Annie Lennox includes six studio Albums released between 1992-2014, and 23 singles released between 1988-2017, there is also one official compilation Album, and one soundtrack Album available. In the UK, 10 of her solo singles have reached the top 40, with ‘No More ‘I Love You’s,’ charting the highest at Number 2 in 1995, while in America on the Billboard Hot 100, she has had four top 40 hits, with ‘Put a Little Love in Your Heart’ (with Al Green) peaking the highest at Number 9 in 1988.

‘Here Comes the Rain Again’ was the last of three singles released from the Eurythmics third studio Album ‘Touch,’ from November 1983, the song was co-written by Annie Lennox, and David A. Stewart, who also produced the track. The string arrangements were by Michael Kamen, (1943-2003) who was an American composer, especially of film scores, which were performed on the song by members of the ‘British Philarmonic Orchestra.’ Dave Stewart has said the song was written while he and Annie Lennox were staying at the ‘Mayflower Hotel’ in New York. It was an overcast day, and while Stewart was playing a melancholy melody on his keyboard, Lennox looked out of the window at the grey skies over the New York skyline, and spontaneously sang, ‘Here comes the rain again.’

‘Here Comes the Rain Again’ is probably a song about unrequited love. The narrator wants the one she loves to share the same feelings, but when they don’t, she gets depressed.

‘Here comes the rain again, falling on my head like a memory, falling on my head like a new emotion. I want to walk in the open wind, I want to talk like lovers do. Want to dive into your ocean, is it raining with you?’