Love Is A Stranger - Musique

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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 Suzuki Omnichord 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 Male Transvestite.
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.