Never Gonna Cry Again

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"Never Gonna Cry Again"
"Never Gonna Cry Again" cover
Single by Eurythmics
from the album In the Garden
Released May 1981
Format 7", 12"
Recorded 1981
Genre New Wave, Pop-Rock, Psychedelic
Length
Label RCA
Producer(s) Conny Plank & Eurythmics
Chart positions
  • #63 UK
Eurythmics singles chronology
"Never Gonna Cry Again"
(1981)
"Belinda"
(1981)

"Never Gonna Cry Again" was the debut single release from Eurythmics, taken from their debut album In the Garden. It achieved little commercial success, especially compared to Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart's previous hits with The Tourists.

The sleeve design featured an eerie picture of Lennox made up to look like a gargoyle.

Co-produced by respected krautrock producer Conny Plank, the recordings also featured two members of krautrock band Can.

The song "Never Gonna Cry Again" was a moody, melancholic, minor-key number. It is notable for containing a flute solo, one of the few times that Lennox, who was extremely proficient on the instrument, studying it at the prestigious Royal College of Music in London, was to use the instrument in her pop career. The song also is based around a reggae style bass line, a musical trait that numerous new wave bands experimented with at the time.

The single B-side, "Le Sinistre", is an experimental piece, featuring musical arrangements more akin to a horror movie soundtrack than a pop record.

[edit] Personnel

  • Annie Lennox: vocals, keyboards/synthesizer, flute
  • David A. Stewart: guitar, bass guitar
  • Jackie Liebzeit (of Can): drums
  • Holgar Czukay (of Can): French horn and walking
  • visitations by Les Vampirettes
Eurythmics
Annie Lennox | David A. Stewart
Eurythmics discography
Albums/EPs: In the Garden | Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) | Touch | Touch Dance | 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) | Be Yourself Tonight
Revenge | Savage | We Too Are One | Peace
Compilations: Greatest Hits | Live 1983-1989 | Ultimate Collection
Box Set: Boxed
Singles: Never Gonna Cry Again | Belinda | This Is the House | The Walk | Love Is a Stranger | Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) | Who's That Girl? | Right By Your Side | Here Comes the Rain Again | Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four) | Julia | Would I Lie to You? | There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart) | Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves | It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back) | When Tomorrow Comes | Missionary Man | Thorn in My Side | The Miracle of Love | Beethoven (I Love to Listen to) | Shame | I Need a Man | You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart | Revival | Don't Ask Me Why | The King and Queen of America | Angel | (My My) Baby's Gonna Cry | I Saved the World Today | 17 Again | I've Got a Life
Video/DVD: Sweet Dreams - The Video Album | Revenge Tour | Savage (Video Album) | We Two Are One Too | Greatest Hits | Peace Tour | Ultimate Collection