Missionary Man (Eurythmics song)
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| Single by Eurythmics from the album Revenge |
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| Released | Europe: February 1987 | ||||
| Format | 7", 12" | ||||
| Recorded | 1986 | ||||
| Genre | Pop / Rock / R&B | ||||
| Label | RCA | ||||
| Producer | David A. Stewart | ||||
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"Missionary Man" is a song recorded by British pop music duo Eurythmics. The song was written by Eurythmics members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart and produced by Stewart. It appears on their sixth album Revenge. It continues the band's rock/R&B hybrid musical style of the time and received extensive airplay on American rock radio, hitting number one on Billboard magazine's Mainstream Rock Tracks, their only song to top this chart.
"Missionary Man" was also the last significant mainstream hit for Eurythmics in the United States, peaking at number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100, the duo has not climbed into the U.S. Top 20 since. The single peaked at number thirty-one in the UK singles chart and continued the band's Top 10 success in Australia.
The song's music video was another in a long line of innovative clips from Eurythmics. It received heavy play from MTV and featured stop-animation techniques similar to those used in Peter Gabriel's groundbreaking "Sledgehammer" clip. Another prominent feature of the video was the removal of several key frames of film, which produced a jerky, robotic effect.
"Missionary Man" earned the duo a US Grammy award for "Best Rock Vocal Performance - Group".
[edit] Chart performance
| Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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| UK | 31 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 14 |
| U.S. Hot Dance Club Play | 6 |
| U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| Australia | 9 |
| Ireland | 13 |
[edit] Cover versions
- Swedish doom metal band Left Hand Solution recorded a cover of the song in 1999.
- The Dirtbombs, a Detroit garage rock band, released a cover of this song in 2006.
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