| "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)" | ||||
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| Single by Eurythmics | ||||
| from the album Be Yourself Tonight | ||||
| B-side | Tous les garçons et les filles | |||
| Released | December 1985 | |||
| Format | 7", 12" | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Pop / Rock / Synthpop | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | David A. Stewart | |||
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"It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)" is a song recorded by pop music duo Eurythmics. It was released as the fourth and final single from their album Be Yourself Tonight. Written by band members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart, the track's distinctive brass arrangement was devised by Michael Kamen. The recording was produced by Stewart.
"It's Alright" was a slight return by Eurythmics to the electronic-based sounds of their earlier albums. Driven by a subtle drum machine track, Lennox sings a straightforward ode to a lover returning to her after a long absence. The instrumental passages feature some elaborate multitracked harmony guitar parts from Stewart. The song's music video, directed by Willy Smax, was a mix of live shots with computer animation, an innovative look for a music video in the mid 1980s. At the start of the music video Lennox can be seen lying on a bed experiencing an out-of-body experience.
The single was a Top 20 hit in the UK, where it peaked at number twelve (Eurythmics' tenth Top 40 hit in the UK singles chart). The song was not a success in the United States, stalling at number seventy-eight on the Billboard Hot 100.
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12"
| Chart (1985/1986) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Singles Chart[1] | 14 |
| Belgian Singles Chart[2] | 25 |
| Canadian Singles Chart[3] | 37 |
| Dutch Singles Chart[4] | 21 |
| French Singles Chart[5] | 17 |
| German Singles Chart[6] | 22 |
| Irish Singles Chart[7] | 8 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[8] | 18 |
| Polish Singles Chart[9] | 28 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[10] | 23 |
| UK Singles Chart[11] | 12 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12] | 78 |
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