Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves

"Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves"

One cover for the single release
Single by Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin
from the album Be Yourself Tonight and Who's Zoomin' Who?
Released October 1985
Format 7" single, 12" single, cassette single
Recorded 1985;
United Sound Systems [1][2]
Detroit, Michigan
Genre Pop rock, soul
Length 5:52 (album version)
4:29 (single version)
Label RCA Records
Songwriter(s) Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart
Producer(s) David A. Stewart
Eurythmics singles chronology
"There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)"
(1985)		 "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves"
(1985)		 "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)"
(1986)

"There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)"
(1985)		 "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves"
(1985)		 "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)"
(1986)
Aretha Franklin singles chronology
"Who's Zoomin' Who"
(1985) Who's Zoomin' Who1985		 "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves"
(1985) Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves1985		 "Another Night"
(1986) Another Night1986
Music video
"Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" by Eurythmics on YouTube

"Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" is a 1985 song recorded as a duet by the British pop duo Eurythmics and American soul/R&B singer Aretha Franklin. It was released as a single by RCA Records in October 1985, and was featured on both Eurythmics' Be Yourself Tonight and Franklin's Who's Zoomin' Who? albums.

Background

"Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" is considered to be a modern feminist anthem and was written by Eurythmics' Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart. They had originally intended to duet with Tina Turner, who was unavailable at the time and so the duo approached Aretha Franklin instead.

The song was highly successful, reaching #9 on the UK Singles Chart and #18 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It also peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.

The track also features three of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers; Stan Lynch on drums, Benmont Tench on organ, and Mike Campbell on lead guitar, plus session bassist Nathan East.

Music video

This music video was taped at Detroit's Music Hall. The video is interspersed with clips from old black and white films, including 1962's A Kind of Loving. The video uses the single version of the song, as opposed to the album version.

Track listings

7"

12"

Cover versions

Credits

Eurythmics
Additional personnel

Live cover performances

Chart performance

Chart (1985-86) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 15
Belgian Singles Chart 17
Canadian Singles Chart[6] 33
Dutch Singles Chart[7] 17
German Singles Chart[8] 22
Irish Singles Chart[9] 5
New Zealand Singles Chart[10] 6
Polish Singles Chart 29
Swiss Singles Chart[11] 20
UK Singles Chart[12] 9
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[13] 18
U.S. Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs Chart[13] 10
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales Chart[14] 36

References

  1. ↑ "United Sound Systems » Museum » Detroit's Musical History". unitedsoundsystemsrecordingstudios.com. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  2. ↑ "SoulfulDetroit - United Sound Systems - Great Soul Music Recording Studios of Detroit". soulfuldetroit.com. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  3. ↑ HazellDean.net Archived July 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ "Kylie and Dannii Minogue Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  5. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 105. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between 1983 and 19 June 1988.
  6. ↑ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  7. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  8. ↑ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche". musicline.de. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  9. ↑ Jaclyn Ward. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  10. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  11. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  12. ↑ "ChartArchive - Eurythmics And Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves". Chartstats.com. 1986-01-25. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  13. 1 2 http://www.billboard.com/artist/301929/eurythmics/chart?f=359
  14. ↑ Eurythmics. "Eurythmics - Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
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