“Here Comes The Rain Again” by Eurythmics holds up well 36 years later

IMO, it's their best song.

Never cared for this song. I've never been able to determine what it's saying, exactly. It's like "Blowin' in the Wind": poetic-sounding fluff that doesn't add up to anything. "Falling on my head like a--" what is it? New emotion? What the fuck?

I think this song is getting re-discovering? Someone I know from Iran who was probably not alive when this song came out is a fan.

Great song. As are many Eurythmics’ tunes.

This is probably their best song, arguably better than "Sweet Dreams". The video, shot in the Orkneys was very atmospheric.

The shot of her outside at night with her light walking with nothing but space gives me anxiety.

I hate large open spaces like that where you can walk for hours and feel like you’re still nowhere.

How do you "forget a song existed"? What a fucking moron.

Love the Eurythmics so much -- and I believe they're due for a resurgence, a ABBA Gold + Mamma Mia type revival.

I'll take anything Anne did over the sh*t Madonna is auto-tuning our way. Forgot OP? Are you living in a cave, or just a self prescribed bubble?

Never was big on this one. Love is a Stranger is my favorite from that era.

God, I'm old.

I always loved this one. The video was played a ton on MTV and other video shows at the time.

I listened to this song on an MP3 today and was thinking to myself...I wonder what Millenials who've never heard it and never heard of the Eurythmics would think of it if they had no idea it was "old". -- I bet you they would like it! I think it's great. It holds up.

I like "Here Comes..." but my absolute favorite by them was "Would I Lie To You". Annie rocks it out, and the video (with Stephen Bauer) was perfection.

This is such a good song.

It is a great song, as many of theirs are...but LOVE IS A STRANGER is my favorite.

Eurythmics had a string of solid hits. Funny enough, the first hit is their worst. Sweet Dreams is a synth-pop repetitive piece of dreck - and their initial popularity had a lot to do with her gender bending suit and orange crew cut.

But - the rest of their collection is really quite good. Who's that Girl? Right by Your Side, I need a Man, Would I Lie to You, Missionary Man, Sexcrime, It's Alright - Baby's Coming Back, You Have Place a Chill in My Heart, 17 Again

They all stand the test of time. I feel like they don't get the respect they deserve.

It's a great song. It almost makes up for "Sweet Dreams" still getting overplayed to the point of annoyance.

[quote]Right by Your Side

That's a good one

Love this one

Great song, great group.

GODDAMN, Thirty-six years!

DL's Eurythmics Stans have become more OCD than that dreadful Belinda Carlisle Stan.

Kinda similar, but I like this song better.

I'm with you, [R2]--about the "poetic" lyrics that are just blather....also agree about "Blowin' in the Wind": high-school poetry at best. They both sound like they mean something, but...

The Eurhythmics are one of the best bands/groups of the era. Never tacky or cheap sounding---their music has held up over time, good videos (important then) and a singer with a VOICE and CHARISMA.

Who wrote the music, the lyrics? We're they a couple?

We are they?

I love the Freemasons Club mix of this song!

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I wonder if they are interesting enough to get the Queen, Elton John treatment with a bio pic movie introducing their music catalog to a whole new generation?

R31 no because they don’t have a built in fan base as large as those two do.

Look at the sales and tour records for Queen and Elton and then do that for them.

Songs tend to hold up better if they are outside the current trend/sound of the time they are released. That way, they aren't as quickly "aged" by a connection to a specific period. Eurythmics were part of the New Wave, but stood apart from others in instrumentation and style. And let me add another vote for "Love Is A Stranger" as a top favorite, with maybe "Angel" at number two.

I always loved Julia from 1984. Sex Crime from that soundtrack is also good. I read recently she isn’t interested in touring or doing Eurythmics music. I can’t remember exactly how she put it, but that was the upshot.

R31 it could make for a more thoughtful, beautiful film.

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I'd rather pay to see a movie about Shannon!

I love both Eurythmics and Shannon! Both "Sweet Dreams" and "Let the Music Play" were those songs that sounded like *nothing else* on the radio at the time when they were released - kind of like "I Feel Love", another one of those songs that made you stop doing whatever you were doing when you heard them for the very first time.

very nice, r30, thanks

I'm millennial but this track ranks somewhere in my favorites. For those who don't get it, I interpret it to mean unrequited love. A pensive sadness represented by the rain. Has no one had those moments, or days? I have, with literal rain walks along with fantastical rumination about what my relationship really was with certain men.

The song also emotionally implies to me that none of the fantasy will come true. We have to deal with it. We're fine. But here comes the rain again, like its a new emotion.

I like "There Must Be an Angel Playing with My Heart," esp. this version from "Live on Parkinson."

"Here Comes The Rain Again" is the best! I bought the 12" single when I was in high school. Yes, it still sounds great today, OP.

Always thought the strings on this were really cool

Jennifer, in your dress of deepest purple

Any Associates fans on DL?

R2, the song was written by Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart and it is about the onset of depression or melancholy. The speaker feels that wave of negativity coming, so they're reaching out to a sympathetic friend or lover to ride it out with her.

Brilliant song

It's the same song as "Sweet Dreams" Just like Solitare was a reworking of Gloria and The Love You Save was a reworking of ABC.

[quote]Eurythmics had a string of solid hits.

Not in the USA they only had three hits, "Sweet Dreams," "Here Comes The Rain Again," and "Would I Lie To You."

The rest were usually in the low 20s or less.

R48 breaking Top 40 makes it a hit

I don't know why but this song creeped me out when I was a kid.

R50 it’s probably the video

My favorites songs are Love is a Stranger, Would I Lie to You, Missionary Man and Don’t Ask Me Why. I still listen to The Eurythmics and have many of their best hits on my phone. I never get tired of Annie and David.

They had a new CD out almost every year I was in high-school & college...I bought them all.

Saw them in concert in 1989.

Tons of great songs...still hold up.

I always found Annie Lennox weird.

The Eurythmics ruled the '80s. As soon as the '90s came... that was it. It's too bad but at least their output was consistently of high quality.

Savage is an amazing album.

Wow...you listen to this and you're instantly reminded of just how shitty and unsophisticated music is today in comparison.

The Eurythmics? And a special oh dear to R26!

Eurythmics are phenomenal. So many good songs that weren't even hits - When Tomorrow Comes, Conditioned Soul, The Last Time, Adrian. Here Comes The Rain Again is great, so haunting. Don't Ask Me Why, Love Is A Stranger, It's Alright Baby's Coming Back are fantastic.

Eurythmics are often referred to as "The" Eurythmics.

Good morning, all!

It’s a Brand New Day.

I like the spin Madonna did on it.

Ugh, way to derail a thread R63

How did OP “forget this song existed”? There are so many songs I loved but years of radio over-saturation have killed them. Objectively, I love Here Comes the Rain Again but I don’t necessarily need to hear it again like countless other 80’s hits. I prefer their deep cuts, like When Tomorrow Comes, The Last Time, Right By Your Side, Must Be An Angel, etc.

The Last Time was used to great effect in Outrageous Fortune.

Great song. One of their best.

Your target plays music? Mine is always dead silent.

"Beethoven" is a favorite of mine, the song and the video. The entire "Savage" album is fantastic.

R68 yes, mine started playing music. It used to be dead silent but now it’s not.

You just can’t get sick of this song. Amazing.

There's nothing like an English summer.

Don’t forget I NEED A MAN... love the Rolling Stones feel of the guitar rift in this and the sly parody of Mick Jagger’s stage moves.

Love Annie!