Nothing characterizes the synth pop music of the ‘80s quite like Eurythmics. Even if you've never heard of the quirky band, chances are you've sung along to the band's mystical pop song "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)." The London-based duo comprised of vocalist Annie Lennox and instrumentalist Dave Stewart has balanced an equally successful U.K. / U.S. career, heavily famed in both countries. Eurythmics released a large number of albums and singles that crawled up the pop charts from 1983 to 1999, even prevailing with a Grammy Award in 1986 for the song "Missionary Man."Lennox and Stewart met while studying at the Royal Academy of Music and quickly became both lovers and band mates in the group Catch with Coombes, which soon thereafter evolved into the Tourists in 1979. Along with the end of Lennox and Stewart's romantic relationship came the termination of the Tourists, but the duo stuck it out and eventually created the group Eurythmics. Starting anew with electronic robotic-sounding synthesized beats, Eurythmics released its debut album, 1981's In the Garden. The album was somewhat a flop, and the group's music eventually became more mainstreamed, but not before releasing the 1983 hit song "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This,)" off the album of the same name. Successive hit albums Touch, Be Yourself Tonight and Revenge led to massive amounts of success in both the U.K. and the U.S., but after peaking in 1985 the dominance of Eurythmics started to crumble. Choosing to get out while still ahead, Lennox and Stewart began pursuing solo interests. Stewart went on to produce late ‘80s/early ‘90s legends Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Mick Jagger, while Lennox sampled the acting world before embarking on a solo music career of her own. Eurythmics came together to release one more album, We Too Are One, in 1989, and, out of a twist of fate, the group reconvened in 1999, releasing one more album, Peace, the same year.
