Never Gonna Cry Again

May 1981

Never Gonna Cry Again is a song by British pop duo Eurythmics. It was written by Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox and released in May 1981 as the first single from the duo. It reached only in the UK singles chart, where it is listed at number 63. The song is a catchy electro-pop song and is based on a simple and catchy bass line.

Recordings

The song was recorded from 2 to 6 January 1981 at the studio of Conny Plank in Cologne, produced by Plank and Stewart. On the recordings, several former members of Can and DAF next to the Eurythmics were involved. In the credits also Les Vampyrettes as for the sound effects are responsible named. Behind Conny Plank and Holger Czukay, who later published the singles Biomutanten and portent under this name hide.

Publication, promotion

It was published in May 1981 via RCA Records. On the B - side was the macabre Le Sinistre, which is about a séance. In October 1981, it appeared as the seventh title of the debut album, In the Garden. To promote the single, the Eurythmics were at The Old Grey Whistle Test on BBC TV in the cast Annie Lennox (vocals), Dave Stewart ( synthesizer), Clem Burke ( drums), Roger Pomphrey (guitar) and Penny Tobin (keyboard) on. During the gig Annie Lennox played a flute solo, one of the rare occasions when she showed her skills on this instrument, which she had learned in her youth to play. Shortly after the performance exploded at a club in Northern Ireland a bomb, and on the cover of an English newspaper a politician was shown that held the cover of the single at the camera because it was being played at the time of the explosion.

As a promotional measure, a music video was filmed in February 1981 at the south coast of England. In addition to Stewart and Lennox Holger Czukay and Jaki Liebezeit participated. The highlight of the atmospheric videos were the reverse effects, the bone- dry could rise from the sand Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart from the waves. The video also shows a king and a courtesan reading a burning newspaper and join us for a tea party to Lennox and Stewart. The video ends by Annie Lennox weeping leaves the party and goes back into the sea. However, the videos in the UK was never allowed to be shown officially, because Czukay and Liebezeit were not German as a member of the British Musicians' Union.