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 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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Track listings [edit]
7"
- A: "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)"
- B: "Conditioned soul"
12"
- A: "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)"
- B1: "Conditioned soul"
- B2: "Tous les garçons et les filles"
Music Video [edit]
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. The video tells the story of Annie Lennox being in a car accident at the beginning of the video and her partner, David A. Stewart, is so connected to her that he can instantly tell that something is wrong and immediately travels from the Orient to get to her. She is seen lying in a hospital bed with a heart monitor in the background. She performs the song as an out of body experience or a spirit, if you will. The main focus of the video is Stewart's race to get by Lennox's side, which he finally does by the end of the video. When he opens the door to her hospital room, her eyes instantly pop wide open and the two embrace and then turn into pieces of abstract animation.
Chart performance [edit]
| 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[2] | 28 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[9] | 23 |
| UK Singles Chart[10] | 12 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11] | 78 |
References [edit]
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Eurythmics - It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
- ^ a b "Song artist 244 - The Eurythmics". Tsort.info. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
- ^ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Eurythmics - It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
- ^ "InfoDisc : Tout les Titres par Artiste". Infodisc.fr. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Jaclyn Ward - Fireball Media Group - http://www.fireballmedia.ie. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Eurythmics - It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Eurythmics - It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
- ^ "ChartArchive - Eurythmics - It's All Right (Baby's Coming Back)". Chartstats.com. 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/artist/301929/eurythmics/chart?f=379
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