The King and Queen of America
| "The King and Queen of America" | |
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| Song |
"The King and Queen of America" is a song recorded by pop music duo Eurythmics. It was written by group members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart and produced by Stewart with Jimmy Iovine. The track appears on their album We Too Are One and was released as the album's third UK single in January 1990.
The song's music video showed Lennox and Stewart in a variety of costumes and settings which parodied various aspects of American pop culture, including a game show host and hostess, singing cowboy and cowgirl à la Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, and Ronald and Nancy Reagan.
Although not released as a single in the United States, "The King and Queen of America" received a fair amount of airplay on MTV.
Chart performance
| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA Chart)[1] | 72 |
| Belgian Singles Chart[citation needed] | 16 |
| Dutch Singles Chart[2] | 38 |
| French Singles Chart[3] | 98 |
| German Singles Chart[4] | 51 |
| Irish Singles Chart[5] | 23 |
| Japanese Singles Chart[citation needed] | 62 |
| Polish Singles Chart[citation needed] | 31 |
| UK Singles Chart[6] | 29 |
Official Versions
- LP Version (4:34)
- Dance Mix (6:14)
- Dub Mix (4:52)
B-side: See No Evil (non-LP track) (4:10)
References
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Eurythmics - The King And Queen Of America". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
- ^ "InfoDisc : Tout les Titres par Artiste". infodisc.fr. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
- ^ musicline.de / PhonoNet GmbH. "Chartverfolgung / Eurythmics / Single". musicline.de. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
- ^ Jaclyn Ward - Fireball Media Group. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
- ^ "EURYTHMICS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 9 November 2016.