EURYTHMICS - LOVE IS A STRANGER
Love Is A Stranger In An Open Car
To Tempt You In And Drive You Far Away
Ooh, Love Is A Stranger In An Open Car
To Tempt You In And Drive You Far Away
And I Want You
And I Want You
And I Want You So
It's An Obsession
And I Want You
And I Want You
And I Want You So
It's An Obsession
Love Is A Danger Of A Different Kind
To Take You Away And Leave You Far Behind
And Love, Love, Love Is A Dangerous Drug
You Have To Receive It And You Still Can't Get Enough Of The Stuff
It's Savage And It's Cruel And It Shines Like Destruction
Comes In Like The Flood And It Seems Like Religion
It's Noble And It's Brutal, It Distorts And Deranges
And It Wrenches You Up And You're Left Like A Zombie
And I Want You
And I Want You
And I Want You So
It's An Obsession
It's Gilt-Edged, Glamorous And Sleek By Design
You Know It's Jealous By Nature, False And Unkind
It's Hard And Restrained And It's Totally Cool
It Touches And It Teases As You Stumble In The Debris
And I Want You
And I Want You
And I Want You So
It's An Obsession
And I Want You
And I Want You
And I Want You So
It's An Obsession
And I Want You
And I Want You
And I Want You So
It's An Obsession
And I Want You
And I Want You
And I Want You So
It's An Obsession
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Annie Lennox, David A. Stewart
Producer(s): David A. Stewart, Adam Williams
Eurythmics Made Some Very Memorable Songs About The Complexities Of Love. In This One, Love Is A Stranger, Sleek By Design, Savage And Cruel. Yet We Can't Get Enough Of It.
Dave Stewart Said That Lyrically, This Song Is A Very Simple Idea. "To Me It's Like A Contemporary Love Song," He Said. "I Don't Mean Written With Contemporary Music But The Lyrics Are How Things Are At The Moment Unlike, Say, The Love Songs Of The '50s. A Lot Of People Nowadays Want To Be Single And Separate. The Song Is A Comment On That."
Eurythmics Were Using Unusual Electronic Instruments At This Time, Including A Yamaha Omnichord That Plays Throughout This Song. Stewart Got One In Japan. He Describes It As A Cross Between A Toy And An Instrument - It's What He Used To Create The Childlike Textures In The Soundscape. For The Steady Beat He Used A More Traditional Instrument: A Roland Sh-01 Synthesizer.
Martha Wainwright Covered This On Her 2008 Album Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too.