Eurythmics released Touch

Touch Eurythmics

Released: November 14, 1983 Peak: 7 US, 12 UK, 3 CN, 4 AU, 13 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): 1.0 US, 0.3 UK, 1.3 world (includes US + UK) Genre: new wave

Tracks: Click on a song title for more details. Here Comes the Rain Again Regrets Right by Your Side Cool Blue Who’s That Girl? The First Cut Aqua No Fear, No Hate, No Pain, No Broken Hearts Paint a Rumour Total Running Time: 45:30 The Players: Annie Lennox (vocals, keyboards) Dave Stewart (guitar, bass sequencer, drum computer program)

Rating: 4.087 out of 5.00 (average of 15 ratings) Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Album “Eurythmics followed their…breakthrough album Sweet Dreams with the superior Touch, which yielded three hit singles and kept the innovative duo at the forefront of the 1980s British new wave explosion and MTV phenomenon. Mixing cold, hard, synthesized riffs with warm, luscious vocals, the duo crafted some of the most unique and trendsetting music the 1980s had to offer. Subsequent albums found the duo leaning heavier toward straightforward rock – this album found them at the height of their electronic incarnation.” AM Beyond the album’s three singles “other standouts include the seven-and-a-half-minute disco trance of ‘Paint a Rumour,’ the driving ‘The First Cut,’ and the icy, spellbinding, and sparse ‘No Fear No Hate No Pain (No Broken Hearts).’” AM “The cool, sophisticated musical experimentalism all over Touch cemented Eurythmics’ reputation as one of the most innovative duos of their time; the hit singles solidified their reputation as dependable 1980s hitmakers and MTV mainstays. Touch is a testament to what Eurythmics were at the height of their electronic-techno phase and, without doubt, is a milestone in 1980s pop music.” AM The Songs Here’s a breakdown of each of the individual songs.

Here Comes the Rain Again Eurythmics

Writer(s): Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart Released: 1/13/84 (single), Touch (1983), Greatest Hits (1991), Live 1983-1989 (1993), Ultimate Collection (2005) B Side: “Paint a Rumour” Peak: 4 BB, 5 CB, 3 GR, 4 RR, 6 AC, 8 AR, 2 CO, 8 UK, 7 CN, 16 AU, 3 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- US, 0.20 UK Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 184.56 streaming

Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Song: “Here Comes the Rain Again” “is a melodramatic opus, complete with pre-techno beats, sweeping strings, and Annie Lennox’s rushing, cool vocals.” AM It shows how the Eurythmics achieved success via Dave “Stewart’s innovative approach to pop songs and Lennox’s soul-bearing singing.” TC The song found the duo moving on “from the synth-pop of earlier records with the addition of a string section.” TC The song also uses “a quirky arrangement with its absence of a chorus” TC and employs “a melody that borrows from torch songs but doesn’t quite go to the same places.” TC Dave and Annie wrote the song in New York at the Mayflower Hotel. It reflects on her experiences with anxiety and depression. She said, “I lived like that for years, sort of verging on suicide…No matter how much you want to get out of that sort of thing, or who much help you get, it’s a very hard thing to crack…But…with a bit of luck and a lot of grit, you can also turn them into something creative.” TC

Regrets Eurythmics

Writer(s): Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart Released: Touch (1983) Peak: 23 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.74 streaming About the Song: A

Right by Your Side Eurythmics

Writer(s): Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart Released: 10/23/83 (single), Touch (1983), Greatest Hits (1991), Live 1983-1989 (1993), Ultimate Collection (2005) B Side: “Right by Your Side (Party Mix)” Peak: 29 BB, 30 CB, 33 GR, 28 RR, 38 AC, 5 CO, 10 UK, 39 CN, 15 AU, 6 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 3.27 streaming About the Song: “’Right by Your Side," finds the duo in a cheerful, Caribbean-inspired mode.” AM

Cool Blue Eurythmics

Writer(s): Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart Released: Touch (1983) Peak: 15 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.72 streaming About the Song: A

Who’s That Girl? Eurythmics

Writer(s): Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart Released: 7/1/83 (single), Touch (1983), Greatest Hits (1991), Live 1983-1989 (1993), Ultimate Collection (2005) B Side: “You Take Some Lentils and You Take Some Rice,” “ABC (Freeform)” Peak: 21 BB, 21 CB, 15 GR, 16 RR, 5 CO, 3 UK, 15 CN, 20 AU, 4 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 6.59 streaming About the Song: “The soulful ‘Who’s That Girl’ is an icy, steamy throwback to the torch songs of yesteryear, with Lennox oozing sensuality from every syllable emitted from her lips.” AM

The First Cut Eurythmics

Writer(s): Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart Released: Touch (1983) Peak: 30 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.66 streaming About the Song: A

Aqua Eurythmics

Writer(s): Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart Released: Touch (1983) Peak: 39 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.56 streaming About the Song: A

No Fear, No Hate, No Pain, No Broken Hearts Eurythmics

Writer(s): Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart Released: Touch (1983) Peak: 27 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.02 streaming About the Song: A

Paint a Rumour Eurythmics

Writer(s): Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart Released: Touch (1983) Peak: 30 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.39 streaming About the Song: A

Resources/References: AM AllMusic.com review of Touch by Jose F. Promis TC Toby Creswell (2005). 1001 Songs: The Great Songs of All Time. Thunder’s Mouth Press: New York, NY. Page 184. RL Ross Larkin (2026). Eurythmics: Song by Song. Fonthill: Great Britain. Related DMDB Pages: First posted 6/12/2026.