About The Song
“Who’s That Girl?” is a song by British pop duo Eurythmics. It was written by band members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart and produced by Stewart.
In the UK, it was released in June 1983, several months in advance of their third studio album Touch (1983), on which the track eventually appeared. In North America, “Who’s That Girl?” was issued as the second single from Touch, and did not appear as a single until April 1984.
Cash Box called it a “real standout cut,” saying it “features the group’s trademark ethereal musical textures and Annie Lennox’s unique vocal stylings.”
The song became Eurythmics’ third top-10 entry on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number three. In the United States, “Who’s That Girl?” was released as the second single from the album (following the top-10 single “Here Comes the Rain Again”), and reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100.The music video for “Who’s That Girl?” features Lennox in the role of a suspecting woman demanding to know with whom her lover has been seen associating. The video became a heavily played clip on MTV, and further showcased Lennox’s gender-bending image. She appears as a nightclub singer performing the song (complete with 1960s-era blonde flip wig) and also as a male member of the audience akin to Elvis Presley (as seen on the cover of the single). At the end of the video, the female Lennox is shown kissing the male Lennox.
Stewart appears in the video, escorted by a number of different women played by a variety of guest stars including Cheryl Baker and Jay Aston of Bucks Fizz, Kiki Dee, Hazel O’Connor, Kate Garner of Haysi Fantayzee and all four members of Bananarama (including Stewart’s future wife, Siobhan Fahey and future group member Jacquie O’Sullivan, who was a member of the band Shillelagh Sisters when the video was filmed, and who would replace Fahey in Bananarama in 1988). The gender-bending pop star Marilyn also makes an appearance in the video as another of Stewart’s escorts. Despite the small role, Marilyn’s appearance proved a high-profile move which helped lead to his own music career later the same year.
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Lyrics
Who’s that girl?
The language of love
Slips from my lover’s tongue
Cooler than ice-cream
And warmer than the sun
Dumb hearts get broken
Just like China cups
The language of love
Has left me broken on the rocks
But there’s just one thing
Just one thing
But there’s just one thing
And I really wanna know
Who’s that girl running around with you?
Tell me, who’s that girl running around with you?
Tell me, who’s that girl running around with you?
Tell me, who’s that girl?
The language of love
Has left me stony grey
Tongue tied and twisted
At the price I’ve had to pay
Your careless notions
Have silenced these emotions
Look at all the foolishness
Your lover’s talk has done
Who’s that girl running around with you?
Tell me, who’s that girl running around with you?
Tell me, who’s that girl?
But there’s just one thing
Just one thing
But there’s just one thing, ooh
Tell me
Tell me
Who’s that girl running around with you?
Tell me, who’s that girl running around with you?
Tell me, who’s that girl running around with you?
Tell me, who’s that girl running around with you?
Tell me
Tell me
Tell me
Tell me