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Belinda (song)

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"Belinda"
Single by Eurythmics
from the album In The Garden
B-side"Heartbeat, Heartbeat"
Released21 August 1981[1]
Recorded1981
GenreNew wave
Length3:58
LabelRCA Records
Songwriter(s)Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart,
Producer(s)Conny Plank & Eurythmics
Eurythmics singles chronology
"Never Gonna Cry Again"
(1981)
"Belinda"
(1981)
"This Is the House"
(1982)
Audio
"Belinda (Remastered Version)" on YouTube

"Belinda" is a 1981 music recording by the British new wave duo Eurythmics. It was the band's second single, and the second of two singles to be taken from their debut album In the Garden.

Background

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The single, which was released only in the UK, was not a commercial success and failed to chart. It received some airplay on BBC Radio 1 and Radio Luxembourg, and spent two weeks as a "breaker" on the Record Business Airplay Guide chart in August 1981.[2][3] No music video was made for the single.

The song was co-produced by Conny Plank and featured members of Can, and also Robert Görl of D.A.F.

The B-side, "Heartbeat, Heartbeat" was exclusive to this single, though it was later included on the remastered version of In The Garden in 2005.

Personnel

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"Belinda"

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"Heartbeat, Heartbeat"

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  • Ann Lennox: vocals
  • Dave Stewart: guitars, bass guitar
  • Jürgen Zeltinger: heart attack
  • Robert Görl: drums
  • Jaki Liebezeit, Holgar Czukay, Marcus Stockhausen: brass

UK 7": A. Belinda (LP Version) 4:01 B: Heartbeat Heartbeat (Non-LP Track) 2:06

References

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  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 14.
  2. ^ "Airplay Guide". Record Business. Vol. 4, no. 23. 24 August 1981. p. 15. ISSN 0144-0691.
  3. ^ "Airplay Guide". Record Business. Vol. 4, no. 24. 31 August 1981. p. 19. ISSN 0144-0691.