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“Thorn In My Side” by Eurythmics
From the album Revenge (1986)
“Thorn In My Side” by Eurythmics appears on 12 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1986 and 2006. It was first released in 1986 on the album Revenge. Its best result is #62 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #147 alternative song of 1986 and #2,318 alternative song of all time.
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"Thorn in My Side" was the second single from Revenge, Eurythmics' fifth studio album, in 1986, and it finds Annie Lennox showing a cheating lover the door with a smile that could cut glass. She and Dave Stewart wrote it, Stewart produced it, and the band behind them is pure bar-room muscle: Clem Burke on drums, John McKenzie on bass, Pat Seymour on keys and Jimmy Z blowing harmonica.
Billboard caught a whiff of mid-'60s London in it, filtered through a knowing wink rather than straight nostalgia. That's the charm: a bouncy, sunny pop-rock tune wrapped around a lyric full of bile. It gave the duo their ninth UK top-10 single and peaked at number five there, their last visit to the top 10, while in America it stalled at 68.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 62 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1141 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1144 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1147 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2001 | 414 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2002 | 1146 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1131 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1131 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2004 | 421 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
| 2005 | 1131 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2005 | 406 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 428 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
Also listed as: Thorn in My Side.
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