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“Who's That Girl?” by Eurythmics
From the album Touch (1983)
“Who's That Girl?” by Eurythmics appears on 14 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1984 and 2005. It was first released in 1983 on the album Touch. Its best result is #74 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1984. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #123 alternative song of 1984 and #2,182 alternative song of all time.
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"Who's That Girl?" slipped out in Britain in July 1983, months before Eurythmics folded it into their third album, Touch, and it's the duo at their most seductively chilly. Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart wrote it together, and Stewart produced it and plays nearly everything in sight: guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, xylophone, even an Appalachian dulcimer. Dean Garcia holds down the bass, Dick Cuthell's cornet, trumpet and flugelhorn add a smoky glow, and Lennox's voice floats over the top, cool and wounded at once, with the two of them stacking the backing vocals.
It gave them their third UK top-10 hit, and in America it followed "Here Comes the Rain Again" as a single in 1984. The video, a heavy MTV favorite, pushed Lennox's gender-bending image even further into the spotlight.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 84 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984 | 106 |
| 1984 | 74 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1984 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 394 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) | 500 |
| 1996 | 388 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) | 498 |
| 1999 | 458 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 1296 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1296 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1304 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1303 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2002 | 687 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1288 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2003 | 1304 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2004 | 1288 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1288 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
Also listed as: Who's That Girl; Who's that Girl; Who's that Girl?.
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