Love Is a Stranger

"Love Is a Stranger"
Picture sleeve of original 1980s UK and US releases
Single by Eurythmics
from the album Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
B-side"Monkey Monkey"
Released8 October 1982
Recorded1982
GenreSynth-pop
Length3:43
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • David A. Stewart
  • Adam Williams
Eurythmics singles chronology
"The Walk"
(1982)
"Love Is a Stranger"
(1982)
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
(1983)
Eurythmics singles chronology
"(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry"
(1990)
"Love Is a Stranger"
(1991)
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
(1991)
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"Love Is a Stranger" is a song by the British pop duo Eurythmics. It is the opening track off their second album, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This). Originally released in October 1982, the single peaked outside the top 50 in the UK, but it was re-released in 1983, reaching the top 20 in several countries, including number six in the UK. The single was re-released again in 1991, to promote Eurythmics' Greatest Hits album.

Both the 7-inch single and the 12-inch single were backed by "Monkey Monkey" as a B-side; the 12-inch single also included "Let's Just Close Our Eyes", a song that borrowed musical elements from "The Walk", which was the second single from Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This.