eurythmics "the walk"

[aramanth]

Unbelievable that this is from an album that was recorded on a tape machine in warehouse!

I read that they were working in a space above a picture frame shop. So they took old picture frames and slammed them against the wall recording the effect. This is how they achieved the clap effect in some of the early songs.... because they couldn't afford a claptrap to do it for them!

[mcleodhighlander1]

So glad I stumbled across this vid. Thank you for adding it to you tube. Great to see some of their early stuff, which I have never seen before. Annie - hot as ever. I like the brunette look!

[sasssyy]

anybody who has the cover made by the Swedish band T-10 made in the early 90´s... a band with a wonderful singer from Skara Emma.....something..what happened to them??

[n0kturna1]

Fantastic.. thank you so much for saving this gem from oblivion...

[JoseTwitterFan]

I'm guessing somewhere in 1982 because they released the single in June of that year.

[ramacure]

que bien que suena el tema

[MissLuellaBelle]

OK. So is this really Dave and Annie? I'm asking since you made this in film school. Did you actually get to work with them?  Great video either way though.

[klaskatt]

@MissLuellaBelle Yeah its Dave & Annie, if you don´t see that you are blind as a bat :)

[TheKitboyd]

My favourite song of all time - so dark and sad. Let's just close our eyes...

[dumbthings1970]

This is amazing....thank you for sharing.

[stellaviolens]

Between I'm never.....and Love is a stranger. 2nd single off Sweet Dreams I think

My fave off Sweet Dreams . This marks for me the short time before the LP was out and they became a massive hit.

[bigpoluka]

They're forever FLAWLESS!

[bouncedone]

was this video made after Never gonna cry again or after love is a stranger ?

[CaletheMrActor]

After Never Gonna Cry Again. Around the same time as Love Is A Stranger

[Djtonystewart]

What I want is the real thing!! So dope...

[arnold2001nl]

Wow! I was obsessed by this song as a teenager. Finally I see the video. Thanks! Annie got better and better in the next years.

The chorus is slightly different from the track on the Sweet Dreams-album.

By the way, the trumpet solo was played by Dick Cuthell who also played all horns on the 'Touch' album.

[bwbasicwoman]

This is amazing - regardless of the U-matic quality, this is a real treat. It's always been one of my favorite Eurythmics tracks too.

[terryjfisher]

Wow...what a trip. I am a huge Eurythmics junkie, have been for well over 27 years, and I never knew about this video. Thanks for posting!  And I agree with everyone's comments, that this is an era of pop music that is long gone and will be sorely missed. I feel sad that our "young people" will never get a chance to be a part of such a cool and valid musical movement as this.

[SailorCire]

Thanks for posting :D

[dot4design]

This song is fabulous......Love it.....MORE '80´s music on my channel!!!!!

[lurch321]

Did MTV ever actually air this??

[bouncedone]

when is this video filmed ? year/month ?

[johnson9dantheman]

I bet it must have been an honour to work with Annie and David when filming this video!

[BabyDillGerkin]

wow - i don't think i've ever seen this and i'm a big, big fan -- thanks for posting - great!

[009firefox]

One of my most beloved songs by Annie and Dave.

Dark, mysterious, unreal. Love it. Sad - these times of (pop)music have gone forever.

[luiggighetti46]

@009firefox it's really hard to say that these times have gone forever, and you're right. god I wish pop was still cool enough nowadays instead of this rubbish rap/hip hop

[RobDeManc]

Popstars these days don't want to do anything as dark and mysterious as this, they just wanna show us their tits and ass.

[009firefox]

I agree- how boring most of the (pop)music business has become. Total lack of creativity and diversity, individuality. Nothing left to imagine. Just tits and ass most of the time. Sad.

[poohpoohcaca]

Yeah I agree, without showing tits and ass, alot of these female performers would never sell music, aka Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, etc, not even close to Annie Lennox. Don't get me wrong, Annie is attractive too, even with short hair u can see that, she was always about the music, and not sex appeal.

[dumbthings1970]

@RobDeManc so true....it is so disheartening the path that music has taken.

[poohpoohcaca]

Awesome, let me get this straight the person who posted the video made it himself in film school? Or is it a official music video for the song. Please let me know, either way it's fantastic. No way of telling the difference.

[nonbreeder]

I wonder if this can be remastered and preserved, thus saving it forever? It is an extremely rare treasure.

[mzchannel]

Absolutely fantastic! She looks cool in this trench coat. Pity it's not on any DVD.

[stellaviolens]

1 knew it was a single but could never find it.

The video is a very nice surprise. Wish the song was longer. My fav song from Sweet Dreams. Sounds different to the album .

[eloquentwithrage]

Wow, great to see this. I love being surprised after so many years like this...

[bextorboy82]

I love this song---and the video is intelligent too!

[aramanth]

A long time ago.... I saw a picture of Annie in a long black wig and wearing a gray trench-coat. I always loved that pic and now I know it from a video to my favorite song by the Eurythmics!! U have always loved "The Walk".....the sound of the wind at the beginning, the harmonies, and that horn which many thought was Dave's synth program but was a real musician, forgot his name...oh wait, Dick Cuthell on horns and trumpet solo!

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[petie71]

ERMAGOD! I had no idea this was a single let alone there was a video for it. I love the look of it. It looks like a video from now made to look like an old 80s video. The scratches and graininess go along with the feel and mood of the song.

[spacyfreak]

Genius meets genius.

Genius.

[urthmx4evr]

Thanks for posting this. It is superb. Annie looks very dramatic with the long dark wig. Dave, as always, makes me smile (the newspaper would not behave for him). Interesting about Sophie Muller being a classmate of yours. So glad this survived the years.

[Cicilo1983]

Thank you so much for digging out this amazing music video and for making it available. "The Walk" might be the band's most underrated single, but ironically it's one of their most brilliant songs ever. Thank you thank you thank you !

[JosefvonField]

This is such a surprise! I fully agree with Herbalpudding (?) in their comment. Interesting to see also that all the elements are here for the future too e.g. double personality as in Sophie Muller's shots for the Savage albums (Beethoven/I need a man). Thanks for posting this pure gem!!!

[GothicSymphony]

annie looks good with long hair !!!

shes so ebautifl !! amazing voice

[andiregensburg]

thank you very much!! the amazing voice of annie and the easy but fantastic pictures of a cool decade

[meak911]

Beautiful

[Taxgirl38]

Thanks for posting this extremely rare video !!!

[brianwould]

hey , the no-money but making a video thing is still happening! I'm doing it!!

[pauls1969]

Unbelievable! Had no idea this existed. Superb

[BionicPepsi]

Wonderful.

[herbalpudding]

Honestly, this video seeing the light of day is a testament to the power and possibility of the internet. Thank you! This video really captures the zeitgeist of the times -- not just the minimal, lonely, industrial 80's aesthetic but also the notion of celebrity. An up-and-coming band had a college film student do a music video with no money and no distribution -- today this only would happen on a reality tv show! I miss the old days!

[OhNoItIsNathan]

Amazing! Thanks for posting this ultra-rarity.

[TallulahDahling]

This is well worth restoring!

Perhaps a wealthy Eurythmic fan {or Eurythmic} could help out?

Even if the end result is a little airbrushed on Annie's pores @ 2:43 which I love because it is real. Does the original footage remain somewhere?

This is still one of my favourite sax pieces in any song.

Thanks for posting! Are you still working in the same field zynsk?

[moutard111]

11761

[moutard111]

yeah i done the walk one to many times

Bravo annie & dave still luv ya!

[bcd62092]

Sophie Muller. And she was the one who designed the cover for Greatest Hits.

I love this song and the Sweet Dreams album and all the video that go with it. I Could Give you a Mirror is another great one I wish I could find the video for.

[spacyfreak]

...all i want is the real thing...

Yeah Mrs. Lenox, this IS REAL.

A real masterpice.

Thanx.

[spacyfreak]

Simple is good.

Excellent song, superb voice, unbelieveable quality pop-art is this, one of the best you can get in this part of the galaxy.

What a voice, what a voice. Lenox is simply divine. Can you find any character which could be compared to this? I simply cant...

Unique. Thats why it will last forever.

[ToulouseLR]

Great video! Thanks for loading it up.

[andyjay729]

Pity this song never became one of their big hits. And you guys gave a great performance in that video!

[discoveryone]

that wig would give Amy Winehouse a run for her money

[DanishDog]

Annie Lennox has not made a good album since Diva. Sure, there has been a good song or three since then - but the productions are poorm the keyboards are terrible and she she's stuck in a sound that most artists left in the late 80's, early 90's. She should do like Eliabeth Frasier: drop the album format, and make her divine talent available to the world's great DJ's and producers and projects ... do jazz, techno, blues, disco whatever ... Just drop the cheesy keyboards. Love you, Annie. Always!

[RhythmAndEurythmics]

Have you even *heard* her new album? It's great! No cheesy keyboards there, just plenty of soul.

[DanishDog]

Bought it, listened to it ... and there is a good song or two, but as an album? No tbanks.

She desperately needs to reinvent herself ... just like Bjørk, PJ and Tori for instance (whom I also love very much btw)

[RhythmAndEurythmics]

Well, each to their own. I agree with what you say about PJ and Bjork, I love their new sounds..

I think Annie is paving her way for something bigger.. This was just an experiment I think.

(PS. The cheesy keyboards on Bare kinda ruin it for me xD)

[DanishDog]

heh-heh, enough said about the keyboards, but you're right: Bare was worse than Songs of massive ... And of course I totally agree about her future prospects: She's gonna be around at 75-80 with the same grace and dignity and importance as, say, for instance Leonard Cohen. Love her so much!

ps, forgot to mention Joni Mitchell on your list - to me she's probably the biggest of them all. Beyond legend. Annie would agree ;)

Kim

[009firefox]

I am glad Annie doesn't make her talent available to DJ's and any producer who wants to do a remix. She is still unique and aware of it. She probably just wants to do "her own thing" without adapting to nowadays music business by making the most possible profits. This is more suitable for artists such as Madonna. But after all -it's a question of taste.

[natesot]

never herd this song or seen this video what album is this off of its great.

[AmyLeeFan1Aleera]

It's from Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

:)

[natesot]

thank you, what a great song , man i love these two.

[DanishDog]

If only someone would give her that kind of material today ... her latest albums bore me to death.

Free Annie!

[Saldana1]

Her solo albums are incredible - but they're not Eurythmics albums. Annie has never bored me, she's as strong today as she was 25 years ago. Go listen to "Songs of Mass Destruction".

[narpdx]

I ALWAYS have loved "The Walk" with that groovy, downbeat soulful sound! It takes me back to the summer of '84 when I was on a road trip with the parents in Montana and I listened to this song over and over on my walkman in the back seat. It put me into a pensive mood. Thanks for the memories!

[charliejharry]

Superb Eurythmics song - Annie Lennox sounds amazing. One of the most amazing voices ever and a very evocative song. Thanks for posting!

[gnapgnapgnap]

Right on thanks for posting this video i love eurythmics!!!

[CARMSFAV]

Marvelous!! Thank you for posting.

[vtzZt7]

This is my favourite Eurythmics song, one of my favourite all time songs and I love the video to. Is there any song in the world that sounds like this one?

[bluejeckett]

Try Never Gonna Cry Again, much better early 80's synthetica from the duo, and thevideo is better.

[vtzZt7]

I like the version of Never gonna cry again live in Heaven'83. But The walk even sounds out of the ordinary on the Sweet Dreams album. Where did they get that slow plodding keyboard sound from?

[gnapgnapgnap]

i have the never gonna cry again video posted check it out cheers!

[alerullo]

this is one of my favourite Eurythmics songs! Great Annie!

[discobitch2000]

time less classic in my record bag where ever i am 9 /10 still play on the dance floor classic

[blubylly]

tres beau!!!! I love this...it's like finally getting the 12inch single for the first time and it took a long time to aquire that too...I love you MAN!!!!

[gandalong]

This is even now my all time favorite Eurythmics track and so great to see it on video - surely someone somewhere can clean it up so that this can be saved for the future.

[Grayson2006]

Gotta Love the Lynda Carter/Wonder Woman spin!

[shutterdog]

brilliant. i loved all the dark songs on the first album. "i could give you a mirror" & "somebody told me" are still favorites of mine too. thank you for sharing this.

[feline1973]

Wow, I never even knew this existed!

Why on earth didn't BMG put this on the best of Eurythmics DVD?

[RedRockMark]

Wow! I am absolutely stunned that something so rare and amazing like this has surfaced after so long... I never even knew this video existed! It so perfectly captures the era in which it was filmed... early 80's minimalism at its finest and most effective. The video is so simple, so stark, yet so very artistic... This is truly a testament to their musical talent and also to Annie's arresting on-camera charisma and acting abilities.

[litemakr]

Fantastic!! I thought I'd seen every video they have done. Thanks for posting this! What a complete shame that the original film is gone.

[bittersweet1389]

The Eurythmic ROCK!

I especially love this song

[chava1970]

dear andy0529,

OMG!

it is June Carter Cash on crack.

love it.

[thebluevelvet]

Amazing! I love knowing there was a video made for this song. Thank you.

[bcd62092]

You are a Godsend! Awesome video. For years I have been trying to locate videos of many of the songs from the Sweet Dreams album (besides Love is a Stranger and Sweet Dreams, I already saw them), and this one was great. And I agree completely with PeggyBrooks.

[ericbroon]

I LOVE this song - thanks for posting the vid:)

[PeggyBrooks]

Thank you! Recovering and making available little gems of almost lost and forgotten culture such as this is YouTube at its finest.

[pietari1972]

how clean, cold, simple, hypnotic....one of the masterpieces of this world.

[jennvix]

I concur.

[polsemiesko]

i could be nuts, but, for me, this is linked with the other two "Sweet Dreams" videos, we all know, "Love is a stranger" and "Sweet Dreams"... as i see it, along the three videos the camera follows these characters played by Dave and Annie. A mysterious woman, changing personalities, and a somber man, playing in the backround, with horns, cellos, computers, etc...

Intersting!

[DanishDog]

Amazing! This is why I love youtube. Take a bow, Zynsk!

[brianwould]

wow!!!! I cant believe it, I was totally gobsmacked when this popped up!! I never knew there was a video for The Walk and its one of my favourite Eurythmics songs - I Have everything ever released - picture discs,12"s remixes foreign releases...but not this!!If i had money I would pay to have it digitally restored from the Umatic - its a treasure - a piece of History!!!wow!!

[andy0529]

It's like June Carter Cash on crack, I love it!

[fufufoofoo]

To zynsk , BRAVO !! I 'm deaply profound and surprised !! For years I tried to imagine, dream, feal to visualize this song .

It really looks like a project, but then again, it's priceless, a real diamond.

Thanx

[torontonio]

Lord!!!! The memories!!!!!! This woman just rules in so many ways....I remember the first time I heard them was Sweet Dreams and thought it was a high pitched voiced man singing incredibly....Then I saw the vid and was blown away by the visuals....Then one day I hit club Heaven in London and they were advertising their appearance there yet I missed it....We can't have our cake and eat it too always!

[sensationsensation]

this footage is great and so fun to watch, thanks very much for sharing this rare material

[cedarjet707]

Yeah this is a great song. Completely agree about BMG not knowing their arse from their elbow. All the early singles had videos, despite being a huge fan I'd never seen any of them before the advent of YouTube. Disgraceful - but wonderful to finally see these.

[trentfernandes]

hey BMG whow much does it costs to make a DECENT VIDEO COLLECTION that includes ALL of their videos?

these guys just keeping losing money...

 dumbasses.

[spacyfreak]

Well, well. Hot to find the right words. For Anni and Dave this may be "just" a popsong - for many people on this planet this song is PART OF THEIR SOUL. This voice is unique in this part of the galaxy. This Coolness in rhythm and tempo - dave is a genius, anni is a goddes. And together they are KING AND QUEEN OF AMERICA! I simply love this - forever and ever.

[interjet]

Hope the Record company they was on is looking at all these posts (Never Gonna Cry Again (Too!!)) with there EARLY VIDEOS...time for another DVD but this time a FULL Video Singles!!!!!!

[Crijevo]

I must admit - in my wildest dreams I wouldn't have believed ever a video exists for this or any song earlier than 'Love Is a Stranger'... how nice reality sometimes seems...

[godsbedamned]

I'm so glad that Eurythmics came around in the music video era. I can think of few other artists whose artistry stemmed not only from their musical work but from their video performances, as well. I hope Annie's next release has some music videos!

[TubeIt2me2525]

Thanks so much this is amazing

[the1intelligence]

Truly fantastic to see this lost piece of footage. Thanks so much. Their best track now with the original video.

[mich0007]

You can see Annie's acting skills and the song tells a story especially at the beginning. Her voice is pure genius in the vid. She sounds cooler than ice-cream, reminds me why the British Press were in favour of them in the beginning. Rare treasure.

[wagrailroad]

Hate the wig.

[tielz]

My all time favorite Eurythimics song~ Pure Brilliance!

[Saldana1]

I have an exclusive interview with the director of this video at my Eurythmics fan site. Check out my profile for the link.

[matt3hr]

great! one of my favorite "not single" song! finaly! and im still alive!

[feedbackmax]

Thank you so much for posting this! As a longtime Eurythmics fan, I had read about this video being made a long, long time agao (I think via their early biography "Sweet Dreams - The Definitive Biography"), and that it was filmed in conjunction with some college students, but I NEVER thought I would ever get to see it! Shame the original got lost, but at least we get to see this. What a treat to finally see something so rare!

[CLYNIECAT]

Fantastic - like others I'd heard there was footage...and I'm still pinching myself that I've just watched this for the 1st of many times! Thankyou!!!

[lydiageorgie]

Muchisimas gracias!!!

excelente video para un excelente duo=Eurythmics!

me encanta!!!!

[mavos9]

Incredible! This changed my life!

[greyhoundbus]

Mine too.

[Intuitionsmusic]

WOw, a rare Eurythmics moment. Awesome Video

[sverigessistacowboy]

Thank you for sharing this extraordinary video. This must be defined as a historical moment for all Eurythmics fans all over the world.

[godsbedamned]

Fascinating. I'd love to know more context about its production. It's great to see Dave playing trumpet and doing vocals.

[o0micmac0o]

mmmm, I wasn't convinced of Dave's trumpeting - (I know it's not everyone's chosen fact source, but wiki has Dick Cuthell as playing horns & trumpet solo. I'm curious - was it filmed in a brewery? Which one? (all those kegs - worth about £70 each! - I'm a brewer, you see, as well as a fan)

[MarkNAmy]

Well that is quite an extraordinary thing. I had recently heard that a college crew filmed a video for "The Walk," but I assumed it was that other clip for "The Walk" that's on You Tube and seen in some other interview clips in the early '80s. It's interesting to read the notes that Sophie Muller, who won acclaim for her work with Eurythmics and Annie Lennox's videos, worked on this. I had no idea the connection went back that far.

[doubleasterisk]

Fantastic! What a treat for Eurythmics fans. I think Annie's worn more wigs than Cher! Thanks a ton for sharing.

[greyhoundbus]

I can't believe this footage. Dreams can come true! Thanks.

[GodLiesStill]

I just fainted! I have a massive 24 year Eurythmics collection and have never seen this or even knew it existed! I am wildly excited! You must keep this posted on YouTube for ever and ever.

[Sarlota]

Pretty rare, isnt it? Thanks for share!