Missionary Man (Eurythmics song)
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| "Missionary Man" | ||
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| Single by Eurythmics | ||
| from the album Revenge | ||
| Released | 1986 | |
| Format | 7", 12" | |
| Recorded | 1986 | |
| Genre | Pop / Rock / R&B | |
| Label | RCA | |
| Producer(s) | David A. Stewart | |
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| Eurythmics singles chronology | ||
| "When Tomorrow Comes" (1986) |
"Missionary Man" (1986) |
"Thorn in My Side" (1987) |
"Missionary Man" is a song recorded by British pop music duo Eurythmics. The song was written by Eurythmics members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart and produced by Stewart. It appears on their sixth album Revenge. It continues the band's rock/R&B hybrid musical style of the time and received extensive airplay on American rock radio, hitting number one on Billboard magazine's Mainstream Rock Tracks, their only song to top this chart.
"Missionary Man" was also the last significant mainstream hit for Eurythmics in the United States, peaking at number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100, the duo has not climbed into the U.S. Top 20 since. The single peaked at number thirty-one in the UK singles chart and continued the band's Top 10 success in Australia, hitting number nine.
The song's music video was another in a long line of innovative clips from Eurythmics. It received heavy play from MTV and featured stop-animation techniques similar to those used in Peter Gabriel's groundbreaking "Sledgehammer" clip. Another prominent feature of the video was the removal of several key frames of film, which produced a jerky, robotic effect.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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| UK singles chart | 31 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 14 |
| U.S. Hot Dance Club Play | 6 |
| U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
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