The Miracle of Love

"The Miracle of Love"
Single by Eurythmics
from the album Revenge
B-side"When Tomorrow Comes" (Live At the Roxy in Los Angeles)
Released17 November 1986[1]
RecordedNovember 1985
Length5:05
LabelRCA Records
Songwriter(s)Annie Lennox, David A. Stewart
Producer(s)David A. Stewart
Eurythmics singles chronology
"Thorn in My Side"
(1986)
"The Miracle of Love"
(1986)
"Missionary Man"
(1987)
Music video
"Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Miracle of Love (Official Video)" on YouTube

"The Miracle of Love" is an electropop ballad recorded by British duo Eurythmics. It was written by Eurythmics members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart and produced by Stewart. The track was released as the third single from the duo's sixth album Revenge in the UK. It was not released as a single in the United States.

The music video was directed by band member David A. Stewart.[2] The grainy video shows Lennox and Stewart separately in darkened room surrounded only by candles followed by a shot of Lennox against a tree while historical footage of military violence is shown. The video ends with an extreme close-up of Lennox as she wanders around a park before acknowledging the camera by winking, smiling and laughing. The cover art for the single is a screenshot from this scene.[3] The music features a soaring guitar solo by Stewart, reprising the melody of the opening bars.

The song became a modest hit on the UK Singles Chart but reached the top 20 in Australia, Brazil and parts of Europe. In a review of Revenge, Glenn O'Brian of Spin magazine called it "a miraculous love song that is heavenly, seductive, sweeping, anodynamic, and straightforwardly, blatantly healing."[4]

  1. ^ Smith, Robin (15 November 1986). "News Digest". Record Mirror. p. 24. ISSN 0144-5804.
  2. ^ "Eurythmics - 'The miracle of love'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Eurythmics - Miracle Of Love (Remastered) - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 9 November 2016.[dead YouTube link]
  4. ^ O'Brien, Glenn (September 1986). "Platter du Jour: Eurythmics Revenge". SPIN: 27.