Precious (Annie Lennox song)

"Precious"
Single by Annie Lennox
from the album Diva
B-side"Step by Step"
Released25 May 1992 (1992-05-25)[1]
Length
  • 5:08 (album version)
  • 3:47 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)Annie Lennox
Producer(s)Stephen Lipson
Annie Lennox singles chronology
"Why"
(1992)
"Precious"
(1992)
"Walking on Broken Glass"
(1992)
Music video
"Precious" on YouTube

"Precious" is a song by Scottish singer and songwriter Annie Lennox, released on 25 May 1992 as the second single from her debut solo album, Diva (1992). It peaked at number 23 in the UK and was a top 10 hit in Italy. The B-side, "Step by Step", was later covered by Whitney Houston for the soundtrack of her 1996 film, The Preacher's Wife, and became a top 10 hit. "Precious" is unrelated to the B-side track of the same name on the single "Revival" by Eurythmics.

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 23 May 1992. p. 19.