The Miracle of Love
"The Miracle of Love" is a 1986 song recorded by British pop music 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.[1] 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 a long, extreme close-up of Lennox's face as she wanders around a park before acknowledging the camera by smiling, laughing, and winking. The cover art for the single is a screenshot from this scene.[2] The music features a soaring guitar solo by Stewart, reprising the melody of the opening bars.
The ballad became a modest hit in 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." [3]
Covers
Chart performance
| Chart (1986) |
Peak
position |
| Belgian Singles Chart |
15 |
| Dutch Singles Chart[4] |
43 |
| French Singles Chart[5] |
16 |
| German Singles Chart[6] |
53 |
| Irish Singles Chart[7] |
10 |
| Polish Singles Chart |
1 |
| Swedish Singles Chart[8] |
18 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[9] |
21 |
| UK Singles Chart[10] |
23 |
| Chart (1987) |
Peak
position |
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[11] |
14 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[12] |
30 |
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