Never Gonna Cry Again

The single was a minor commercial success, peaking at #63 (for two weeks) in the UK.[1] It was the only single from Eurythmics' first album to chart.

The number is about moving on from a breakup and was accompanied by a music video, a medium for which Eurythmics would later receive notable acclaim.

The sleeve design of the single features an eerie picture of vocalist Annie Lennox made up to look like a gargoyle.

Co-produced by respected krautrock producer Conny Plank, the track also featured two members of the krautrock band Can.

"Never Gonna Cry Again" contains a flute solo performed by Lennox, one of the few times that she was to use the instrument in her pop career despite having studied it at the prestigious Royal College of Music in London in the 1970s.

The single's B-side, "Le Sinistre", is an experimental piece, featuring musical arrangements similar to those used in horror film scores.

Never Gonna Cry Again was the first Eurythmics single to also have a promotional video. Filmed in February 1981 along the English South Coast, the video features a surreal tea party on the beach followed by shots of Annie emerging from the sea completely dry (achieved by reversing the film). Annie is also shown playing the flute, an instrument for which she had been classically trained in when younger. The video also features German musicians Lennox Holger Czukay and Jaki Liebezeit from the band Can, who had contribute to the original recording. As Czukay and Liebezeit were not members of the British Musicians' Union, the video was unable to be shown on British TV. The shots of Annie emerging in reverse from the water were later included on the Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) video album, where they were intercut with a live performance of the song Jennifer. The entire promo clip has to this date never been included in any official Eurythmics video release.

The low chart placement of the single meant that no video was produced for follow-up single "Belinda", which performed even worse on the UK Singles Charts.

• A: "Never Gonna Cry Again" (LP Version) - 3:02
• B: "Le Sinistre" (Non-LP Track) – 2:47