Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four) (song)

"Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)"
Song

"Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)" is a song performed by British pop duo Eurythmics. It was written by group members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart for their album 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother), which served as the soundtrack to the film 1984, an adaptation of the political novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. The song was produced by Stewart.

"Sexcrime" is a synthpop tune which features a heavily-sampled Lennox, utilizing snippets of her vocal performance to produce a stuttering effect. Also prominently featured is the voice of Stewart, with the aid of a vocoder, uttering the phrase "nineteen eighty-four". It was the first of two singles released from the soundtrack album.

The single peaked at number four on the UK singles chart, becoming Eurythmics' sixth song in a row to enter the top ten. "Sexcrime" met with resistance on United States radio — its title and bleak lyrical content did not earn mainstream success. The music video (featuring a straightforward performance of the song by Lennox and Stewart) had limited rotation on MTV. It peaked at number eighty-one on the Billboard Hot 100, but was much more successful on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart, where it reached number two.

Charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
UK singles chart	4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	81
U.S. Hot Dance Club Play	2