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"Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" is a hit duet recorded by Eurythmics (from their Be Yourself Tonight album) and Aretha Franklin (from her Who's Zoomin' Who? album), released as a single in 1985.

It was very successful as a dance song, reaching number ten on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart. The single managed to reach the top twenty on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and the top ten in the UK singles chart.

The song is considered a modern feminist anthem.

Charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
UK singles chart	9
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	18
U.S. Hot Dance Club Play	10

Eurythmics
Annie Lennox | David A. Stewart
Eurythmics discography
Albums/EPs: In the Garden | Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) | Touch | Touch Dance | 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) | Be Yourself Tonight
Revenge | Savage | We Too Are One | Peace
Compilations: Greatest Hits | Live 1983-1989 | Ultimate Collection
Box Set: Boxed
Singles: Never Gonna Cry Again | Belinda | This Is the House | The Walk | Love Is a Stranger | Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) | Who's That Girl? | Right By Your Side | Here Comes the Rain Again | Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four) | Julia | Would I Lie to You? | There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart) | Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves | It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back) | When Tomorrow Comes | Missionary Man | Thorn in My Side | The Miracle of Love | Beethoven (I Love to Listen to) | Shame | I Need a Man | You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart | Revival | Don't Ask Me Why | The King and Queen of America | Angel | (My My) Baby's Gonna Cry | I Saved the World Today | 17 Again | I've Got a Life
Video/DVD: Sweet Dreams - The Video Album | Revenge Tour | Savage (Video Album) | We Two Are One Too | Greatest Hits | We Two Are One Too | Greatest Hits | Peace Tour | Ultimate Collection

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