The song was an expression of how I felt: hopeless and nihilistic." Stewart thought the lyrics too depressing and added the "hold your head up, moving on" line to make it more uplifting. How can it get worse?" adding "I was feeling very vulnerable. She described the song as saying: "Look at the state of us. Īccording to Lennox, the lyrics reflected the unhappy time after the break up of the Tourists, when she felt that they were "in a dream world" and that whatever they were chasing was never going to happen. According to Stewart, he managed to produce the beat and riff of the song on one of their new synthesizers, and Lennox, on hearing it, said: "What the hell is that?" and started playing on another synthesizer, and beginnings of the song came out of the two dueling synths. They became interested in electronic music and bought new synthesizers to play around with. Although the two of them also broke up as a couple, they continued to work together. Another remix by Steve Angello was released in France in 2006, along with the track " I've Got a Life".Īnnie Lennox and Dave Stewart wrote the song after the Tourists had broken up and they formed Eurythmics. It re-charted in the UK, reaching number 48, and was also a moderate hit in dance clubs. In 1991, the song was remixed and reissued to promote Eurythmics' Greatest Hits album. Recorded by Eurythmics in a small project studio in the attic of an old warehouse in north London where they were living, the song's success heralded a trend of musicians abandoning larger recording studios for home recording methods. Eurythmics have regularly performed the song in all their live sets since its release-with an early television performance coming on the BBC's Top of the Pops in February 1983-and it is often performed by Lennox on her solo tours. In 2023, it was selected by the US Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry. In 2020, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. On Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time issue in 2003, "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" was ranked number 356. Īfter the song's rise, the duo's previous single, " Love Is a Stranger", was re-released and also became a worldwide hit. Rolling Stone called the song "a synth-pop masterpiece that made Lennox and Dave Stewart MTV superstars". It reached number two on the UK Singles Chart in March 1983 and number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 six months later it was their first single released in the US.Īppearing with orange cropped hair and wearing a man's business suit in the music video, the BBC stated Annie Lennox's "powerful androgynous look" was the music video that "broke the mould for female pop stars“. The song became their breakthrough hit, establishing the duo worldwide. It is the title track of their album of the same name (1983) and was released as the fourth and final single from the album in early 1983. " Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" is a song by British new wave music duo Eurythmics. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" on YouTube
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