Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)"

[A Thug Named Slickback]

The Eurythimcs had a flop album and a series of flop singles before they released this classic synth-pop record in 1983. It had an ethereal sound and a really infectious synthesized bassline. Plus, Annie Lennox's layered vocals are really ominous. It sounded like nothing else from that time period.

The video is still interesting today, mostly because Annie Lennox looks so mechanical and androgynous. Seems like this cut still got plenty of airplay into the 1990s on MTV.

All around excellent song -- UK: #2 & US: #1.

[[upsilon]™]

Wow, androgyny is right. I wasn't really alive through much of the 80's, but this song has had a life of its own. I really like it.

[Chelsea Press 2]

One of my fave Eurythmics tracks. The Wicked Mix is my fave version in addition to the one on the Greatest Hits album from 1990.

[620 Soul Train]

I like the techno mix that KDWB used to play which I am still having a tough time finding. I heard this between 1995 and 1997. I like this song quite a bit because it's sooo easy to sing a long to. Oh and that remix to "Get The Party Started" by Pink is awesome!!

[Chelsea Press 2]

joshjoel said:

I like the techno mix that KDWB used to play which I am still having a tough time finding. I heard this between 1995 and 1997.

Could it be one of these mixes? If so, I have both of them:

rapidshare.de/files/19906690/SDTnix.mp3.html

rapidshare.de/files/19906707/SDWmix.mp3.html

[tico]

Never liked it. Maybe never is the wrong word, but it sounds too plain.

[620 Soul Train]

:)

eros said:

joshjoel said:

I like the techno mix that KDWB used to play which I am still having a tough time finding. I heard this between 1995 and 1997.

Could it be one of these mixes? If so, I have both of them:

rapidshare.de/files/19906690/SDTnix.mp3.html

rapidshare.de/files/19906707/SDWmix.mp3.html

It could be the first mix. Thank you.

[Chelsea Press 2]

joshjoel said:

:)

eros said:

Could it be one of these mixes? If so, I have both of them:

rapidshare.de/files/19906690/SDTnix.mp3.html

rapidshare.de/files/19906707/SDWmix.mp3.html

It could be the first mix. Thank you.

I'll send it out to you later on.

[areyoureadytojump]

The classic video.



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[joker]

Very good song. This and "Missionary Man" are my two favorites by them.

[Leigh]

such a classic tune!! timeless classic

well sampled by pink in the Get The Party Started remix too - her husky voice suited this song so well

[busyboy]

I think it is strange how this song is only made of verse and bridge. There's not a hook on it. Or is the whole track an endless, looped chorus?

[horchata]

One of my favorite Eurythmics songs, Annie's vocals always make everything in life better.

[Lozzy]

Great song!

[Deleted]

I've always loved this and it's one of the most nostalgic songs for me personally. I still hear it on the radio every now and then.

[HolidayGuy]

Classic. I also liked "Here Comes the Rain Again" from the follow-up album.

[Deleted]

An 80's classic, although my favorite from them is"Here Comes the Rain Again".

[C.Ro]

A perfect example of a classic... this song is gold... I love it

[♛ The Manticore ☯]

My favorite by them. A definite 80's classic.

[Deleted]

do you really like synthpop if you don't like this song

[disman00911]

One of my all-time favorite 1980s pop songs. A staple of the 1980s, including a memorable music video. I never got tired of it.

In the mid-1990s, the top 40 station in my market (dance-heavy WBBM-FM B96 in Chicago) played an house track that sampled "Sweet Dreams" that not only got heavy mix play but even made to the station's regular rotation! white label house remix of "Sweet Dreams".

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (White Label House Remix)
www.discogs.com/Eurythmics-Candi-Staton-Sweet-Dreams-Are-Made-Of-This-You-Got-The-Love/master/237374

2 in rhythm - b1 - Sweeter
www.discogs.com/2-In-Rhythm-2-In-Rhythm-EP/master/174136

[disman00911]

I made a mistake in my earlier post.  I recently found out that the remix that B96 played on rotation in the mid 1990s was actually an edit of the White Label remix and not the 2 in Rhythm release.  It's not often that a radio station would play a bootleg/white label remix of a popular song on regular rotation.  There was also yet another mid-1990s house record that sampled Sweet Dreams that would be played on the mix shows on B96, "New Emotion" by Richard F. (This one also sampled another Eurythmics 80s hit, "Here Comes The Rain Again" alongside "Sweet Dreams".)

White Label house remix by Sweet Stew
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-AO750c-Sg

2 in Rhythm - Sweeter
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bc_t-LTZy0

Richard F - New Emotion
www.discogs.com/Richard-F-House-Loops-Vol-4/master/407963
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mT6nN_u-lc&ab_channel=blurandcreate

[areyoureadytojump]

40 years ago this week, "Sweet Dreams" debuted at #90 on the May 14, 1983 Billboard Hot 100.









en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Dreams_(Are_Made_of_This)

#1 Cash Box
#2 Dance
#3 R&R: gghunt.utasites.cloud/charts/eurythmics.html
#16 Rock

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

Love it. Fave song by them.

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#141 on Billboard's 500 Greatest Pop Songs

You Know What It Is: The first U.S. single and breakthrough hit for British duo Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, and a song mistakable for no other pop song in history.

Sign ‘o’ the Times: Lennox and Stewart were members of British rock band The Tourists before that group broke up in 1980. Re-forming as a duo and looking for a new sound, the two began experimenting with the then-burgeoning use of synthesizers. The result was 1983’s ethereal “Sweet Dreams,” about the search for fulfillment.

Living on Video: Beyond Lennox’s other-worldly voice and Stewart’s musical craftsmanship, the duo’s breakthrough was boosted by their striking, future-forward video for upstart MTV. The clip featured images of cows and an androgynous Lennox, dressed in a man’s suit and sporting an orange buzz cut. The aim, Lennox told The Guardian, was to be “the opposite of the cliché of the female singer. I wanted to be as strong as a man, equal to Dave and perceived that way.”