Eurythmics

Released: January 21, 1983

Songwriter: David A. Stewart Annie Lennox

Producer: Adam Williams David A. Stewart

[Chorus]
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
I've traveled the world and the seven seas
Everybody's lookin' for something

[Pre-Chorus]
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused

[Chorus]
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
I've traveled the world and the seven seas
Everybody's lookin' for something

[Bridge]
Hold your head up
Keep your head up, movin' on
Hold your head up, movin' on
Keep your head up, movin' on
Hold your head up, movin' on
Keep your head up, movin' on
Hold your head up, movin' on
Keep your head up

[Pre-Chorus]
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused

[Chorus]
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
I've traveled the world and the seven seas
Everybody's lookin' for something
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
I've traveled the world and the seven seas
Everybody's lookin' for something
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
I've traveled the world and the seven seas
Everybody's lookin' for something
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
I've traveled the world and the seven seas
Everybody's lookin' for something
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
I've traveled the world and the seven seas
Everybody's lookin' for something
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
I've traveled the world and the seven seas
Everybody's lookin' for something

While working as a waitress at a health food restaurant in London, Annie Lennox met Dave Stewart, with whom she formed the band Catch with singer-songwriter Peet Coombes. Catch released one single before adding two more members and changing their name to The Tourists. Under that name, the band scored five UK hits before Coombes' substance abuse broke the band apart.

Lennox and Stewart continued writing together – with Stewart moving from guitar to synthesizer and Lennox adopting an androgynous look – and formed Eurythmics. Within a few years, the duo was propelled into international stardom when “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)”, a single from their second album, became a top ten hit in nine countries.

Over the decade, the duo moved away from their dark new wave sound and S&M imagery, evolving into a more mainstream synthpop band. In that time, they scored twenty-one UK top 40’s (ten of which were also US top 40 hits). In 1990, Eurythmics quietly disbanded and Lennox took a break from music to have her first child.

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Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

From the albums

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1983)
Greatest Hits (1991)
The Rolling Stone Collection - 25 Years Of Essential Rock (1993)
Our Friends Electric (The Sound Of The ’80s) (1996)
Extrahits Volume 1 [NOR] (1997)
Just Can’t Get Enough: New Wave Women (1997)
Millennium ’80s New Wave Party (1999)
The Best of the 80's: 20th Century Masters Millennium Collection (2000)
Capital Gold Legends (2001)
Like Omigod! The 80s Pop Culture Box (Totally) (2002)
Ultimate Collection (2005)
NOW That’s What I Call Music: 30 Years [UK] (2013)
NOW That’s What I Call Legends [UK] (2014)
NOW That’s What I Call New Wave 80s [US] (2015)
NOW That’s What I Call a Decade! 1980s [US] (2021)

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