Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Eurythmics
1983
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release/version source checked.
Release: 1983
Release: 1983Source checked
Original 1983 single, not its earlier recording year.
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Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - release / recording history
Original 1983 single, not its earlier recording year. Source consulted 2026-10-13; not a complete discographic audit.
Former annual assignments retained as history
These appearances were removed from the main annual lists. They are not original release dates.
- 1982: premature
Inspiration and background
Documented songwriting inspiration
Annie Lennox linked the words to discouragement after the breakup of the Tourists. Dave Stewart developed an electronic beat and riff, and Lennox answered on another synthesizer. Their accounts describe a collaborative experiment, not the supplied claim that the signature riff appeared when Lennox accidentally leaned on a keyboard.
Evidence scope: Reviewed secondary account; scope is limited to this paragraph
Sources for this information
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - reviewed songwriting/background source
Background/composition section; paraphrased, not a quotation | Retrieved 2026-10-11
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
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Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Song-specific genre labels located in the cited catalog or secondary source; genre is not a universally fixed classification.
Billboard year-end 1983 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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