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Sweet Dreams
1983Eurythmics
Sweet Dreams is 23 years older than you
It's from 1983, before you were born.
- Artist
- Eurythmics
- Genre
- Synth-pop
- Released
- 1983
- Note
- new-wave landmark
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About
As of 2026, it's 43 years old.
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) made Eurythmics synth-pop royalty with one of the most recognizable keyboard hooks of the decade and Annie Lennox's striking androgynous image in the video — orange crop, suit, and an unblinking stare that made the song impossible to ignore on MTV. 'Some of them want to use you' became an instant earworm.
Cool, hypnotic, and quietly menacing, it defined the early-'80s synth sound and became the duo's signature track.
Sleek, hypnotic, and iconic, Sweet Dreams is the synth-pop landmark whose hook has been stuck in the collective head for four decades.
