Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
- "Sweet Dreams" redirects here. For the single, see Sweet Dreams (single).
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | ||
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Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) cover | ||
Song by Marilyn Manson | ||
Album | Smells Like Children | |
Released | October 25, 1995 | |
Recorded | 1994–1995 at Nothing Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana | |
Genre | Alternative rock | |
Length | 4:53 | |
Label | Nothing, Interscope | |
Writer | David A. Stewart | |
Composer | David A. Stewart | |
Producer | Marilyn Manson, Trent Reznor |
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" is the first and only single of the first EP Smells Like Children, originally written and performed by Eurythmics in 1982. The song became an MTV-staple and helped to establish the band in the mainstream. Manson often comes up with song inspiration in his dreams, but the idea to cover this song came from his first acid trip, according to his autobiography, The Long Hard Road Out of Hell. He says that he hallucinated a "slower, meaner" version of the dance hit playing, sung in his voice. The earliest recording of the song dates back to June 1994 at the Portrait of an American Family release party.
Appearances
Albums
Singles
Versions
- "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" — Appears on Smells Like Children, Lest We Forget (The Best of) and the "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" single.
- "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (Live)— Appears on Dead to the World.
- "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (Live)— Appears on The Last Tour on Earth.
- "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (Live) — Appears on the Guns, God and Government World Tour DVD.
- "Everybody", a video interlude featuring a remixed version of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", which by Britney Spears sings along with during her 2009 tour The Circus Starring: Britney Spears.
Music video
In the music video, the band performs in an old, decrepit house while wearing a variety of strange costumes. Many pigeons and a pig, which Manson rides during the climax, are also seen in the video.
Lyrics
sweet dreams are made of these who am i to disagree? travel the world and the seven seas everybody's looking for something 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 sweet dreams are made of these who am i to disagree? travel the world and the seven seas everybody's looking for something 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 i wanna use you and abuse you i wanna know what's inside you hold your head up, movin' on keep your head up, movin' on sweet dreams are made of these who am i to disagree? travel the world and the seven seas everybody's looking for something 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 i'm gonna use you and abuse you i'm gonna know what's inside gonna use you and abuse you i'm gonna know what's inside you
Trivia
- The song appears in the 2008 horror film Trick 'r Treat .
- The song appears in the trailer for the 2009 science fiction film Gamer.
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- Songs from Lest We Forget (The Best Of)
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