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Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) is a Synth-pop act. They run in the same orbit as Take Me to Church, Billie Jean, It's My Life and Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Swing, Dr. Alban, Marilyn Manson, Michael Jackson and Alison Moyet, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 9 connections around Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) and forward to Swing. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" is a song by the British synth-pop duo Eurythmics. It was released in January 1983 by RCA Records as the fourth and final single from their second album, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1983). It was Eurythmics' breakthrough hit, establishing them worldwide. It reached number two on the UK singles chart in March 1983 and number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 six months later; it was the first Eurythmics single released in the US.
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Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) shares an orbit with Take Me to Church, Billie Jean, It's My Life and Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, went on to shape Swing, Dr. Alban, Marilyn Manson and Michael Jackson. 9 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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