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Their version of Beatles' Got To Get You Into My Life, is often played on the Iain Lee show on Absolute Radio in the UK as a music-bed. Iain tends to perform karaoke over the top, either as an intro to the next call or a segué between songs. Iain also uses other examples of their work as music-beds.

Sweet Dreams
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Imagine Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below…
You Light Up My Life: You Light Up My Life So many nights I'd sit by my window, Waiting for someone To …

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01Blue Monday6:35

02Need You Tonight2:58

03Wake Me Up Before You Go-go3:46

04Wonderful Life4:44

05Relax3:50

06Just an Illusion3:44

07Drive3:50

08Take My Breath Away4:10

09Footloose3:33

10Nine To Five2:36

11Flashdance...What a Feeling4:02

12Wings of a Dove2:43

13Bette Davis Eyes3:44

14Hitch: She Drives Me Crazy3:25

15Radio GaGa5:47

16Wild Boys3:59

17Material Girl4:00

18Time After Time3:43

19Careless Whisper5:10

20Super Trouper4:09

21The Power of Love5:22

22White Wedding3:36

23I'm So Excited3:48

24Wanted Dead Or Alive4:58

2599 Red Balloons3:49

26Call Me3:23

27What's Love Got To Do With It: What's Love Got To Do With it3:54

28Do You Really Want To Hurt Me4:22

29Holiday3:43

30China Girl4:32

31Kiss3:44

32I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:37

33In the Air Tonight4:55

34Just Can't Get Enough3:31

35Girls Just Want To Have Fun: Girls Just Want To Have Fun3:43

36It's the End of the World As We Know it3:50

37I Love Rock'n Roll2:49

38Livin' On a Prayer4:00

39Light of Day3:30

40Eye of the Tiger3:53

41Against All Odds3:25

42Say You, Say Me4:07

43I Just Called To Say I Love You4:19

44Girls On Film3:26

45Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)3:27

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46When Doves Cry3:30

47Pour Some Sugar On Me4:17

48Hungry Like the Wolf3:12

49Hip To Be Square4:00

50Paradise City6:30

51Walk This Way3:28

52With Or Without You4:50

53Neutron Dance3:39

54Ghostbusters Theme4:06

59Here I Go Again4:03

60Jessie's Girl3:07

61Welcome To the Jungle4:21

62Too Shy3:29

63Burning Down the House3:54

64Love Is a Battlefield3:54

65Under Pressure3:50

66Tainted Love2:39

67Better Be Good To Me3:47

68Every Rose Has Its Thorn4:08

69Love Shack4:19

70Every Breath You Take4:13

711980-F2:33

72Take Me Home4:32

73You Can Leave Your Hat On4:17

74All She Wants To Do Is Dance4:23

75Missing You3:58

76Bad Boys3:47

77You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)3:18

78Total Eclipse of the Heart5:31

79Mr. Roboto4:40

80How Soon Is Now?4:22

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Comments from YouTube:

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑27

What other songs do YOU think changed music? Comment below!

SsgtHolland

KLF - What Time Is Love?

Chris Nairn

Th, th, th, the Reflex!

Geo B

Live Wire - Motley Crue
Fast as a Shark - Accept
Seek and Destroy - Metallica
Peace Sells - Megadeth
Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies

Pewtah

"People Are People" by Depeche Mode founded the new genre "Industrial".

Quantum Enterprises

Are Friends Electric? by Tubeway Army or Don’t You Want Me by the Human League please.

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inphanta

2y↑13

Fantastic video! I 100% relate to what you said about how songs like these stood out back when they came out. I felt EXACTLY the same way when I was a kid! ❤️😊

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑1

Marvellous! Thanks ever so much

1rwjwith ToneDog

2y↑24

An iconic song of the 80's but timeless too. It still stands up and does not sound dated. When I first heard it I thought this was a "Techno" electronic group even the name Eurythmics sounds like that to me and I thought for sure Dave Stewart must be a keyboard player...much to my surprise a year or so later when I found he was primarily a guitarist! As well of course with all the other production things he did like with Tom Petty. Thanks once again!

PROJACKED

yeah , not sound dated.....well said..
That 'unheard' factor was spot on Warren.

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑1

@hobbified agreed, timeless classic

hobbified

2y↑1

I was a kid in the 90s (born 86) and at the time, had the impression that this song was from, like, 1993, not 1983. It felt totally avant-garde even then.

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑2

Very well said! Totally iconic!

J J

2y↑15

I’m always impressed with the levels of research that you carry out. Many thanks from back in England…
…and maybe Gil Scott-Heron - the revolution will not be televised? An articulate, angry young man, a mean drummer, tight bassist, cool flautist, and the invention of rap.

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑3

HUGE Gil Scott Heron fan and YES he is on the list!! The Revolution Will Not Be Televised!

baz za

2y↑16

i felt exactly the same on hearing this.. there are not many tracks you remember distinctly hearing for the very first time, but this is one. I was 10 years old and I'd been away on a school trip, no radios were allowed during the trip and we didn't see any television. On returning home, I remember getting off the school coach and someone was playing this track on a radio. I stopped dead in my tracks and said 'what is that?' a friend said.. 'sweet dreams..' It was like nothing I'd ever heard before. I felt like I'd missed this massive moment in music. something monumental had happened while I'd been away. music had changed forever.

baz za

@Louis Reinitz brilliant track and album.. I remember when I was 13, our Religious education teacher held a full school assembly and played 'why worry'. You can imagine how it went down with a group of inner-city teenagers in 1986. There was much sniggering and laughing at what we deemed 'old peoples music'. I made no connection between that track and 'money for nothing' which at the time I loved. Then, a few years later, I bought a copy of Brothers In Arms and was shocked to see it was track 5. It's now one of the favourites on that album.

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑2

@Louis Reinitz nicely done!

Louis Reinitz

2y↑2

@Produce Like A Pro Money for nothing - Dire Straits

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑2

@Louis Reinitz what was the other time?

Louis Reinitz

2y↑2

I was 23 and I said wow #1 for sure. I've only been right about that one other time.

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rome8180

2y↑20

My parents had a "Best of the Eurythmics" tape we played on road trips. I must have heard that tape 1000 times. But I'm still not sick of this song or "Here Comes the Rain Again" (which I like even better, tbh). They're simple on the surface, but there's a depth to them that most dance tracks don't have.

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑2

@TimMer1981 agreed! So good!

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑3

@Bass On The Mark masterpiece!

TimMer1981

2y↑1

@Bass On The Mark Have you seen the Mandela 1988 live version? It blows your socks off.

TimMer1981

2y↑2

@Bass On The Mark Must Be Talking To An Angel, with Stevie Wonder: fantastic. Their 1988 Mandela concert live performance is unsurpassed to this very day by any band if you ask me.

Bass On The Mark

2y↑2

“Here Comes The Rain Again” also my favorite. “Who’s That Girl?” IMO another great Eurythmics track.

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2112jonr

2y↑9

Summed up absolutely perfectly.
There's no track quite like it. 💛

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑1

Agreed! It’s a masterpiece

Scott Brower

2y↑10

"It's special. Completely unique." ~ Warren Huart.

That says it all. Excellent content....as always, Warren.

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑2

Thanks ever so much Scott!

Willem Moller

2y↑9

Fantastic song & sound and what a voice! Classic. I started my studio with an 8-track tape machine and whatever cheap gear I could get, I loved the 80s DIY attitude. Great video, thanks Warren!

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑1

Thanks for sharing Willem!

Ross Ion Coyle

2y↑9

Never forget hearing it first. Amazing piece of music. Annie's voice was like nothing I'd heard before

mandobob

Annie Lennox has one of the best voices in rock music. And she also writes a great song. Her DEVA album is a masterpiece.

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑2

Thanks ever so much Ross!

Kord Taylor

2y↑5

YES!!!!!! This is wonderful and so inspirational to indie artists everywhere. A small amount of gear but imagination and craft win! You should interview Dave on your show. It would be a good re-spark for his visibility too.

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑1

Thanks ever so much! Yes, huge fan!

Mike Smith

2y↑6

As a 9 year old, hearing that song and seeing Annie in the video for the first time blew me away. An iconic song.

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑2

Agreed 100%!

Lo-Res Gamer

2y↑4

During my years between HS and college, i bought the Tourists first(?) self-titled album. Even apart from the two singles, their arrangements on songs like Blind Among the Flowers and The Loneliest Man in the World were unique. So hearing the Eurythmics Sweet Dreams wasn't so much a revelation as a vindication to me.

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑1

I remember the Tourists very well and loved them too! Yes, always revolutionary!

Guy Incognito

2y↑2

An excellent essay! Thank you! A couple of points: lots of people were doing home studio stuff back then (The Flying Lizards and Danielle Dax are two that come to mind) thanks to the likes of TEAC and TASCAM recorders. The Eurythmics just happened to be the big hit (not that they didn't earn it -- they did). In fact, you might consider episodes on the TEAC/TASCAM Home studio movement from the late seventies early eighties and it's influence on the music industry. Annie Lennox's look was not "unusual" for the time -- she just pulled it off better than most, to the point where "Annie Lennox-like" characters were being written into screenplays and comic books. The town not pronounced "Wagga-Wagga" but "Wogga-Wogga" (not a racist term, BTW -- it's origins are Aboriginal), although it is commonly referred to as just Wagga (or "Wogga" phonetically) -- and it is not a great place to be when your band implodes on you.

Smart Hobbies

2y↑6

I am so glad Annie got up from the fetal position when Stewart started playing that riff. This is one of those songs that is quintessential 80’s and I never get tired of listening to it.

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑2

Indeed! What an amazing talent! Perfect combo! They made such amazing music together!

Gary Smith

2y↑3

Yes, love the review. You cannot underestimate the impact of electronic music in the early 80’s. I went to see Japan at Leicester Uni and Blancmage were the support and when they started the drum machine through the PA was titanic.

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑1

Agreed Gary! Love Japan as well!

Ean curtis

2y↑4

Awesome

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑1

Thanks ever so much Ean!

Bring MeSunshine

2y↑4

You're right. First time I heard the album, I was bewildered and hooked. A great title track, now iconic, but my favourite track on the same album is, 'This City Never Sleeps', whose laid back groove, muted simple guitar & bass phrase, combine beautifully with the distant soaring electric lead and evocative soundscape of ambient synth textures, and overlaid field recordings of tube trains. A fantastic canvass for Annie's superb vocals. In fact, this vid evoked such a strong memory for me of the track, I had to go and listen to it again, and I got the same chill. Probably a good job I didn't have to chose the single off the album 🤣

rbiznezz2

2y↑5

This channel continues to be great

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑1

Thanks ever so much

RC32

2y↑5

Hey man, you always make great work with these learning and appreciative videos! You rock man!

RC32

@Produce Like A Pro Always my pleasure! You truly rock man!

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑1

Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate it!

dangrel

2y↑6

Love these deep dives on early electronic stuff

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑1

Thanks ever so much!!

Edward mulholland

2y↑1

I still play the whole album loads, I rediscovered it about 10 years old after avoiding 80’s music from my teenage years for years. This album, plus the 2 albums “In the garden” and “Savage” are genius, getting only better with time.
They were a good team and they made great music. That image of Anne with the cropped short red hair in a suit holding a cane is still incredible. People forget the fuss her image caused, she really stood out from the crowd even if she “borrowed” from Grace Jones lol.
This band had everything, people need to be reminded.
Enjoyed this, I’ve not heard those quotes before. The song itself gave them both a lifelong career - that’s how good the song is.
Great video.

Pearl Quarter

2y↑1

Being such a gear nerd, I'd love to see someone make a detailed and accurate video just about the synth part you mentioned that fools most keyboardists into thinking it's one synth instead of two using the original gear. I'd like to see what synths played what notes.

Joolz 666

2y↑1

I remember reading somewhere the main "riff" of 'Sweet Dreams' as it was used came about from a little hook Dave Stewart was playing being accidentally played through the sampler backwards. Eurythmics are hugely underrated (IMHO) in the overall history of pop/rock/whatever music - one of the most consistently "good" bands ever. Nearly all their singles were fantastic and when I re-listened to all their albums a few years back I was truly astounded at how little filler, if any, there was. And that's before we get on to Annie Lennox's voice...

Darren Hirst

They were pioneers that's what they both were.

Eckhard Rotte

I totally agree with your perception in the context of the beginning eighties. Just stunning and so powerful! The deep and bassy "booooom!" at the end of every loop just hit me.
It also reminds me of the staccato, electronic bass drum riff from "Blue Monday", which also was released in 83, it also had this "unheared until" feeling.

Dean Moore

I still listen to the album, and it still sounds new and fresh .That single definitely had a huge influence on me, as I'm sure it did on many. Absolutely love Annie's voice.

Olafur Gudnason

2y↑2

Duran Duran seem underrated to me. It wasn't until I saw them live in 2004 that I realised they're in fact very good musicians. An analysis of "Save A Prayer" would be awesome. Or anything by Depeche Mode (the opening riff to "World In My Eyes" is my favourite, an absolute killer! Those crisp synth sounds! ) - I used to joke that there would never be an 80s revival because it was all crap :) How wrong I was to under appreciate my own era. The current 80s revival (The Weeknd etc) is well deserved.

Kat A

2y↑2

Thanks so much for covering this song! Such a groundbreaking band and constantly on my playlist. I’ve always wondered about the video, when Dave is at a computer keyboard, is he actually “playing” it?

STEED

I was already listening to pure electronic music (Kaftwerk, Tangerine Dream, synth pop, Gary Numan etc..) but the first time I heard this song was like "boom" instant classic! I was a fan right away. Though they've made tons of good music, I think Eurythmics never did so well than Sweet Dreams. Thx Warren! Cheers

Sean Krulish

Love how you cover a wide range of song types! Hearing about the pre-digital age is fantastic. The creativity with the work arounds they needed to do is always a good story!

Daragh Morrissey

2y↑2

Great video and I feel the same way about this song and Cars too! The other thing that was happening before this was the availability of better portable audio. When I got my first walkman, I tuned into FM and this was on the first channel I tuned to. It sounded amazing. 1983 had some other iconic songs like Blue Monday. Hard to believe this song is almost 40 years old!

VictorKibalchich

2y↑2

Absolutely fantastic song. I was about 12 when it came out, definitely stuck out as you say. Still sounds amazing today.

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑1

Agreed 100%!

Karl Webb

2y↑1

As soon as I hear this track, I’m instantly transported back to 83. Being 19 then and in a band, the Eurythmics simply stood out and no matter what music rang your bell at that time, it just made you dance or tap your foot..... brilliant!!!

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑1

Very well said Karl! Thanks for sharing!

Troy Valentine

This track is bonafide classic. I remember seeing the video and wondering all about Annie and her voice. Soulful, clear and emotive. Love this track and Dave and Annie. Another great one Warren!!! Keep 'em coming!!!

Hawsrule Begin

Never got into them at the time, even though I always liked the singles. But Sweet Dreams is a fascinating song. I don’t think they ever captured the mood of that song again. Another great video though. Never realised it was 2 synths!

Sayre Rowan

2y↑1

This is the song that got me into rock music for good. It blew my mind as a 12 year old when I saw the video one Friday night when I got home after a football game. It wrecked me. Absolutely blew my ever lovin' mind. To this day it is still one of my all time most very favorite songs.

Steven Plimmer

Great vid - Eurythmics were special (and Dave is from my home town!).

In terms of 80s stuff, I think it would be cool to do a vid on Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. They had totally different early versions out there until they finalised the epic single by Trevor Horn. Launched them into history. Their early, niche career vs their success (and retaining their raunchiness) is an interesting story too.

Christian Phelps

2y↑3

I love the facts you have uncovered about what they used and where the recorded really good stuff.

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑1

Thanks ever so much Christian!

Joe Wolf

2y↑1

This is a defining song in my life. I remember being 12 years old in 1984 when the first video disco was held in city.
A truck pulled into a school yard and we watched the clips on a video wall made of tube televisions. That was the opening song. I just stood there and watched, mesmerized:-).
Sometimes I am there... I feel like something important happened and I was part of it.
Thx, Warren and Guys, again!

amherst88

Thoughtful reflections as always --- it's hard to convey what was genuinely 'in the air' in the early 80's and so much of it has become 'classic' that it's hard to understand how cutting edge, utterly new, and wonderful it was -- only those of us who were alive at that time know how truly groundbreaking this was -- a pleasure to listen to your appreciation ❤️

L. Scott Music

One of the alternate genres of music I was raised with was Moog: Switched On Bach and Moog: The Electric Eclectics of Dick Hyman. So, when Sweet Dreams came out it was, for me anyway, oh, synth is finally pop music. It all made perfect sense to me.
And Annie's voice... whoa! Certainly, one of the best voices of all time. (Her voice on Here Comes The Rain Again is a perfect example.)

Wagner Ribeiro

2y↑1

Thank you very much for this episode!
Undoubtedly, this song is a gem and a game-changer in the history of pop and underground music.
Cheers!

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑2

Thanks Wagner!

ddummer

The album "Savage" by the Eurythmics is still one of my top ten albums and way before its time.. wink wink... I love to listen to Beethoven. ;)

mikey p

2y↑3

Another really good video, I own all the Eurythmics albums and seen them live a few times over the years!
Could you please do a video of the 80's acid house/dance scene in the 80's-one of my favs is-Krush-House Arrest from 1987!

Thanks for the reply to my comment I made to you on fb couple of weeks ago! 😁

Steve Schmidt

2y↑1

What a blast from the past! I spent many many hours recording on a Teac 144 in that same time period. It saved my sanity during a rough patch.

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑1

Thanks ever so much for sharing

hey now

I was a freshman in high school when this dropped. Master piece it surely is. Pure sonic perfection. Everybody got it and knew.
Even the grammys knew. + the vid with/white cello!!! beatles fans swoon. much luv n respect -

Craig Hollabaugh

Hey Warren, thanks for the Sweet background on this Eurythmics track. I'm thankful for your wonderful channel this year, have a peaceful Thanksgiving.

Also, please consider Wilson Picket's "Hey Jude" cover for "Songs That Changed Music." Duane Allman's ending slide guitar work was the beginning of southern Rock. Reference "Muscle Shoals" documentary 1:02:09.

Mattrixx Audio

Hi warren, I love this song!!
In fact it was the very first song I attempted to sequence, albeit on my dads computer workstation (a lowly WANG PC, designed for word processing) I did it in the programming language Basic. It actually gave a me a real sense of achievement and a determination to try more!!
BTW, the town of Wagga Wagga, is actually pronounced "Wogga Wogga" here in Australia. (just for reference) It's quite a large country town in New South Wales.

Pre War

I’ve been waiting for this one…it’s funny how you hear something for the first time, and you know…anyone would know that this was a hit. That is a double-edge sword….what makes it accessible can also bore you to tears or irritate you to no end. I bought a physical copy last year for the first time because when it was released, it came free through the airwaves. It is some kind of Jedi ear trick. It doesn’t seem to start or stop…it loops and it doesn’t really matter where you come in, only how you frame it.

DEVO -Whip It to Donna Summer, 10CC’s -I was repulsed by certain sounds and drawn and quartered by others. An early one that still gets to me Tomita’s FireBird Suite. It taught me how to disappear.

B G

Fantastic overview! These look-backs are a real treat. At 9:00 min mark there is a pic of a Tascam 388 but that wasn't released until 1985. I wonder what 8 track deck they actually used in 1983?

Benjamin Willard

2y↑2

Those two keyboards parts are panned left and right and that was the secret to figure the parts out exactly. I played this song in a cover band for many years and it’s not easy to play live and cover everything that’s going on. Everyone says I look pissed off when playing Sweet Dreams, ha ha. It’s like “leave me alone, I’m busy over here”.

whoakayno

2y↑8

Hear this song everywhere and I love hearing about the history behind it!

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑1

Thanks ever so much! Yes, huge fan!

iLeftism

fully agree! I was born in 1982 and I heard the song for the first time maybe in early 90ties, yet still blew me away. truly a masterpiece.

H K

They are one of the first bands I remember in my younger side of youth.Love Is A Stranger is mesmerising too.Later on, The Miracle Of Love is beautiful.Annie's voice, speaking or singing, is just gorgeous.

Lee Chapman

2y↑5

3 mins in and my mind is already being blown. Thanks again, Warren for the deep education.

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑1

Thanks ever so much Lee!

Produce Like A Pro

Thanks ever so much Lee!

dreamscuba

Brilliant video. I remember buying the album when it came out. This song was and is still so iconic. What a great backstory. I used to love Captain Pugwash and Trumpton as a kid too...Thanks!!

LFOVCF

2y↑1

Songs like this one, is responsible for my synth obsession.
Like you said, it's like robotic like, the straight beats, the beefy synths, and often the two person combo.
You need that soulful singer, to round off the starkness of the synths eg Eurythmics, Soft Cell, Yazoo, PSBs, etc

Andrew Van Beek

You don’t need any instruments when Annie is singing. I saw her singing unaccompanied on a talk show in the 80s and couldn’t believe the perfection.

Carlos Serrano

2y↑1

The MCS (Movement Percussion Computer) showing in this video is the mk-II, it came out in Orange or Black casing, very rare british made system, also you can use it as a word processor.

But if you want to see the mk-I, go to the Sweet Dreams video, is the computer Dave Stewart is typing on, the monitor and computer are separate, can be the prototype.

Is analog base sound cards, the sound is very similar to the Simmons SDSV, but in the mk-II they added digital sounds and in the later units maybe sampling and MIDI.

Users that I remember, Genesis, Kajagoogoo, Thompson Twins, Eurythmics and Vince Clarke.

Axil

Sweet Dreams - a staggeringly good album - and sweet dreams the track for me isn't even the stand out track as there's plenty of other tracks are just as strong (Love is a Stranger , The City Never Sleeps). In fact that whole 7-8 year era (1977-1984 ) was probably one of the most fluid periods for music evolution (and I was luckily enough to be in my formative years during it)

As for the Tourists - just listen to 'It doesn't have to be this way' - absultely brilliant

sam tan

You know what was so wonderful about the early eighties synth pop practitioners was that so many of them came out with soundscapes and aesthetics that were uniquely their own. That hasn't been the case for ages now.

Zachary

2y↑1

I told my dad I liked this song so he bought me Touch. That opening, with the synth arp and the pizzicato strings, blew my minds

David O'Banion

Les Paul did a lot of commercially successful work with home tape recorders,
and even custom-cut discs (using a lathe of his own making), in the 1940s and 1950s.
So much for that subject.
Still, Sweet Dreams is a great song in its own right and deserves all the accolades it gets.

JedElectronicMusic

2y↑1

I love this song, there's so many massive songs that don't have a chorus, which proves A&R men don't know everything, Virginia Plain, The Model, Bohemian Rhapsody, Space Oddity and many more

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑2

Agreed 100%!

Catherine Meeson

Love it excellent choice, they were such a huge influence on me, Annie is still singing I believe, wonder what Dave is doing? Love your work Warren

OlympusHeavyCavalry

2y↑1

I absolutely love Ms Lennox and her vocals. The Eurythmics are one of my all time favourite bands. By the way Mr Huart, lol, it is pronounced "Wogga Wogga". I was thinking of the song " Cheers for the video bud :-)

edalder2000

2y↑1

When I think of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), it reminds me of "Blue Monday." Both songs used new technology to create new, bold soundscapes. Cold, precise, and unlike anything we'd heard before. "Sweet Dreams" and "Blue Monday became blueprints that many used but no one had the impact of those two songs.

no name

One of my absolute favourite songs, and the reason I bought my first synth a few years ago and started making music.

Geoff Allan

One of the few singles that I literally wore out the grooves on the 45... (along with Don't You Forget About Me), then bought the album and recorded tapes from it. The influence of this song on pop music was absolutely massive. Glad to see you recognize it as such! In a way it was on the same wavelength as Berlin's "Sex... I'm a"

PROJACKED

Wow, amazing story.....and such depth in the sound design. Now I understand why it had so much impact.
Pop music at it's peak imho.

dj Victor Nova

Perfect Melody , Perfect Vocal , Perfect Message .... This song was born to be hit back in 1983 . But the message in this song will relate to people for the generations to come... And that is the sauce that makes this song so timeless ... The Message

Darren Hirst

I was a teenager in the eighties and we got use to listening to guitars and drums. When synthesizers came on the scene it was a whole different sound.
Electronic drum machines and keyboards making these cool new sounds was the electronic era for the eighties and for us. It was like we had our own new scene.
The synths had taken over and we loved it.

BRYAN NOSEL

2y↑2

Remember listening to this in the car with my mom growing up in Virginia. 7 years old and I was stunned. Nobody knew what to think of the otherworldliness, yet the subject matter was so human.
Money for Nothin, Dire Straights....has that one been done yet?

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑1

Exactly what I thought! Who are these aliens? What is this incredible music? Yes, Dire Straits coming soon

DownloadJames

Another excellent episode about an exceptional song.
I have to say however how charming it is to hear “Wagga Wagga” pronounced as it’s written, rather than how we say it - with the first A inexplicably verbalized as an O 🤷‍♂️.
No shade intended at all to Warren, just the kind of thing that you never really think about until hear it.

Chris Bardell

Another very fine song bio, sir. I bought that single, aged 12. Great to see its cover again. Thanks for this series, keep ‘em coming. Cracking stuff.

Nostatic Atall

I remember working afternoon until 2:00AM shift when I first heard this song on the radio and it haunted me for days. And then I kept hearing it again and again, it was like I'd been hypnotized by it. I'd have it in my head and before it would go away I'd hear it again. lol. Amazing song which sounded totally different than anything else on the radio, which was why it was surprising that I was even hearing it on the radio in the first place.

Sharon Snail

Good stuff, again, Warren. I can understand all you've said but I preferred "Love Is A Stranger" from the same album. "Sweet Dreams" takes its significance from its impact in the USA.
BTW I remember both "Captain Pugwash" AND "Trumpton" - Barney McGrew, what a megastar 😎

magneticpitch

that song (and album) blew my mind when i was about 15, still love it. worked on covering "love is a stranger" last year as a sort of dark americana duo - somehow it worked lol

MonsieurC64

Hey, that was my idea, thanks !
I think the whole album is a bit underrated. "Love is a stranger" is as brilliant as "Sweet dreams".
Because of the limited recording equipment, the album has a sound of its own and has aged well. The MCS rythm computer didn't sell much, only very few of them where made. So it's featured on very few recordings, unlike the overused Linn drum. They only had 8 tracks, unlike the 24 ou 48 tracks of that time. Limits force you to be creative. It was also about minimalism, inspired by Kraftwerk, but mixed with soul music elements. And off course, Annie's voice is special.

MonsieurC64

@Analog Synth Aficionado Never said it was cheap, just meant very few a them were sold. But indeed, Dave's budget was not a lot considering the prices of equipment at that time.
Tape machines synchronizing was not uncommon practice in the bigger studios. Technically, there would be a bit less than 48 tracks available for recording. And 32 track machines (both digital and analog) were used too. 16 track machines would be for small studios.
You get the picture.

Analog Synth Aficionado

The Movement Drum Computer cost $2000+ back then. Hardly chump change by any standard, but nowhere near the $5,000+ cost of the Linn LM-1. 16 and 24 track analog recorders were the standard at most professional studios in the 1980's up until the early to mid 1990's. You could attempt to slave two 24 track analog recorders together for more tracks, but synchronization of the two decks back then was primitive at best. 48 track digital recorders were unheard of until late 1989, early 1990. Sony introduced the PCM-3348 DASH 48 track recorder and Mitsubishi had the X series 32 track digital recorders. The Sony PCM-3348 was $250,000! It wasn't until Akai introduced the A.D.A.M and Alesis the ADAT that digital multi-track recorders became somewhat affordable but still not accessible to most musicians.

Adamski A.

Very intresting video. I think my mother still has the LP albim in an old Hiding with the record deck.
I remember, " Whos that girl being played at my father's wake. So many bittersweet memories.
Intresting hearing the equipment used inalways thought the kick was a 707 and the synth two instances of the Roland Sh 02.

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2y↑1

In my opinion one of the main aspect of this marvelous song is the addition of the warmth of Annie Lennox' voice and the coldness of the Dave Stewart's synth lines.

It almost always works, contrasts of ice and fire/soul and robotic, and you can hear such things, warm voice and cold synths, with Yazzo (Alison Moyet's warm & bluesy voice + Vince Clark's synths) or even with DM (Dave Gahan's pseudo baritone voice + V Clark then A Wilder synths and 12bits samplers).

Anyway, I love this song, thank you for having made a video about it and I'm still in love with Mrs Lennox! 😉

Ricketik65

2y↑1

Exactly what I was going to say!

edalder2000

I was 10 when "Sweet Dreams" was released. It just seems like it has always existed and is from the future. "Sweet Dreams" ripped up the rule book and that's why some did not understand it.

All I know is that "Sweet Dreams" was my introduction to Annie Lennox and that she still has a beautiful, haunting voice.

Craig Hughes

2y↑1

Every time I hear the opening bars of this classic I am transported to my eighties childhood... I get this weird nostalgia where going back there feels like going to the future...

G R

2y↑3

The Tourists 1st album has never been released on CD for some reason. I've always found that surprising given how famous they both were in the eighties.

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2y↑2

I didn't know that! Thanks for sharing!

Otto

2y↑1

Currently creating music with Dave Stewart. He is a true visionary & a fantastic story teller. Great video ✨

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2y↑2

Wow! That’s amazing! I’m a huge fan. I met him at a Deli before Covid and exchanged numbers. Would love to interview him! He’s in my top 5 best producers and songwriters of all time!

butterfly 238

Awesome...this was a real favourite back in the day...still love it...loved Marilyn Manson's version too...I have always recalled these lyrics and remember them when needed...lol...have an awesome day...✌💜😀🎤🎸🎧🎹

Geo B

Without her voice, I'm not sure it would have been as big of a hit. Floating above the repetition and harmonic darkness like an angel. It grabbed my attention right away. That and the on the hour, every hour MTV rotation schedule.

Joseph Perry

2y↑3

I remember telling my uncle about Manson covering this and that it's "scary now" and he replied "what's scarier than an androgynous woman with a bull whip?"

Joseph Perry

@Produce Like A Pro I absolutely love Annie. Medusa is easily in my top 10 favorite albums of all time.

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2y↑2

Haha Annie has such an amazing voice and is so charismatic!

gimble

2y↑1

My cousin has fond memories of being at school with Annie (up here in Aberdeen) Great choice of song and a great video as ever Warren :)

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2y↑1

Thanks for sharing! Yes, that’s very cool! Annie seems like a wonderful person

PhilipRikoZen

You don't need much money, just one of the best singers of all time <3

Dark Side of Synth

Timeless masterpiece. The way it was made shows that you can make it big if you make-do with what you have, and think outside the box.

Tessa Bendelow

A blast from my past! Eurythmics awesome band, great songs. Sweet Dreams are made of this, Son of a Preacher boy, Imagine, The combine harvester song, Sailing, Millenium prayer, I would do anything for Love, Dream ( The Everly Brothers), I could carry on with loads more songs......

Tore Hansen

2y↑1

Epic song, and amazing break down!

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2y↑1

Thanks ever so much

The Humbucker Chronicles

Great video, I was just thinking about Cars by Gary Numan seconds before you mentioned it! We're probably about the same vintage so I'm curious if you're also an Ultravox fan? Criminally underrated band! Great stuff all round thanks for this. While we're talking about Trumpton, how about Camberwick Green?!

Mykhedelic *****

2y↑1

This and Doves, two of the most significant and still the future has not caught up-- tunes of the era.

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2y↑1

Thanks ever so much!

Jeff Fiore

I was 30 yeas old when this song first dropped, it totally blew me away!! I was amazed!!

David Lee

I also had a Tascam 388 8-track 1/4" reel-to-reel in that era, so I now have no excuses for not having produced a #1 hit.

Paul Motion

2y↑8

Yes… just yes!! So glad you went through this song. The Eurythmics were my soundtrack in the 80’s along with Queen and Bowie of course. They are such an incredible talent. In the Garden was mind bending but to follow it up with the Sweet Dreams album showed the depth of their abilities. Looking forward to the Produce Like a Pro cover and multitracks!!!
Just a side note… other songs released in ‘83… Bowie, Let’s Dance… The Police, Every Breath you Take… Culture Club, Karma Chameleon… New Order, Blue Monday…so a few other defining songs for music generally. I’m not that guy on the interwebs wagging the finger but, just sayin’ 😉

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2y↑2

New Order 'Blue Monday' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyzk1Gwwu7c&t=102s

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2y↑2

The Police 'Every Breath You Take' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmebXzI8iYI&t=3s

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2y↑2

David Bowie 'Let's Dance' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYpoYh-MY7w&t=236s

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2y↑2

Hi Paul, of the 4 songs you mentioned I've done videos on 3 of them! Hahaha

PLAP CLIPS

2y↑2

Agreed Paul

steve tobin

2y↑1

brilliant as ever..many thanks, wonderful ageless song

Produce Like A Pro

2y↑1

Thanks Steve!!

Nick Charlton

2y↑1

Another smashing video. I really look forward to them. Bravo and thanks.

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2y↑1

Thanks ever so much Nick!

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