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30 Years Ago the Number One Song in the Country Was …

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Exactly thirty years ago today, "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)“ by the Eurythmics scored their first and only number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100.  Some of them want to use you …

If you were a child of the ‘80s, Annie Lennox's orange-colored hair and intense look in her eyes was a dream or a nightmare — as a youngster, I remember being slightly disturbed by the video.  But the synthesizer, haunting lyrics and Annie’s gospel-type vocals made the song a classic — and it still sounds modern 30 years later.

Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart wrote the song (I’m sure they are still getting paid dollars for penning this track — it’s in every commercial, movie and on the radio!), Lennox once said, ”'Sweet Dreams’ is not really like a normal song. It’s a statement about humanity and the human condition and it’s just saying we’re all in this dilemma, we’re born and we exist and we have our motivation, which will take you here or it will take you there and everybody’s looking for something. That is a truth  — it’s something that will last for ever.“  Really?  I always heard the song was about S&M.  Those Brits!  
On her androgynous look in the video, Annie explained, "It’s very easy to say ‘Ah, she must be gay.’  But I’m not gay and that was interesting to me because I’m wearing a man’s suit, it doesn’t mean I’m gay. I’m using this form of clothing to assert myself and to be as good as a man and to sort of neuter down the passivity of my own gender.”  Tell it like it is, Annie …  

Check out the video below!

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