"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (or simply "Sweet Dreams") is a song by pop music duo Eurythmics (David A. Stewart and Annie Lennox). It was released as a single and was the title track of their album Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This). It is notable as the song which provided the group with their breakthrough into commercial success. Its striking music video helped to propel the song to number two on the UK singles chart, and number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1983. It was the fourth single released from the Sweet Dreamsalbum in the UK and the first single released by Eurythmics in the United States.

"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" is arguably Eurythmics' signature song and it is their only chart-topper in the U.S. Following its success, their previous single, "Love Is a Stranger", was re-released and also became a worldwide hit. On Rolling Stone'sThe 500 Greatest Songs of All Time issue in 2003, "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" was ranked number 356: it was the group's only song on the list. The song is about sadomasochistic sex. Eurythmics have regularly performed the song live in all their live sets since 1982. This track is regularly performed on solo Lennox performances also.

In 1991, the song was remixed and reissued to promote Eurythmics' Greatest Hitspackage. It re-charted in the UK, reaching number 48. It was also a moderate hit in dance clubs. Another remix by Steve Angello was released in France in 2006, along with the track "I've Got a Life" (peaking at number ten).

The original recording's main instrumentation featured a sequenced analog synthesizer riff, which Stewart discovered accidentally in the studio when he played a bass track in reverse. Apart from the synthesizer, the arrangement also uses Movement Systems Drum Computer, piano in the middle eight, and Lennox's multitracked harmony vocals.

* This version is different from the one found on the album Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This).

The music video for "Sweet Dreams" was directed by Chris Ashbrook and filmed on January 11, 1983 shortly before the song and the album was released. The video received heavy airplay on the then-young MTV channel and is widely considered a classic clip from the early-MTV era. Lennox's striking androgynous visual image, with close-cropped, orange-colored hair, men's suit and cane and detached yet soulful vocal delivery immediately made her a household name. Her gender-bending image would be further explored in other Eurythmics videos such as "Who's That Girl?" and "Love Is a Stranger".

Marilyn Manson released a cover version of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" as the first single from the remix album, Smells Like Children. This version became an MTV staple and helped to establish the band in the mainstream. It also appears on the band's greatest hits album, Lest We Forget: The Best Of. This version is featured on the soundtracks to the 1999 film House on Haunted Hilland the 2009 film Gamer. It is also featured in the film Trick 'r Treat. In Manson's autobiography, The Long Hard Road out of Hell, he states that Nothing did not want to release this as a single. They wanted to release their cover of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You", which, according to Manson, "was far too dark, sprawling and esoteric, even for some of our fans."

Marilyn Manson added some extra lines to the lyrics that are not present in the Eurythmics version: "I wanna use you and abuse you/I wanna know what's inside you." and "I'm gonna use you and abuse you/I'm gonna know what's inside you."

The video for Manson's cover contains several clips of Manson and bandmates in what appears to be an old cathedral. In between the clips are a number are surreal shots of Manson wearing eccentric outfits, Manson wandering around an abandoned street in a tutu, and him riding a pig wearing a cowboy hat and covered with grease.

The original version of the song was used in Everybody Hates Chris