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Contemporary reviews of "Sweet Dreams" were positive, with publications placing particular attention on Lennox's vocals. Record Business was complimentary of Lennox's "gutsy" vocal delivery and "bluesy wailing" and felt that the song was an effective follow-up to " Love is a Stranger ". [ 28 ]
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) is the second studio album by British pop duo Eurythmics, released on 4 January 1983 by RCA Records.Along with the title track, which reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 that year, the album also features the singles "This Is the House", "The Walk", and "Love Is a Stranger".
"No More 'I Love You's '" was the first song which David Freeman and Joseph Hughes wrote together as the Lover Speaks in 1985. [1] The song originated with Freeman, who came up with the chorus and the bassline, and Hughes then had the idea for the "do-be-do-be-do-do-do" hook.
The Lover Speaks were an English new wave duo consisting of David Freeman (vocals) and Joseph Hughes (arranger, composer). They wrote and performed the original version of the song "No More 'I Love You's'", covered by Annie Lennox in 1995 for her Medusa album, and which she took to number 2 in the UK Singles Chart.
Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart performed as Eurythmics at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California performing "Would I Lie to You?", "Missionary Man" and "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" as part of the 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. They were inducted by U2's the Edge. [29]
Annie Lennox: It's a really mixed bag, really eclectic, different groups of people coming from different genres of music. So, that's really interesting. So, that's really interesting.
Ann Lennox OBE (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band the Tourists, she and fellow musician Dave Stewart went on to achieve international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics.
Medusa is the second solo studio album by Scottish singer Annie Lennox, released on 6 March 1995 by RCA Records.It consists entirely of cover songs.The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number one and peaked in the United States at number 11, spending 60 weeks on the Billboard 200.