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“Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” by Marilyn Manson

From the EP Smells Like Children (1995)

“Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” by Marilyn Manson appears on 26 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 1995 and 2023. It was first released in 1995 on the EP Smells Like Children. Its best result is #3 on the WBER Listener Countdown 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #74 alternative song of 1996, #1,555 alternative song of all time and #356 of the '90s.

26countdowns
14stations
#3best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1995–2023years charted

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Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (Official Video)

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Marilyn Manson dragged Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" into the basement for the 1995 EP Smells Like Children, and it came back up crawling. Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart wrote it as cool, clipped synth-pop, the 1983 breakthrough that made their name; Manson slows it to a grind, piles on churning guitars and turns the chilly detachment of the original into a sneer from the dark.

Manson produced it with Trent Reznor, and Sean Beavan engineered and mixed it into a thick, murky sludge. Where Lennox sounded untouchable, Manson sounds like he means every word as a threat.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1995 3 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1995 50
1995 38 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95 103
1996 57 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996 107
1996 88 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1996 99
1996 48 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1996 107
1996 15 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1996 100
1997 14 97.1 The Eagle Dallas-Fort Worth, TX KEGL The Eagle's Top 97 Songs of 1997 97

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 216 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 249 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 331 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2002 971 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2005 406 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 372 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 309 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2008 362 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2013 175 KBPI KBPI Top 200 Songs of All Time 200
2014 491 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 475 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 329 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 101 DC101 Top DC101 of the 90's 101
2020 151 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2020 192 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2021 382 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2022 113 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 101 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2023 348 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500

Also listed as: Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This); Sweet Dreams; Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (Are Made of This); Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This; Sweet Dreams Are Made of These; Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This.

Charting alongside it in 1996

Best songs of 1996 →
  1. 1Down311
  2. 2PepperButthole Surfers
  3. 3Where It's AtBeck
  4. 4SpiderwebsNo Doubt
  5. 5What I GotSublime
  6. 6MachineheadBush

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