Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Marilyn Manson released a cover version of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" as the first single from the 1995 EP, 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 2005 documentary film Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and the 2009 film Gamer. It is also featured in the films Trick 'r Treat, House on Haunted Hill, the trailer to Wrath of the Titans[28] and in the pilot of The Following. In Manson's autobiography, The Long Hard Road out of Hell, he states that Nothing Records 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" along with "I'm gonna use you and abuse you/I gotta know what's inside you."

The video for Manson's cover contains several clips of Manson and bandmates in what appears to be an abandoned building. In between the clips are a number of surreal shots of Manson wearing a wedding gown, Manson wandering around an abandoned street in a tutu, birds fluttering around him and leaving droppings on his body, and of him riding a pig wearing a cowboy hat and covered with mud. In 2010 the music video was rated the "Scariest music video ever made" by Billboard, beating Michael Jackson's Thriller for the top spot. (wiki)

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by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Once Marilyn Manson's dirgey reworking of the Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" became an MTV hit in early 1996, propelling the Smells Like Children EP up the U.S. charts, it became time for Manson and Nothing/Interscope to push the single in other areas of the world. The only place it was released was in Australia, where it was released with the Smells Like Children cover and a selection of recycled B-sides -- the "Dope Hat" remix "Dance of the Dope Hats," the Gary Numan cover "Down in the Park," and the "Lunchbox" remix "The Next Motherfucker (Remix)." These are some of Manson's better B-sides, but considering that many fans will already own them on other singles, "Sweet Dreams" is inessential for anyone who isn't a hardcore collector.