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"Sweet Dreams"
Song

"Sweet Dreams" is a song by American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles from her third studio album, I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008). Written and produced by Knowles, James Scheffer, Wayne Wilkins, and Rico Love, the track was released as the album's sixth single. It was solicited to U.S. Top 40[1] and rhythmic contemporary[2] radios on June 2, 2009.

As of June 25, 2009 "Sweet Dreams" has been the number-one most added song at Australian radio.[3]

Background

The song was leaked before the release of I Am… Sasha Fierce under the title "Beautiful Nightmare". With the release of the album, the song name was changed to its current title, "Sweet Dreams". This song was selected as the sixth single from the album as a last-minute replacement for "Broken-Hearted Girl". The song is used in the commercial Knowles did for Crystal Geyser.[4][5]

Critical reception

The Times was impressed with the song: "Sweet Dreams, with its deep bass, and disturbed lyrics, is thrilling."[6]

Music video

File:SweetdreamsBeyonce.jpg
Beyoncé with her back-up dancers in the video for "Sweet Dreams"

The video was not included on Above and Beyoncé - Video Collection & Dance Mixes as it was not finished by the time the CD/DVD collection was made. However, a behind-the-scenes look of the "Sweet Dreams" video was included in the B-roll footage, along with a remix to "Sweet Dreams" on the remix disc.

The music video was directed by Adria Petty (who also directed Duffy's video for "Mercy") and shot in Brooklyn, New York City. The video is expected to "take Sasha to the next level" and be a more "graphic" video than the others, as stated by Knowles in the B-roll footage of Above and Beyoncé - Video Collection & Dance Mixes.[7] The video premiered on July 9, 2009 on MTV, VH1, and MSN.[8][9]

The video opens with Knowles tossing and turning in her bed as she tries to stay asleep, a lullaby plays softly in the background. She then levitates off her bed as her dream unfolds. In her dream Beyoncé is transported to a desert, her two backup dancers (Ebony Williams and Ashley Everett; also featured in Knowles video for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"[10]) appear as the music begins. Throughout the video Beyoncé and her dancers perform various dance routines in front of a plain white background. In the video, mirror reflections and duplicates of Beyoncé and her dancers are seen. Beyoncé breaks through these mirrors as she sings the chorus after the second verse of the song. During the bridge, Knowles appears in a gold 'robot suit' designed by french fashion designer, Thierry Mugler. The video briefly fades to black and white while Knowles and her backup dancers finish the last dance routine of the video. The video ends as Beyoncé says: "Turn the lights off."

This is the second video from the Sasha Fierce disc of her album that has color. Although most of the video is in color, during the robot scene it fades to black-and-white, while her golden suit still remains golden.

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[11] 27
Dutch Top 40[11] 26
Irish iTunes Singles Chart 17
UK Singles Chart[12] 143
UK iTunes Singles Chart 19
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Airplay[13] 62

Release history

Country Date Format
United States[2] June 2, 2009 Top 40 and rhythmic radio
Australia[14] July 24, 2009 CD Single
United Kingdom[15] August 3, 2009

References

  1. ^ Top 40 – Week Of: June 2, 2009
  2. ^ a b Rhythmic – Week Of: June 2, 2009
  3. ^ http://www.beyonceonline.com/au/news/vote-beyonces-new-single-sweet-dreams
  4. ^ http://www.crystalgeyser.jp/
  5. ^ http://www.crystalgeyser.jp/main.html
  6. ^ http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article5129698.ece
  7. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il2SqkJ78NE
  8. ^ http://www.beyonceonline.com/us/news/sweet-dreams-video-premiere-thursday-709
  9. ^ http://www.beyonceonline.com/fr/home
  10. ^ Beyonce gets deeper, crazy, sexy, cool and robotic in "Sweet Dreams", a new music video.
  11. ^ a b "Beyoncé – Sweet Dreams – Music Charts". αCharts.us. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  12. ^ "UK Chart New Entries: 4.07.2009 (week 26)". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  13. ^ "Pop 100 Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  14. ^ AU release
  15. ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/
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