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Sweet Dreams
Beyoncé
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- Album
- I AM...SASHA FIERCE
- Released
- 2008
- Genres
- Pop
- Length
- 3:28
- Tempo
- 122 BPM
- Label
- Music World Music/Columbia
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About this song
"Sweet Dreams" was the sixth single from I Am...Sasha Fierce, replacing "Broken-Hearted Girl". It leaked online a day after it was recorded under the working title "Beautiful Nightmare", the first Beyoncé song ever to leak. Beyoncé cut the vocal in about an hour, and Rico Love's background vocals in the hook were kept on the final version.
What it's about
Beyoncé has described the song as being about a relationship that seems too good to be true, leaving you unsure whether it is a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare.
Summary written with AI, based on the song's page on Genius.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 4 other songs, like “Sweet Dreams by DJ HEARTSTRING”.
- Covered 8 times, including “Evolution of Beyoncé by Pentatonix”.
- Written and produced by Beyoncé, Rico Love, Jim Jonsin and Wayne Wilkins.
- Recorded at South Beach Studios (Miami.