The lyric from Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” finishes with “disagree.” The line follows the song’s statement about what dreams are made of and introduces a deliberately resigned response.
Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart wrote and produced the song for the Eurythmics. It was released in 1983 as the title track of their second studio album. Lennox’s synthesizer-based vocal performance and Stewart’s electronic production created a sound that was both stark and danceable.
The lyrics describe people searching, using, and being used, without offering a single clear narrative. The refrain’s question—“Who am I to disagree?”—adds ambiguity rather than resolving the meaning of the song. Its cool, repetitive style helped make it one of the defining synth-pop recordings of the 1980s.
The song reached number one in the United States, the United Kingdom, and several other countries. A common memory error is “who am I to decide,” but the canonical lyric uses “disagree,” matching the song’s theme of uncertainty and competing desires.