 "Peace" was the first new album released by Eurythmics in a decade and the lyrics to "17 Again" find the duo reminiscing about their long-standing career in pop music.The song mentions "fake celebrities", "vicious queens", "the stupid papers and the stupid magazines" and makes the conclusion that ""sweet dreams are made of anything that gets you in the scene"".The closing of "17 Again" contains an interpolation of 1983's "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)".