Daydream (song)
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Daydream or Daydream (I fell asleep amid the flowers) is a song originally composed and recorded in 1968 by the Belgian band The Wallace Collection and covered by the Gunter Kallman Choir.
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[edit] Original Song
The song is a European hippy strings-and-flute affair which was fairly obscure even at the time (except in Belgium and in France) and would have been even more so today were it not for the fact that without its chord sequence the vast majority of Bristol trip-hop would simply not exist. However, the sample is mistakenly attributed to Bristol bands Portishead and Tricky. Both these bands sampling the similar sounding Isaac Hayes track 'Ike's Rap' for their singles 'Glory Box' and 'Hell Is Round The Corner' respectively. As it is the song has been sampled so many times that it is now extremely well-known, although most people have forgotten Gunter Kallmann. Although often sampled by other artists, it takes its melody from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet. The song was originally written by Belgian band The Wallace Collection in the late sixties; the Gunter Kallmann Choir cover version was released on a Polydor compilation album called 'Easy Listening' in 1970.
[edit] Use by The Pharcyde
This track was sampled on a remix of 'She Said' by The Pharcyde released on Go! Discs Records in 1996. The remix was produced by Fuzz Face and tWANK Boy. Fuzz Face is better known as Geoff Barrow from Portishead.
[edit] Use by The Drumattic Twins
The Drumattic Twins sampled this track in 1999 on their own track also called 'Daydream'. It was released on the B-side to the 12" single 'Feeling Kinda Strange' on Drum-Attic Records.
[edit] Use by I Monster
The most famous modern version of the song is by British electronic act I Monster who extensively sampled the music, to make the song "Daydream In Blue". This trip-hop version uses a new vocalist - although only the chorus line is actually sung, words which are now famous in themselves due to extensive airplay, use in advertisements, and as background music to many TV programmes including the BBC's highly-acclaimed Hustle and Cutting It, as well as the film Layer Cake. It was also used as background music while showing the ending credits of the movie Riders a.k.a Steal, starring Stephen Dorff.
Those lines are as follows:
- Daydream, I fell asleep amid the flowers
- For a couple of hours on a beautiful day
This version of the song was originally released in 2001, and can be found on I Monster's album 'Neveroddoreven'.
[edit] Use by The Beta Band
Incredibly and completely co-incidentally at almost exactly the same time as I Monster were releasing Daydream in Blue The Beta Band were just about to release their single Squares from their new (in 2001) album Hot Shots II. Squares also used the same melody as the original throughout and had the original's chorus line. On realising the clash with I Monster, The Beta Band were forced to pull the single and released Broke from the same album instead. Also by complete co-incidence the two vocalists for these two versions sounded almost exactly the same, which led to people thinking that Daydream in Blue might well be the work of The Beta Band or that Squares might be the work of I Monster.
[edit] Use by Skinny
Also in 2001, British electronica/alternative rock band Skinny released their second and final album Taller. The album's song On a beautiful day relies heavily on a sample from the Gunter Kallman Choir version of "Daydream".
[edit] Use by Lupe Fiasco
Lupe Fiasco also samples the Gunter Kallman Choir version on "Daydream" featuring Jill Scott on "Daydreamin'" from his 2006 album Food & Liquor, albeit indirectly by taking the sample from a recording of "Daydream in Blue" by I Monster.
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