These Dreams
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| "These Dreams" | ||
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| Single by Heart | ||
| from the album Heart | ||
| B-side(s) | "Shell Shock" | |
| Released | 1985 | |
| Genre | Rock/Pop (Power ballad) | |
| Label | Capitol Records | |
| Writer(s) | Martin Page Bernie Taupin |
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| Producer(s) | Ron Nevison | |
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| Heart singles chronology | ||
| "Never" (1985) |
"These Dreams" (1985) |
"Nothin' at All" (1985) |
"These Dreams" is the name of a song recorded by rock band by Heart. It was originally offered to Stevie Nicks, who passed on the song. It was released as the third single from Heart's 1985 album Heart. Following two consecutive US top-ten singles, the song elevated the band's success even further, becoming Heart's first single to hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on Saturday, March 22, 1986. It also became Heart's first (and only to date) number one song in the US Adult Contemporary chart and peaked at number sixty-two in the UK Singles Chart.
"These Dreams" differed from past Heart hits in that it was a polished, pop power ballad. It was written by Martin Page (co-writer of other pop hits "We Built This City" and "King of Wishful Thinking", among others) and Bernie Taupin, longtime collaborator of Elton John. The song also marked the first Heart single on which lead vocals were performed by Nancy Wilson, rather than Ann Wilson.
The music video for "These Dreams" received heavy airplay from MTV and was the third of four US top-ten singles from the Heart album. The single's B-side, "Shell Shock", was also the B-side of Heart's previous single "Never".
According to The Billboard Book of Number One Hits by Fred Bronson, when it came time for Nancy Wilson to record her vocal for "These Dreams," she was suffering from a cold, and on the final product, her voice came out sounding somewhat raspy and gravelly. After the success of the song, producers reportedly wanted Nancy to recreate that gravelly sound on future recordings, asking her, "Can't you just get sick again?"
| Preceded by "Sara" by Starship |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single March 22, 1986 |
Succeeded by "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco |
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