Dream (Dizzee Rascal song)

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“Dream”
Single by Dizzee Rascal from the album Showtime
Released	8 November 2004
Format	CD single Vinyl
Recorded	2002
Genre	Rap/Hip Hop
Length	3:20
Label	XL Records
Dizzee Rascal singles chronology
"Stand Up Tall" (2003) "Dream" (2004) "Off 2 Work" / "Graftin'" (2005)

"Dream" is the fifth single from British rapper Dizzee Rascal and the second from his second album Showtime. The single became his fifth top forty hit and second consecutive top twenty hit in the UK Singles Chart peaking at number fourteen, his second highest charting single. "Dream" became his longest running single to chart in the UK singles chart, spending eight weeks inside the top seventy-five.

"Dream" contains a prominent sample of Captain Sensible's "Happy Talk".

[edit] Music Video

The music video for "Dream" begins as some building blocks (with animals printed on them) rotate to reveal the name "Dizzee Rascal". A children's music box tune plays as the camera zooms in on an elderly lady at a piano, who says "Hello boys and girls, I wonder what Dizzee Rascal is up to today? He's such a rascal.". She then starts playing the piano and the song starts. Dizzee appears out of a music box, and starts telling the old lady that "She's too sensible". Then he starts rapping the song. During the video, several incidents happen; two puppet men steal a TV, and the puppet police appear in a Police Car and beat the puppet thiefs; another puppet spray paints a shop wall; an ostrich dances on a bench; Dizzee walks into a disco; Dizzee raps for a microphone in a recording studio, with a pony puppet as a DJ; two puppets walk on screen pushing prams containing ugly babies. The video ends with Dizzee climbing back into his music box, and the lady says "Good bye, Dizzee, Good bye, Boys and Girls, Good bye..." and the building block logo appears again, and the video ends.

[edit] Track listing

CD: 1

1. "Dream" (album version)
2. "Is this Real?"

CD: 2

1. "Dream" (single mix)
2. "Trapped"
3. "Imagine [Live at Austin, Texas 20/3/2004]

Vinyl

1. "Dream" (single mix)
2. "Dream" (album version)
3. "Trapped"
4. "Trapped" (instrumental)

[edit] References

v • d • e Dizzee Rascal Albums Boy in Da Corner · Showtime · Maths + English Singles "I Luv U" · "Fix Up, Look Sharp" · "Jus' a Rascal" · "Stand Up Tall" · "Dream" · "Off 2 Work" / "Graftin'" · "Sirens" · "Pussy'ole (Old Skool)" · "Flex" · "Dance Wiv Me" Related articles "Roll Deep" · "Wiley"