Dream Warriors (song)

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“Dream Warriors”
“Dream Warriors” cover
Single by Dokken
Released February 10, 1987
Format Singles
Recorded 1987
Genre Hard rock, Heavy metal, Glam Metal
Length 4:49
Label Elektra
Writer(s) George Lynch & Jeff Pilson
Dokken singles chronology
It's Not Love - (1986) Dream Warriors - (February 10, 1987) Burning Like a Flame - (1987)

"Dream Warriors" is a song written by Dokken members George Lynch & Jeff Pilson for the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. The song was released as a single / EP on February 10, 1987. Later that year it was remixed for release on their 4th album Back For The Attack. The video of which featured various scenes from the film of Patricia Arquette's character Kristen being menaced by Freddy Krueger before being rescued by Dokken who drive Freddy off with the power of rock.

Also on the single / EP was a leftover track from the Under Lock and Key sessions called "Back For The Attack." The band liked the title, and later borrowed it for the title of their 4th album.

The last song was a re-release of "Paris is Burning" (first released in 1983, as the last song on the Breaking the Chains album).

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Dream Warriors"
  2. "Back For The Attack"
  3. "Paris Is Burning"