| "Dreams" | |||||||||
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| Single by Fleetwood Mac | |||||||||
| from the album Rumours | |||||||||
| B-side | "Songbird" | ||||||||
| Released | March 24, 1977 (USA) June 1977 (UK) |
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| Format | 7" | ||||||||
| Recorded | 1976 | ||||||||
| Genre | Rock, soft rock | ||||||||
| Length | 4:17 | ||||||||
| Label | Warner Bros. | ||||||||
| Writer(s) | Stevie Nicks | ||||||||
| Producer | Fleetwood Mac, Richard Dashut and Ken Caillat | ||||||||
| Certification | Gold (RIAA) – September 14, 1977) | ||||||||
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"Dreams" is a song written by singer Stevie Nicks, for the group Fleetwood Mac's 1977 album, Rumours. The song was the only U.S. number one hit for the group, and remains one of their best known songs.
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The members of Fleetwood Mac were experiencing emotional upheavals while recording Rumours. Drummer Mick Fleetwood was going through a divorce. Bass player John McVie was separating from his wife, keyboard player Christine McVie. Guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and Nicks were ending their eight-year relationship. "We had to go through this elaborate exercise of denial," explains Buckingham to Blender Magazine, "keeping our personal feelings in one corner of the room while trying to be professional in the other." [1]
Nicks wrote the song at the Record Plant studio in Sausalito, California, in early 1976. "One day when I wasn't required in the main studio," remembers singer Stevie Nicks to Blender, "I took a Fender Rhodes piano and went into another studio that was said to belong to Sly, of Sly & the Family Stone. It was a black-and-red room, with a sunken pit in the middle where there was a piano, and a big black-velvet bed with Victorian drapes." [1]
"I sat down on the bed with my keyboard in front of me," continues Nicks. "I found a drum pattern, switched my little cassette player on and wrote 'Dreams' in about 10 minutes. Right away I liked the fact that I was doing something with a dance beat, because that made it a little unusual for me." [1]
When Nicks played the song to the rest of the group, they decided to record it the following day. Only a basic track was recorded at Sausalito. Recording assistant Cris Morris remembers that "all (they) kept was the drum track and live vocal from Stevie — the guitars and bass were added later in Los Angeles." [1]
Christine McVie described the song as having "just three chords and one note in the left hand" and "boring" when Nicks played a rough version on the piano. McVie changed her mind, after Lindsey "fashioned three sections out of identical chords, making each section sound completely different. He created the impression that there’s a thread running through the whole thing." [1]
"Dreams" was the second single from the Rumours album in the US, and it reached the number one spot on June 18, 1977, and held it for one week. On AC/Easy Listening Chart "Dreams" was Fleetwood Mac's highest charting song during the 70's when it reached #11 on that chart.[2] In the United Kingdom, Dreams went to #24 as the third single, following "Go Your Own Way" (#38) and "Don't Stop" (#32). A performance of the song on stage was used as the promotional video. Fleetwood Mac would not begin to make concept music videos until 1979.
| "Dreams" | ||||
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| Single by The Corrs | ||||
| from the album Talk on Corners | ||||
| Released | 4 May 1998 | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Celtic, folk rock | |||
| Length | 4:18 | |||
| Label | 143/Lava/Atlantic | |||
| Writer(s) | Stevie Nicks | |||
| Producer | Oliver Leiber | |||
| Certification | Silver (BPI) | |||
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"Dreams" is a cover of the Fleetwood Mac song by The Corrs. "Dreams" was originally recorded for Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours which features cover versions like "Don't Stop" by Elton John, "You Make Loving Fun" by Jewel and others from the Goo Goo Dolls and the Cranberries. It turned out to be the first big hit for the Corrs in the UK and the video won the "Best Adult Contemporary Video" award from Billboard magazine in 1998. When the song became a hit, it the Corrs' second studio album, Talk on Corners, was re-released with "Dreams" added.
The Corrs had the honor of performing "Dreams" with Mick Fleetwood from Fleetwood Mac in their legendary concert at the Royal Albert Hall, on St. Patrick's Day, 1998 (incidentally, that was also Caroline Corr's 25th birthday).
Tee's remix made "Dreams" one of the most successful Corrs singles ever: it reached #6 in the UK single charts and on the whole stayed in the charts for 10 weeks.
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart[3] | 47 |
| Canadian Adult Contemporary[4] | 10 |
| Canadian RPM Top 100 Singles[5] | 38 |
| French Singles Chart[6] | 52 |
| German Singles Chart[7] | 73 |
| Irish Singles Chart[8] | 6 |
| Netherlands Mega Single Top 100[9] | 71 |
| UK Singles Chart[10] | 6 |
| Country | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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| United Kingdom | Silver[11] | 200,000+ |
In 2005, Nicks contributed new vocals to a remake of the song by DJ and house music duo Deep Dish. The song appears on their album George Is On, and was a top twenty UK Singles Chart hit and climbed to number 26 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart.
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| Australia Singles Chart | 27 |
| Netherlands Singles Chart | 18 |
| Belgium Singles Chart | 42 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 22 |
| Finland Singles Chart | 6 |
| US Hot Dance Club Play | 26 |
| UK Singles Chart | 14 |
| Italy Singles Chart | 39 |
| Preceded by "I'm Your Boogie Man" by KC and the Sunshine Band |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single (Fleetwood Mac version) June 18, 1977 |
Succeeded by "Got to Give It Up (Part 1)" by Marvin Gaye |
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