Dreamin' (Vanessa Williams song)

"Dreamin'"
Single by Vanessa Williams
from the album The Right Stuff
B-side "The Right Stuff" (instrumental)
Released August 16, 1988
Format 12"
Recorded 1986
Genre
Length 5:25 (album version)
4:25 (single edit)
Label Wing
Songwriter(s) Lisa Montgomery, Geneva Paschal
Producer(s) Donald Robinson
Vanessa Williams singles chronology
"(He's Got) The Look"
(1988)		 "Dreamin'"
(1988)		 "Darlin' I"
(1989)

"(He's Got) The Look"
(1988)		 "Dreamin'"
(1988)		 "Darlin' I"
(1989)

"Dreamin'" is a song written by Lisa Montgomery and Geneva Paschal and originally performed by the family group Guinn in 1986.

In 1988, Vanessa Williams recorded the song and released it as a single from her debut album, The Right Stuff. The single was Williams' first top 40 and first number-one hit on the Billboard R&B chart, where it stayed at the top of the chart for two weeks. On the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart, "Dreamin'" peaked at number eight.[1] The song also reached No. 74 on the British Single Charts,[2] No. 40[3] in the Netherlands and No. 19[4] in New Zealand.

Track listing and formats

European CD single[5]
  1. Dreamin' (Album Version) - 5:25
  2. Dreamin' (Instrumental) - 5:25
  3. The Right Stuff (Album Version) - 4:18

Chart positions

Chart (1988-1989) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart 108[6]
Dutch Top 40 40[3]
New Zealand Singles Chart 19[4]
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles 1[1]
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[7] 2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 8
UK Singles Chart 74[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 627.
  2. 1 2 "Vanessa Williams chart positions". OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
  3. 1 2 "Zoeken naar: Artiest: Vanessa Williams (in Dutch)". DutchCharts.nl. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  4. 1 2 "Vanessa Williams - Dreamin' (Song)". Charts.Org.Nz. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  5. ↑ "Vanessa Williams – Dreamin' (CD)". Discogs.org. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  6. ↑ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received May 2, 2017". Imgur.com. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 260.
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