Dreams (Fleetwood Mac song)

"Dreams" is a song by Fleetwood Mac from their eleventh studio album Rumours (1977). In the United States, "Dreams" was released as the second single from Rumours on March 24, 1977, while in the United Kingdom it was released as the third single in June 1977. A performance of "Dreams" on stage was used as the promotional music video.

"Dreams"
German vinyl single
Single by Fleetwood Mac
from the album Rumours
B-side"Songbird"
Released24 March 1977
Format7"
Recorded1976
GenreSoft rock[1]
Length4:14
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Stevie Nicks
Producer(s)
Fleetwood Mac American singles chronology
"Go Your Own Way"
(1976)		 "Dreams"
(1977)		 "Don't Stop"
(1977)
Fleetwood Mac British singles chronology
"Don't Stop"
(1977)		 "Dreams"
(1977)		 "You Make Loving Fun"
(1977)
Rumours track listing
11 tracks
Side one
  1. "Second Hand News"
  2. "Dreams"
  3. "Never Going Back Again"
  4. "Don't Stop"
  5. "Go Your Own Way"
  6. "Songbird"
Side two
  1. "The Chain"
  2. "You Make Loving Fun"
  3. "I Don't Want to Know"
  4. "Oh Daddy"
  5. "Gold Dust Woman"
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In the US, "Dreams" reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100,[2] the band's only number-one single there; it sold over a million copies. In Canada, "Dreams" also reached number one on the RPM Top 100 Singles chart.[3]

Background and composition

The members of Fleetwood Mac were experiencing emotional upheavals while recording the Rumours album. Mick Fleetwood was going through a divorce. John McVie was separating from his wife Christine McVie. Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks were ending their eight-year relationship. "We had to go through this elaborate exercise of denial," explained Buckingham to Blender magazine, "keeping our personal feelings in one corner of the room while trying to be professional in the other."[4]

Nicks wrote the song in early 1976 at the Record Plant studio in Sausalito, California. "One day when I wasn't required in the main studio," remembers Nicks to Blender magazine, "I took a Fender Rhodes piano and went into another studio that was said to belong to Sly Stone, of Sly and 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."[4]

"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."[4]

When Nicks played the song to the rest of the group, "They weren't nuts about it. But I said 'Please! Please record this song, at least try it'. Because the way I play things sometimes... you really have to listen." The band recorded 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."[4] 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 Buckingham "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."[4]

Chart performance

In the United States, "Dreams" reached the number-one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on June 18, 1977, and held it for one week. On the Adult Contemporary chart, "Dreams" was Fleetwood Mac's highest charting single during the 1970s when it reached number 11.[5] In the United Kingdom, "Dreams" went to number 24, staying in the top 40 for eight weeks.

Since its initial release, "Dreams" has reentered the charts on various occasions. It picked up two additional weeks on the UK charts in 2011 following the airing of the Glee Rumours episode. In 2018, "Dreams" returned to the Billboard charts at the number-fourteen spot on their Rock Songs Chart, re popularized by a viral tweet.[6] The song also returned to the New Zealand charts in 2019 at #40.[7] The same year, it also entered the Irish charts for the first time.

Personnel

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[14] 3× Platinum 60,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[15] Platinum 600,000
United States (RIAA)[16] Gold 1,000,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

The Corrs version
"Dreams"
Single by The Corrs
from the album Talk on Corners
ReleasedMay 1998
FormatCD single
Recorded1997
Genre
Length4:18
Label
Songwriter(s)Stevie Nicks
Producer(s)Oliver Leiber
The Corrs singles chronology
"What Can I Do"
(1998)		 "Dreams"
(1998)		 "So Young"
(1998)
Music video
"Dreams" on YouTube

The Corrs originally recorded "Dreams" for Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, the 20th anniversary album of cover versions which also featured "Don't Stop" by Elton John, "You Make Loving Fun" by Jewel and others from the Goo Goo Dolls and the Cranberries. The cover version was originally recorded similar to the original until Oliver Leiber transformed the recording into a dance and house track mixed with a violin and tin whistle hook and a rhythmic bassline. It was then remixed by Todd Terry for single release and became the first big hit for The Corrs in the UK, reaching number 6 in the UK singles chart and staying in the chart for 10 weeks. The video also won the "Best Adult Contemporary Video" award from Billboard magazine in 1998. The Corrs' second studio album, Talk on Corners, was then re-released with "Dreams" added.

The Corrs performed "Dreams" with Mick Fleetwood from Fleetwood Mac in their concert at the Royal Albert Hall on St. Patrick's Day, 1998 (which was also Caroline Corr's 25th birthday).

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "The Corrs bring an interesting Celtic flavor to the first pop single from "Legacy: A Tribute To Fleetwood Mac's Rumours." Although it's difficult to let go of the intense drama of the original recording, the act's earnest delivery is to be commended and appreciated. In an effort to better connect with the kids of crossover radio, club icon Todd Terry has been enlisted to remix the song with a more forceful disco sound. It was a wise move that gives this single a fighting chance in drawing the positive attention of the pop masses."[17]

Track listing

(Durations for tracks 1 (listed as 3:59) and 4 (listed as 8:40) on the sleeve and on the CD are wrong, corrected below. The radio edit is actually longer than the album version. The single was released in Germany, South Africa and Australia with the same track listing - and wrong track lengths - but with different covers.)[18]

  • CD
  1. "Dreams" (radio edit) – 4:18
  2. "Dreams" (Tee's Radio) – 3:53
  3. "Dreams" (Tee's New Radio) (Todd's Henry St. Mix) – 3:52
  4. "Dreams" (TNT Pop extended mix) – 7:40
  5. "Dreams" (Tee's Club) – 7:39
  6. "Dreams" (Tee's in House mix) – 4:32

Charts
Chart (1999) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA Charts)[19] 47
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders) 14
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[20] 10
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[21] 38
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[22] 24
France (SNEP)[23] 52
Germany (GfK Entertainment Charts)[24] 73
Hungary (Mahasz)[25] 9
Ireland (IRMA)[26] 6
Netherlands (Tipparade)[27] 10
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[28] 71
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[29] 5
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[30] 6

Certifications
Country Certification Sales/shipments
United Kingdom Silver[31] 200,000+

Deep Dish cover featuring Stevie Nicks

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 US Hot Dance Club Play chart. Also, an edited version of the song is included on her 2007 album Crystal Visions – The Very Best of Stevie Nicks. In its music video, directed by Honey, model and actress Winter Ave Zoli serves as the main protagonist.

Chart (2006) Peak
position
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

Notes
  1. Cruz, Gilbert (21 October 2011). "All-TIME 100 Songs – 'Dreams'". Time. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  2. "Dreams". Billboard. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  3. "100 Singles" (PDF). RPM. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  4. "The Greatest Songs Ever! Dreams" Archived 19 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine. Blender Magazine. Retrieved 1 January 2007.
  5. The Top 50 Adult Contemporary Artists Ever - Billboard.com
  6. Renfro, Kim. "A 40-year-old rock song is back on the charts after becoming a viral meme". Insider. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  7. "charts.org.nz - Fleetwood Mac - Dreams". charts.nz. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  8. GfK Dutch Charts (9 November 2009). "dutchcharts.nl - Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac in Dutch Charts". dutchcharts.nl.
  9. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (9 November 2009). "charts.nz - Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac in New Zealand Charts". charts.nz.
  10. "Fleetwood Mac – Singles". Official Charts. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  11. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Dreams". Irish Singles Chart.
  12. RPM
  13. Billboard
  14. "New Zealand single certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Dreams". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  15. "British single certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Dreams". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 February 2019. Select singles in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Dreams in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  16. "American single certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Dreams". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 22 February 2019. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH. 
  17. "Billboard: Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. 4 April 1998. p. 65. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  18. "The Corrs - Dreams". Discogs. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  19. Australian Charts
  20. "Canadian Charts (Adult Contemporary)". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  21. "Canadian Charts". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  22. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  23. French Charts
  24. "German Charts". Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  25. "Top 10 Hungary" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  26. Irish Charts Archived 3 June 2009 at WebCite
  27. "The Corrs - Dreams" (in Dutch). top40.nl. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  28. Dutch Charts
  29. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  30. Everyhit Archived 12 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  31. The Corrs Awards
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