Dreams (Fleetwood Mac song)
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| "Dreams" | ||
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| Single by Fleetwood Mac | ||
| from the album Rumours | ||
| B-side(s) | "Songbird" | |
| Released | March 24, 1977 | |
| Format | 7"single | |
| Recorded | 1976 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 4:17 | |
| Label | Reprise | |
| Writer(s) | Stevie Nicks | |
| Producer(s) | Fleetwood Mac, Richard Dashut and Ken Caillat | |
| Certification | Gold (RIAA (U.S.) – September 14, 1977) | |
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| Fleetwood Mac singles chronology | ||
| "Go Your Own Way" (1976) |
"Dreams" (1977) |
"Don't Stop" (1977) |
"Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac was the second single released from their 1977 album, Rumours. It remains one of the biggest hits of the 1970s. It was written by Stevie Nicks in Sausalito, California in early 1976 at the start of album sessions. The song was composed on the piano of Sly Stone and took Nicks about one hour to write, and after playing it for the rest of the band, it was recorded the same night. "Dreams" was written about Nicks's relationship with Lindsey Buckingham, the lead guitarist of Fleetwood Mac.
Stevie Nicks once said that she never got tired of singing "Dreams". It reached the number one spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, the band's only chart-topper. 1996 saw the band Whiskeytown (fronted by Ryan Adams, who - since branching out as a solo artist - has been very vocal about his appreciation of Fleetwood Mac) cover the song live and on their unreleased album A Stranger Is Born (they continued to cover it live until they disbanded in 2000)[1]. In 1997, The Corrs covered the song on their album Talk on Corners, and 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. Japanese pop singer Fayray has covered "Dreams" on her 2005 covers album.
| Preceded by: "I'm Your Boogie Man" by KC and the Sunshine Band |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single June 18, 1977 |
Succeeded by: "Got to Give It Up (Part 1)" by Marvin Gaye |
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