Don't Dream It's Over

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Don't Dream It's Over / Crowded House
  DE 13 05/18/1987 (13 weeks)
  UK 25th 05/16/1987 (13 weeks)
  US 2 01/17/1987 (24 weeks)
Don't Dream It's Over / Paul Young
  DE 71 10/28/1991 (9 weeks)
  UK 20th 10/26/1991 (5 weeks)
Don't Dream It's Over / Sixpence None the Richer
  US 78 03/22/2003 (6 weeks)

Don't Dream It's Over is a 1986 Crowded House song , written by Neil Finn and produced by Mitchell Froom. It appeared on the album Crowded House .

In 1991 Paul Young recorded a cover version in which the fourth of the six stanzas is sung by Mike & the Mechanics singer Paul Carrack .

history

The song deals with the topics of reality and freedom . Don't Dream It's Over was released worldwide on October 1, 1986, and the song became a number one hit in Canada and New Zealand .

Since its release, the New Wave / College Rock ballad has been featured on many television shows including Beverly Hills, 90210, and Summerland Beach . The song was also used in the Hard Rock episode of Miami Vice , in the episode Carriage with Obstacles by American Dad, and in the film adaptation of The Stand . The music video contains some surreal special effects like floating plates or an unwinding roll of film.

The music video won an award in the Best New Artist in a Video category at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards .

Cover versions

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sources chart positions: Germany / UK / US: Crowded House - Sixpence None the Richer
  2. ^ Translation of the text
  3. ↑ release date