Dreamer (Ozzy Osbourne Song)
Dreamer | |
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Ozzy Osbourne | |
length | 4:44 |
Genre (s) | Heavy metal , power ballad |
Author (s) | Ozzy Osbourne, Marti Frederiksen , Mick Jones |
album | Down to Earth |
Dreamer is a song by British rock musician Ozzy Osbourne , which he composed with Marti Frederiksen and Michael Jones . It was released in early 2002 as the second single from the eighth album Down to Earth .
background
The song was written three years before it was released (Copyright: Pearl White Music , 2000). Osbourne calls Dreamer his favorite Down to Earth song . He also often makes comparisons with John Lennon's Imagine . Lennon had a great influence on Osbourne, which is also noticeable in the line of text "After all, there's only just the two of us.", Since there is a Beatles song called Two of Us . He also said in The Sun newspaper that Paul McCartney had been asked to do the bass parts on the song . He refused on the grounds that he couldn't improve anything that was already done.
Music video
Rob Zombie directed the filming of the music video .
The video shows Osbourne in two different locations: On the one hand in a snow-covered forest, where children play and sometimes the instruments that can be heard in the background, such as violins ; the other is in a candlelit building where Osbourne and his solo band are.
success
Down to Earth was overall less successful than the previous albums. However, Dreamer became a radio hit in Europe. The song reached 18th place in Great Britain, 15th place in the Netherlands, 13th place in Finland, tenth place in Switzerland, third place in Denmark and second place in Germany and Austria. In the US, the song could not place in the charts.
Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
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Chart placements | ||
Germany (GfK) | 2 (23 weeks) | 23 |
Austria (Ö3) | 2 (24 weeks) | 24 |
Switzerland (IFPI) | 10 (21 weeks) | 21st |
United Kingdom (OCC) | 18th (6 weeks) | 6th |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Dreamer by Ozzy Osbourne. In: songfacts.com. Accessed August 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Ozzy Osbourne - Dreamer chart placement Germany. GfK Entertainment , accessed on September 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Ozzy Osbourne - Dreamer chart placement Austria. In: Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien, accessed September 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Ozzy Osbourne - Dreamer chart placement Switzerland. In: Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien, accessed September 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Ozzy Osbourne - Dreamer Charthistory United Kingdom. Official Charts Company , accessed September 28, 2019 .