| "Caught in a Dream" | ||||
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| Single by Alice Cooper | ||||
| from the album Love It to Death | ||||
| B-side | "Hallowed Be My Name" | |||
| Released | May 1971[1] | |||
| Recorded | December 1970 | |||
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| Length | 3:10 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Michael Bruce | |||
| Producer(s) | Bob Ezrin | |||
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"Caught in a Dream" is a 1971 song written by Michael Bruce and recorded by his band, Alice Cooper, on their first major label release album Love It to Death. As the album's second single[3] "Caught in a Dream" was released backed with "Hallowed Be My Name" in May 1971;[1] it peaked in the US at number 94.[3]
Coming just before the album's signature hit "I'm Eighteen", "Caught in a Dream" opens Love It to Death. It is a straight-ahead rocker that follows simple hard-rock formulas, trading heavy riffing with guitar fills and solos,[4] "Caught in a Dream" was the album's second single and featured irreverent, tongue-in-cheek lyrics such as "I need everything the world owes me / I tell that to myself and I agree".[3]