| "Dream Police" | ||||
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| Single by Cheap Trick | ||||
| from the album Dream Police | ||||
| B-side | "Heaven Tonight" | |||
| Released | September 1979 | |||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||
| Genre | Power pop, pop rock | |||
| Length | 3:49 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rick Nielsen | |||
| Producer(s) | Tom Werman | |||
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| "Dream Police" on YouTube | ||||
"Dream Police" is a song written by Rick Nielsen and originally released in 1979 by the American rock band Cheap Trick. It is the first track on the group's album of the same name. The single peaked at #26 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] Nielsen has stated that the song "is an attempt to take a heavy thought - a quick bit of REM snatched right before waking up - and put into a pop format."[2] He also stated that "the song was about Big Brother watching you."[3]
- ^ "Cheap Trick Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
- ^ Hayes, M.; Sharp, K. (1998). Reputation Is a Fragile Thing. Poptastic. pp. 75–76. ISBN 978-0-9662081-0-8.
- ^ Swanson, Dave (September 21, 2015). "40 Years Ago: Cheap Trick's 'Dream Police Becomes Belated Smash". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2019-09-24.