Dreams (The Cranberries song)

"Dreams"
Artwork for 1994 European rerelease (UK CD1 single pictured)
Single by the Cranberries
from the album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
B-side
  • "What You Were"
  • "Liar"
Released28 September 1992 (1992-09-28)[1]
Genre
Length
  • 4:32 (album version)
  • 4:15 (UK radio edit)
  • 4:02 (US radio edit)
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)Dolores O'Riordan, Noel Hogan
Producer(s)Stephen Street
The Cranberries singles chronology
"Dreams"
(1992) 		"Linger"
(1993)
Audio sample
Music video
"Dreams" on YouTube
Alternative cover
US CD single (1994)

"Dreams" is the debut single of Irish rock band the Cranberries. It was originally released in September 1992 by Island Records and later appeared on the band's debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993). The song reached the top 50 of the US Hot 100 and the top 30 of the UK Singles Chart in early 1994. A 1990 demo version was released in Ireland only in the summer of that year under their initial band name, the Cranberry Saw Us. At the end of the song, the backing vocals are sung by Mike Mahoney, ex-boyfriend of Cranberries lead singer Dolores O'Riordan.[4]

In 2017, the song was released as an acoustic, stripped-down version on the band's Something Else album.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference uk92rel was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Jenkins, Craig. "Remembering the Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan". Vulture.
  3. ^ Heaton, Dave. "Hatchie's 'Keepsake' Is Dream Pop for Our Doom". PopMatters.
  4. ^ Unterberger, Andrew (15 January 2018). "The Cranberries' 'Dreams': 10 Reasons Why It's One of the Greatest Songs of All Time". Billboard. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  5. ^ Yoo, Noah (14 March 2017). "The Cranberries Announce New Acoustic Album Something Else, Share "Linger": Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 March 2017.