How Can We Hang On to a Dream

"How Can We Hang On to a Dream"
Song by Tim Hardin
from the album Tim Hardin 1
B-side"It'll Never Happen Again"
ReleasedFebruary 1966[1]
GenreFolk
LabelVerve Folkways
Composer(s)Tim Hardin
Producer(s)Erik Jacobsen

"How Can We Hang On to a Dream" is a song composed and recorded by Tim Hardin.[2] It was Hardin's first single after he signed with Verve Folkways, released around six months before his debut album Tim Hardin 1.[3] The single was titled "Hang On to a Dream" in some territories.

The song has been successfully covered by many artists, including charting versions by Johnny Hallyday and Rudy Bennett. Hardin's own version reached No. 50 on the UK Singles Chart.[4] In the Netherlands, where the Dutch Top 40 chart aggregated Hardin's version with a cover by the Dutch singer Rudy Bennett as one entry, the song reached No. 4 in 1987.[5]

  1. ^ Fornatale, Pete (2009). Back to the Garden. Touchstone. p. 85. ISBN 9781416591191 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Greenwald, Matthew (2021-01-01). "How Can We Hang on to a Dream - Tim Hardin". AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-02-01. The final song on Tim Hardin
  3. ^ Niemi, Robert (2001). Pat Browne; Ray Broadus Browne; William Labov (eds.). The Guide to United States Popular Culture. Bowling Green State University Popular Press. p. 364. ISBN 9780879728212 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference uksingle was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Rudy Bennett - How Can We Hang On to a Dream". Top 40.