In My Dreams (REO Speedwagon song)

"In My Dreams"
Single by REO Speedwagon
from the album Life as We Know It
B-side"Over the Edge"
ReleasedJuly 1987 (US)[1]
RecordedDecember 1986
GenreRock
Length
  • 4:31 (album version)
  • 4:20 (7" single/video version)
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Kevin Cronin, Tom Kelly
Producer(s)Kevin Cronin, Gary Richrath, Alan Gratzer, David DeVore
REO Speedwagon singles chronology
"Variety Tonight"
(1987)
"In My Dreams"
(1987)
"Here with Me"
(1988)

"In My Dreams" is a song by American rock band REO Speedwagon, from their twelfth studio album Life as We Know It. Released as the third single from the album, the song was a top 20 hit in the U.S., where it peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1987.[2] It also peaked at No. 6 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[3] In Canada, it reached a peak of No. 61.[4]

Cash Box called it a "sentimental and romantic spin [that] should connect with AC and CHR."[5]

  1. ^ "REO speedwagon singles".
  2. ^ "REO Speedwagon In My Dreams Chart History".
  3. ^ "REO Speedwagon In My Dreams Adult Contemporary Chart History".
  4. ^ Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly".
  5. ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. July 11, 1987. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-09-11.