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| "Don't Dream It's Over" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Original 1986 Australian single[1] | ||||
| Single by Crowded House | ||||
| from the album Crowded House | ||||
| B-side | "That's What I Call Love" | |||
| Released | 20 October 1986[2] | |||
| Studio | Capitol Recording, Sunset Sound Factory (Los Angeles) | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:55 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Finn | |||
| Producer(s) | Mitchell Froom | |||
| Crowded House singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| Don't Dream It's Over on YouTube | ||||
"Don't Dream It's Over" is a song by rock band Crowded House, recorded for their 1986 self-titled debut studio album.[6] The song was composed and written by New Zealand frontman Neil Finn and released in October 1986[2] as the fourth single from the album.
"Don't Dream It's Over" became the band's biggest international hit, reaching No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in April 1987. The song reached No. 1 in Canada and in Finn's native New Zealand, while in Australia, it peaked at No. 8. In continental Europe, it reached No. 6 in Norway, No. 27 in the Netherlands, No. 13 in West Germany, and No. 25 in the United Kingdom. At the 1986 Countdown Australian Music Awards the song was nominated for three awards, winning Best Video.[7][8]
In May 2001, the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) ranked "Don't Dream It's Over" second on its list of the Top 100 New Zealand songs of all time[9] and seventh on its list of the Top 100 Australian songs of all time.[10] In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Don't Dream It's Over" was ranked number 65.[11] The song has been recorded by other artists, including Paul Young, Sixpence None the Richer, and New Zealand artist Stan Walker—the latter producing a Māori version titled Moemoeā ("Dream").[12][13]
- ^ Don't Dream It's Over (7-inch vinyl). Crowded House. Capitol Records. CP 1842.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ a b "Kent Music Report No 640 – 20 October 1986 > Singles: New Releases". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 30 November 2017 – via Imgur.
- ^ White, Caitlin (14 May 2015). "Watch Miley Cyrus & Ariana Grande Cover Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over"". Stereogum. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ "Crowded House [Capitol]". Torque. United Kingdom: SPH Magazines. February 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 451. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.
- ^ Bailey, Marck; Comprehensive discography of Crowded House including track listings for all albums and singles. Released 28 March 1995. Retrieved 5 July 2007. Site offline after 2008.
- ^ "Australian Music Awards". Ron Jeff. Archived from the original on 15 June 2005. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- ^ "Final episode of Countdown". 1970scountdown. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Our top song - but vote kept a secret". The New Zealand Herald. 3 November 2001. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ^ "The final list: APRA'S Ten best Australian Songs". APRA. 28 May 2001. Archived from the original on 8 March 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
- ^ "Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'". Musicfeeds. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Watch: Stan Walker sing Don't Dream It's Over in Te Reo". Stuff. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ McDonald, Kelvin (1 June 2019). "Stan Walker delights half-million followers". Te Ao. Māori Television. Retrieved 14 December 2019.