"Dream Baby Dream"
Single by Suicide
B-side"Radiation"
Released1979 (1979)
RecordedRight Track Recording, NY
Genre
Length6:19
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Ric Ocasek
Suicide singles chronology
"Cheree"
(1978)		 "Dream Baby Dream"
(1979)		 "Surrender"
(1988)

"Dream Baby Dream" is a song by the electro-punk band Suicide, written by its members Martin Rev and Alan Vega. It was released as a single in 1979 by Island Records. It has been covered by Neneh Cherry and The Thing on the 2011-recorded album The Cherry Thing and by Bruce Springsteen both live and in a studio version released on High Hopes (2014). Springsteen released a live version as an EP which was a part of the Alan Vega 70th Birthday Limited Edition EP Series in 2008. Also part of the EP series was a live version of "Dream Baby Dream" performed by Suicide on NBC's The Midnight Special in 1978.

The song appeared in Adam Curtis' 2016 BBC documentary HyperNormalisation during a montage featuring skyscrapers being blown up.[1]

A live cover version of the song by the band Savages[2] also appears in the 2014 film Electric Slide.[3]

"Dream Baby Dream"
Single by Bruce Springsteen
from the album High Hopes
Released2008 (live), 2014 (studio)
Genre
Length6:19 (live) 5:03 (studio)
LabelColumbia Records
Songwriter(s)

Accolades

Year Publication Country Accolade Rank
1985 Sounds United Kingdom The 100 Best Singles of All Time[3] 76
2001 Uncut The 100 Greatest Singles from the Post-Punk Era[2] 42
2003 Q The 1001 Best Songs Ever[4] 901
2008 Pitchfork United States The Pitchfork 500: 1977–1979[5] *
2016 The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s[6] 37

(*) designates unordered lists.

Formats and track listing

All songs written by Martin Rev and Alan Vega

UK 7" single (WIP 6543)
  1. "Dream Baby Dream" – 6:19
  2. "Radiation" – 3:03

Personnel

Adapted from the Dream Baby Dream liner notes.[7]

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 1979 Island LP WIP 6543
France 1981 Celluloid, ZE CEL 6590

References

  1. ↑ Pollard, Alexandra (2016-10-30). "Suicide's Dream Baby Dream – the unlikely anthem of 2016". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  2. 1 2 "Uncut – The 100 Greatest Singles Of The Post-Punk Era". Uncut. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Sounds All Time Top 100 Singles". Sounds. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Q Special Edition – 1001 Best Songs Ever". Q. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Guide to the Greatest Songs From Punk to the Present". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  6. ↑ "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s – Page 9". Pitchfork.
  7. ↑ Dream Baby Dream (sleeve). Suicide. London, United Kingdom: Island Records. 1979.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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