Only in My Dreams

"Only in My Dreams"
Single by Debbie Gibson
from the album Out of the Blue
A-side	Vocal (3:50)
B-side	Dub (4:42) (U.S., 89322; JPN, P-2305) Dreamix (4:18) (UK, A9322)
Released	August 1987 (UK) December 16. 1986 (United States)
Recorded	October 1986
Genre	Dance-pop, freestyle, R&B
Length	Album Version 3:58 Single Version 3:42
Label	Atlantic
Writer(s)	Deborah Gibson
Producer	Fred Zarr
Debbie Gibson singles chronology
"Only in My Dreams" (1987) "Shake Your Love" (1987)

"Only in My Dreams" is the debut single for American singer-songwriter-actress Deborah Gibson. Released December 16. 1986 as a maxi single (Atlantic DM 86744), and then in remixed form (Vocal/3:50, as described herein) February 1987, the song was written by Gibson herself in 1984, two years before she recorded it.^[1] Produced by Fred Zarr and engineered by Don Feinberg for BiZarr Music, Inc., mixed by "Little" Louie Vega and mastered by Herb "Pump" Powers, the dance-pop song reached number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the summer of 1987. Douglas Breitbart for Broadbeard Productions, Inc. served as executive producer (see also Debbie Gibson).

While it did not initially make the UK top fifty, "Dreams" re-entered the UK singles chart in 1988 on the back of the success of her second single (viz., "Shake Your Love," Atlantic UK A9187), eventually peaking at #11. The Extended Club Mix/Vocal track (6:34) from DM 86744 was excerpted for a dance medley, "Medley: Out of the Blue - Shake Your Love - Only in My Dreams" (Debbie Gibson Mega Mix), that became Track 4 on Atlantic DM 86556 "Foolish Beat."

A different mix, "Only in My Dreams" (LP Version/3:54), mastered from the original multitrack for DM 86744, became Track 3 on Gibson's debut album Out Of The Blue (Atlantic LP 81780), and a further variation, "Only in My Dreams (Dream House Mix/10:03)," was Track 3 on Atlantic DM 86556 "Foolish Beat."

The song was voted #95 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s.

Music video

The music video for this song was recorded as a dream sequence with various different locations, including a beach, an amusement park, and various other locations with Gibson in several different changes of wardrobe. The video shows the futility of a teenage girl attempting to get the man of her dreams to look at her, and when he does, she realizes that she was dreaming the whole event, thus causing her world to come crashing down around her.

Track Listing (Atlantic DM 86744)

"Only in My Dreams"

1. (Extended Club Mix/Vocal/6:34)
2. (Percapella/Vocal/3:29)
3. (Dreamix/4:18)
4. (Heartthrob Beats/4:14)

Track Listing, 12" Oldies Series re-release (Atlantic DM 86606)

"Only in My Dreams"

1. (Extended Club Mix/Vocal/6:34)
2. (Percapella/Vocal/3:29)

Back-to-back with these two tracks is "CHIC - Dance, Dance, Dance (Yousah, Yousah, Yousah)" (8:30), as Track 3 this maxi single; this track was originally released in 1978 on Atlantic maxi single DK 4600.

Versions

• Only In My Dreams [Album Version] - 3:46
• Only In My Dreams [97 Dance Remix] - 4:36
• Only In My Dreams [Club Dub] - 4:36
• Only In My Dreams [Club Mix with Rap] - 4:35
• Only In My Dreams [Debbie Dreams] - 4:38
• Only In My Dreams [Dream Dub] - 3:44
• Only In My Dreams [Extended Club Mix] - 5:55
• Only In My Dreams [Extended Dance Mix] - 6:27
• Only In My Dreams [Hot Tracks Mix] - 6:27
• Only In My Dreams [Rave Radio Version] - 3:44
• Only In My Dreams [Riff Dub] - 4:22
• Only In My Dreams [Vasquez Club Mix] - 7:30
• Only In My Dreams [Video Version] - 3:42

The Remake of 1998

"Only in My Dreams 1998"
Single by Deborah Gibson
from the album Deborah Rev. 1.1
Length	37:53 overall
Label	Jellybean
Writer(s)	Deborah Gibson
Producer	John "Jellybean" Benitez, Deborah Gibson
Deborah Gibson singles chronology
"Moonchild" (1997) "Only in My Dreams 1998" (1998) "Naturally" (1998)

Gibson did several major modifications to this song after she left Atlantic Records. In 1997, apparently the entire song was re-recorded, first appearing as "Only in My Dreams" (1997 Dance Edit/4:38), Track 14 on Espiritu LP 9602 Deborah, Revision 1.1 for June 1997, and later in seven variations, including one with a retrofitted eight-measure rap, on Jellybean Recordings DM 2532 "Only in My Dreams 1998" (released February 1998). The basic rhythm is modified from the Dream House Version of the original song on Atlantic DM 86556, Track 3.^[2]

Track Listing (Jellybean Recordings 2532)

"Only in My Dreams 1998"

1. (Club Mix/7:32)
2. (Club Mix with Rap/4:37)
3. (Club Dub/4:36)
4. (Rave Vocal Mix/4:37)
5. (Rave Dub/4:37)
6. (Dream Dub/3:45)
7. (Rave Radio Edit/3:46)
8. (Riff Dub/4:23)

(Deborah Gibson) Music Sales Corp., ASCAP

Footnotes

1. ^ Out of the Blue (Debbie Gibson songbook), CatNo. HL00356822. Hal Leonard, 1988.
2. ^ /Pop2/DeborahGibsonDiscog/Discog.txt at AngelFire.com. Retrieved 06:15, 25 May 2008 (UTC).