Dreams (The Cranberries song)

"Dreams"
UK CD1 variant of the 1994 European re-release
Single by the Cranberries
from the album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
B-side
  • "What You Were"
  • "Liar"
Released5 October 1992 (1992-10-05)
StudioWindmill Lane (Dublin)
Genre
Length
  • 4:32 (album version)
  • 4:15 (UK radio edit)
  • 4:02 (US radio edit)
LabelIsland
Composers
LyricistDolores O'Riordan
ProducerStephen Street
The Cranberries singles chronology
"Dreams"
(1992)
"Linger"
(1993)
Audio sample
  • file
  • help
Music video
"Dreams" on YouTube
Alternative cover
US CD single (1994)

"Dreams" is a song by Irish rock band the Cranberries. It was originally released in October 1992 by Island Records as the band's debut single and later appeared on the band's debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993). The song reached the top 50 of the US Billboard Hot 100 and the top 30 of the UK Singles Chart. A 1990 demo version was released in Ireland only in the summer of that year under their initial band name, the Cranberry Saw Us. At the end of the song, the backing vocals are sung by Mike Mahoney, ex-boyfriend of Cranberries lead singer Dolores O'Riordan. Three different music videos were made to promote the single, directed by John Maybury, Peter Scammell and Nico Soultanakis.

In 2017, the song was released as an acoustic, stripped-down version on the band's Something Else album.