Dream Baby Dream

1979 single by Suicide

"Dream Baby Dream"

Single by Suicide
B-side| "Radiation"
Released| 1979 (1979)
Recorded| Right Track Recording, NY
Genre|

* Synth-punk

Length| 6:19
Label| Island
Songwriter(s)|

* Martin Reverby
* Boruch Bermowitz

Producer(s)| Ric Ocasek
Suicide singles chronology
| "Cheree"
(1978)  | "Dream Baby Dream"
(1979)  | "Surrender"
(1988)

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"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. It also appeared in the 2016 film American Honey, directed by Andrea Arnold.[1]

The song features on the closing credits of Alex Garland's Civil War (2024).

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
Released| 2008 (live), 2014 (studio)
Genre|

* Rock
* soul

Length| 6:19 (live) 5:03 (studio)
Label| Columbia Records
Songwriter(s)|

* Martin Reverby
* Boruch Bermowitz

## Accolades

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Year  | Publication  | Country  | Accolade  | Rank

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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

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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

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

Suicide

* Martin Rev – keyboards
* Alan Vega – vocals

Production and additional personnel

* Ric Ocasek – production
* Jay Burnett – engineering

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## Release history

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Region  | Date  | Label  | Format  | Catalog

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United Kingdom  | 1979  | Island | LP | WIP 6543
France  | 1981  | Celluloid, ZE | CEL 6590

## References

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1. ^ Pollard, Alexandra (2016-10-30). "Suicide's Dream Baby Dream – the unlikely anthem of 2016". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
2. ^ a b "Uncut – The 100 Greatest Singles Of The Post-Punk Era". Uncut. Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
3. ^ a b "Sounds All Time Top 100 Singles". Sounds. Archived from the original on February 22, 2006. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
4. ^ "Q Special Edition – 1001 Best Songs Ever". Q. Archived from the original on December 11, 2005. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
5. ^ "Guide to the Greatest Songs From Punk to the Present". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 2015-12-07. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
6. ^ "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s – Page 9". Pitchfork. 22 August 2016.
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)

## External links

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* "Dream Baby Dream" at Discogs (list of releases)

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Suicide

* Alan Vega
* Martin Rev

Studio albums|

* Suicide (1977)
* Suicide: Alan Vega and Martin Rev (1980)
* A Way of Life (1988)
* Why Be Blue (1992)
* American Supreme (2002)

Live albums|

* 21½ Minutes in Berlin/23 Minutes in Brussels
* Ghost Riders

Compilation albums|

* Half Alive
* Surrender

Tribute albums|

* Alan Vega 70th Birthday Limited Edition EP Series

Singles|

* "Johnny"
* "Cheree"
* "Dream Baby Dream"
* "Surrender"
* "Why Be Blue"

Other songs|

* "Ghost Rider"
* "Frankie Teardrop"

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz work
* 2
* MusicBrainz release group

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