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Dream Baby Dream
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Wikipedia article
"'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.
Accolades
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Formats and track listing
All songs written by Martin Rev and Alan Vega
;UK 7" single (WIP 6543)
#"Dream Baby Dream" 6:19
#"Radiation" 3:03
Personnel
Adapted from the 'Dream Baby Dream' liner notes.
;Suicide
* Martin Rev keyboards
* Alan Vega vocals
;Production and additional personnel
* Ric Ocasek production
* Jay Burnett engineering
Release history
References
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