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Australian singles chart:
Dreamer entered the Kent Music Report on 7 July 1975 and peaked at #47.
Album:
The song is on Crime of the Century which entered the Kent Music Report album charts on 12 May 1975 and peaked at #15.
Songwriters:
Rick Davies, Roger Hodgson
Producers:
Supertramp, Ken Scott
Record label of Australian release:
A&M
BONUS CLIP BELOW: the B-side, Bloody Well Right, also gained substantial airplay
Songfacts:
This song is about a guy with big dreams who is incapable of acting on them, so they never come true. Dreamer was written by Hodgson, who also sang lead. As was custom with Supertramp, it was credited to their founding members Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, who wrote separately but shared composer credits.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/supertramp/dreamer
Lyrics:
Dreamer, you know you are a dreamer
Well, can you put your hands in your head? Oh no
I said, “Dreamer, you′re nothing but a dreamer”
Well, can you put your hands in your head? Oh no
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This song is also on our Spotify playlist Bang a Gong – the 70s
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BONUS CLIP:
The B-side of the single, Bloody Well Right, also gained substantial airplay. In fact, in the USA, it was more popular than Dreamer, leading it to chart instead.
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