"Dream Lover" is a song written and recorded by Bobby Darin on March 5, 1959. It was produced by Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler and engineered by Tom Dowd. It is considered a soulful rock song. The song became a multi-million seller, reaching #2 in US charts and was #1 in UK for four weeks during July 1959. It was released as a single on Atco Records in 1959. In addition to Darin's vocal, the song features Neil Sedaka on piano. A picture sleeve, featuring a portrait of Darin, was also issued for this record.
The song is featured in the 1991 movie Hot Shots! starring Charlie Sheen. It is played during a scene in which Sheen's character performs several stunts on a motorcycle, trying to impress a girl. A remake of the song performed by Dion is also played, in full, during the end credits.
The song was also used in Michael Apted's 1974 movie Stardust and in Barry Levinson's 1982 debut film Diner.
Famous quotes containing the words dream and/or lover:
“Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
“The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)