Recordings & Success
Band-related errors prevented the first take from becoming the master. After filming for the TV special was completed for its eventual editing, then broadcast in December of the year, the song was released as a single - If I Can Dream/Edge Of Reality - in November 1968. It charted on Billboard's Hot 100 for 13 weeks, peaking at #12, with more than one million sales; though the RIAA has only certified the song as gold (500,000 units shipped)as of March 27th, 1992. In Canada the song peaked at 6 on RPM (magazine)'s top singles chart, lasting more than several weeks.
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