Only in My Dreams

"Only in My Dreams"
Song
A-side	"Vocal (3:50)"
B-side	"Dub (4:42) (U.S., 89322) Dreamix (4:18) (U.K., A9322)"

"Only in My Dreams" (Atlantic 89322; Atlantic UK A9322) is the debut single for American singer-songwriter-actress Deborah Gibson. Released December 1986 as a maxi single (Atlantic DM 86744), and then in remixed form (Vocal/3:50, as described herein) February 1987, the song was written by Gibson herself in 1984, two years before she recorded it. Produced by Fred Zarr and engineered by Don Feinberg for BiZarr Music, Inc., mixed by "Little" Louie Vega and mastered by Herb "Pump" Powers, the dance-pop song reached number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the summer of 1987. Douglas Breitbart for Broadbeard Productions, Inc. served as executive producer (see also Deborah Gibson).

While it did not initially make the UK top fifty, "Dreams" re-entered the U.K. singles chart in 1988 on the back of the success of her second single (viz., "Shake Your Love," Atlantic UK A9187), eventually peaking at #11. The Extended Club Mix/Vocal track (6:34) from DM 86744 was excerpted for a dance medley, "Medley: Out of the Blue - Shake Your Love - Only in My Dreams" (Debbie Gibson Mega Mix), that became Track 4 on Atlantic DM 86556 "Foolish Beat."

A different mix, "Only in My Dreams" (LP Version/3:54), mastered from the original multitrack for DM 86744, became Track 3 on Gibson's debut album Out Of The Blue (Atlantic LP 81780), and a further variation, "Only in My Dreams (Dream House Mix/10:03)," was Track 3 on Atlantic DM 86556 "Foolish Beat."

Track Listing (Atlantic DM 86744)

"Only in My Dreams"

1. (Extended Club Mix/Vocal/6:34)
2. (Percapella/Vocal/3:29)
3. (Dreamix/4:18)
4. (Heartthrob Beats/4:14)

Track Listing, 12" Oldies Series re-release (Atlantic DM 86606)

"Only in My Dreams"

1. (Extended Club Mix/Vocal/6:34)
2. (Percapella/Vocal/3:29)

Back-to-back with these two tracks is "CHIC - Dance, Dance, Dance (Yousah, Yousah, Yousah)" (8:30), as Track 3 this maxi single; this track was originally released in 1978 on Atlantic maxi single DK 4600.

"Only in My Dreams"
Song

The Remake of 1998

Gibson did several major modifications to this song after she left Atlantic Records. In 1997, apparently the entire song was re-recorded, first appearing as "Only in My Dreams" (1997 Dance Edit), Track 14 on Espiritu LP 9602 Deborah, Revision 1.1 for June 1997, and later in seven variations, including one with a retrofitted eight-measure rap, on Jellybean Recordings DM 2532 "Only in My Dreams 1998" (released February 1998). The basic rhythm is modified from the Dream House Version of the original song on Atlantic DM 86556, Track 3.

Track Listing (Jellybean Recordings 2532)

"Only in My Dreams 1998"

1. (Club Mix/7:32)
2. (Club Mix with Rap/4:37)
3. (Club Dub/4:36)
4. (Rave Vocal Mix/4:37)
5. (Rave Dub/4:37)
6. (Dream Dub/3:45)
7. (Rave Radio 3:46)
8. (Riff Dub/4:23)

(Deborah Gibson) Music Sales Corp., ASCAP