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"Hey Mr. Dream Maker"
Cover of the German release
Single by Cliff Richard
from the album Every Face Tells a Story
B-side"No One Waits"
Released6 November 1976
Recorded18 September 1976
StudioAbbey Road
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Bruce Welch, Alan Tarney
Producer(s)Bruce Welch
Cliff Richard singles chronology
"I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You"
(1976)
"Hey Mr. Dream Maker"
(1976)
"My Kinda Life"
(1977)
Music video
"Hey Mr. Dream Maker" on YouTube

"Hey Mr. Dream Maker" (in some releases as "Hey Mr. Dreammaker") is a song by Cliff Richard from his album Every Face Tells a Story and the first single to be released from the album. It was released as a single in 1976 reaching #31 on the UK singles chart.[1] It was a top ten hit in South Africa reaching #6.[2]

Chart performance

Charts (1976–77) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[1] 31
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 82
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4] 21
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[5] 34
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[2] 6

Covers

The song was covered by Olivia Newton-John in her album Don't Stop Believin' (album) released on 30 October 1976 being her first album to be recorded in Nashville.

References

  1. ^ a b "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  2. ^ a b "South Africa Charts 1965-1989 - Springbok Radio / Radio Orion". Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992type=doc. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "Cliff Richard – Hey Mr. Dream Maker" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  5. ^ "Cliff Richard – Hey Mr. Dream Maker". Top 40 Singles.