You Make My Dreams

"You Make My Dreams"
Single by Hall & Oates
from the album Voices
B-side	"Gotta Lotta Nerve (Perfect Perfect)"
Released	May 2, 1981
Format	Vinyl (7")
Recorded	1979–80
Genre	Pop rock Dance-rock Blue-eyed soul
Length	3:06
Label	RCA
Writer(s)	Daryl Hall John Oates Sara Allen
Producer(s)	Daryl Hall John Oates
Hall & Oates singles chronology
"Kiss on My List" (1981) "You Make My Dreams" (1981) "Private Eyes" (1981)

"You Make My Dreams", also known as "You Make My Dreams Come True" is a song by the American duo Hall & Oates, taken from their ninth studio album, Voices (1980). The song reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1981.

The song was featured in the films The Wedding Singer (1998), Step Brothers (2008) (500) Days of Summer (2009) and Eddie the Eagle (2016). In 2012, it appeared in an EHarmony commercial.

American pop rock band Mêlée included a cover version of "You Make My Dreams" on their album Devils & Angels (2007). The song was also covered by American alternative rock band The Mowgli's in 2014.

Personnel

The Band

• Daryl Hall: lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards
• John Oates: backing vocals, 6 and 12-string guitars
• G.E. Smith: guitars
• John Siegler: bass guitar
• Jerry Marotta: drums

Additional Musicians

• Mike Klvana: equipment technician

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Australia	40
Canada	17
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	5
U.S. Cash Box Top 100	7

Year-end charts

Chart (1981)	Rank
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	43
U.S. Cash Box	54

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics