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"Dream On" is a power ballad[3] by Aerosmith from their 1973 debut album, Aerosmith.[4] Written by lead singer Steven Tyler, this song was their first major hit and became a classic rock radio staple. Released in June 1973, it peaked at number 59 on the Billboard Hot 100[5] but hit big in the band's native Boston, where it was the number one single of the year on WBZ-FM, number five for the year on WRKO and number 16 on WMEX (AM).^{[citation needed]} The song also received immediate heavy airplay on the former WVBF (FM), often showing up in the #1 position on "The Top Five at Five" in June 1973.

"Dream On"
1976 UK promotional single
Single by Aerosmith
from the album Aerosmith
B-side	"Somebody"
Released	June 27, 1973 (1973-06-27)[1]
Recorded	October 1972[2]
Studio	Intermedia, Boston
Genre	Hard rock blues rock
Length	3:25 (single version) 4:28 (album version)
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Steven Tyler
Producer(s)	Adrian Barber[1]
Aerosmith singles chronology
"Dream On" (1973) "Same Old Song and Dance" (1974)
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Music videos
"Dream On" (audio) on YouTube
"Dream On" (official live video) on YouTube

The album version of "Dream On" (4:28, as opposed to the 3:25 1973 45 rpm edit where most of the intro has been edited out and the first chorus is replaced with the second chorus) was re-issued in late 1975, debuting at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on January 10, 1976, breaking into the top 40 on February 14 and peaking at number 6 on April 10. Columbia Records chose to service top 40 radio stations with both long and short versions of the song, thus many 1976 pop radio listeners were exposed to the group's first top 10 effort through the 45 edit.

In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song at number 172 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[6] It was moved to number 173 in 2010,[7] and re-ranked at number 199 in 2021.[8] In 2007, Aerosmith would perform a re-recording of the song, amongst some of their other songs, for the game Guitar Hero: Aerosmith as the master track was missing during the game's development.[9] In 2018, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[10]

Background

In a 2011 interview, Tyler reminisced about his father, a Juilliard-trained musician. He recalled lying beneath his dad's piano as a three-year-old listening to him play classical music. "That's where I got that Dream On chordage", he said. Lyrical composition was completed when Steven was 14 years old.[11]

The song is also famous for its building climax to showcase Tyler's trademark screams.

In the authorized Stephen Davis band memoir Walk This Way, Tyler speaks at length about the origins of the songs:[12]

The music for 'Dream On' was originally written on a Steinway upright piano in the living room of Trow-Rico Lodge in Sunapee, maybe four years before Aerosmith even started. I was seventeen or eighteen. ... It was just this little thing I was playing, and I never dreamed it would end up as a real song or anything. ... It's about dreaming until your dreams come true.

Reception

Cash Box said that "the hard surface is there but Tyler's plaintive vocals and some economical muscular riffing make 'Dream On' a thinker as well as a mover."[13]

Chart performance

Hungary

Chart (2022)	Peak position
Hungary (Single Top 40)[20]	34

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[21]	Platinum	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[22]	Gold	400,000
United States (RIAA)[23]	4× Platinum	4,000,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Live performances

"Dream On (Live)"
Single by Aerosmith
from the album Last Action Hero: Music from the Original Motion Picture
Released	June 8, 1993
Recorded	June 6, 1991
Venue	MTV 10th Anniversary Special
Genre	Symphonic rock
Length	5:42
Label	Columbia Records
Songwriter(s)	Steven Tyler

Long a concert staple, the song's piano part has been played live by Tyler. The band has also played "Dream On" with an orchestra on occasion. One of these performances, conducted by Michael Kamen, was performed live for MTV's 10th Anniversary[24] (in 1991) and included on the soundtrack for the movie Last Action Hero.

On September 19, 2006, Aerosmith dedicated the song to captured Israeli soldier Ehud Goldwasser. On September 22, 2007, at a concert in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Aerosmith dedicated the song to one of their fans, Monica Massaro, who had been murdered earlier that year. On May 25, 2011, Tyler performed a brief rendition of the song live during the finale of the tenth season of American Idol.[25]

In 2006, Tyler and Joe Perry performed the song live with the Boston Pops Orchestra at their Fourth of July spectacular.[26] In August 2010, Tyler performed much of the song on a grand piano on top of the Green Monster at an Aerosmith concert at Boston's Fenway Park, joined by the rest of the band to close out the song.[27] After the Boston Marathon bombing, Tyler performed the song at the Boston Strong concert in late May 2013.[28][29]

Music video

A coinciding video directed by Marty Callner was also created at the MTV 10th anniversary special performance with the orchestra.

Personnel

• Steven Tyler – vocals, electric harpsichord, mellotron
• Joe Perry – guitar
• Brad Whitford – guitar
• Tom Hamilton – bass guitar
• Joey Kramer – drums

Appearances on other albums

The song has appeared on almost every Aerosmith greatest hits and live compilation, including:

• Live! Bootleg
• Greatest Hits
• Classics Live I
• A Little South of Sanity
• Big Ones (as a bonus track in CD 2)
• Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology
• O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits
• Devil's Got a New Disguise
• Music from the Original Motion Picture "Last Action Hero"

It also appears on both of the band's box sets.

Achievements

The song "Dream On" is part of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list.[30] It is also ranked #173 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Sampling

• In 2002, the song was sampled by American rapper Eminem for the song "Sing for the Moment", from his 2002 album The Eminem Show. Joe Perry played the guitar solo on the track and the chorus features Steven Tyler singing, with Eminem adding "sing", "sing with me" and "come on" in the refrain as well.
• In 2011, the song was sampled by Immortal Technique on his song "Angels & Demons", on his album The Martyr.
• In the Kia Stinger TV commercial that ran during the 2018 Super Bowl, Steven Tyler appears to drive the eponymous car at high speed in reverse while snatches of "Dream On" play in a sampled fashion.

References

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[de] Dream On (Aerosmith-Lied)

Dream On ist eine Rockballade der Band Aerosmith. Sie erschien zum ersten Mal im Jahr 1973. Es war die erste Single der Band[1] und Teil ihres ersten Albums Aerosmith. Das Lied war seitdem auf fast allen Best-Of-Alben der Band vertreten. In der Liste der 500 Besten Songs aller Zeiten des Rolling Stone Magazine belegt Dream On Platz 173.[2]

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- [en] Dream On (Aerosmith song)

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[es] Dream On (canción de Aerosmith)

«Dream On» es una canción interpretada por Aerosmith. Fue el primer sencillo de su álbum debut Aerosmith.[1] La canción fue escrita por el vocalista Steven Tyler en 1965, cuando tenía 17 años y fue el primer éxito de la banda. El sencillo fue lanzado en julio de 1973[2] y alcanzó el puesto 59 en las listas de popularidad nacionales. En Boston, lugar de origen de la banda, "Dream On" ocupó las primeras posiciones en las listas. La estación WBZ-FM la designó como el sencillo más popular de ese año. La versión del álbum de la canción fue relanzada en 1976 como un sencillo, alcanzando el puesto 6 en la lista nacional de Billboard. La canción fue tocada en vivo por primera vez en el Shaboo Inn en Willimantic (Connecticut) en 1969 con la antigua banda de Steven, Chain Reaction.

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[ru] Dream On (песня Aerosmith)

«Dream On» — песня американской рок-группы Aerosmith с её дебютного альбома 1973 года Aerosmith[3]. В июне 1973 года вышла отдельным синглом. (Это был второй сингл с данного альбома, после «Mama Kin».)

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