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"Dreams (Will Come Alive)" is a song by Dutch Eurodance group 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor featuring D-Rock and Des'Ray. It was released in June 1994 as the fourth single from their debut album, Dreams (1994), and is their most commercially successful single. It peaked at number-one in the Netherlands, and was also used in the Dutch movies Flodder 3 and New Kids Nitro and in the Italian film "Happy as Lazaro".

"Dreams (Will Come Alive)"
Single by 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor featuring D-Rock and Des'Ray
from the album Dreams
Released18 June 1994
Recorded1994
Length4:22
LabelLowland Records
Songwriter(s)
  • Bobby Boer
  • Dancability
  • D-Rock
Producer(s)
  • Bobby Boer
  • Martin Boer
2 Brothers on the 4th Floor featuring D-Rock and Des'Ray singles chronology
"Never Alone"
(1993)		 "Dreams (Will Come Alive)"
(1994)		 "Let Me Be Free"
(1994)
Music video
"Dreams (Will Come Alive)" on YouTube

In 2009, the song was remixed and released by Italian DJ Gabry Ponte and Format-C.


Chart performance


"Dreams (Will Come Alive)" was a major hit in several countries and remains the group's most successful single to date, peaking at number-one in the Netherlands. In Europe, it reached the top 10 also in Italy (number four), Finland and Belgium. Additionally, it was a top 20 hit in Denmark, Iceland and Sweden, and a top 30 hit in Germany, as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100, where it reached number 25 in October 1994. As the only single by the group to chart in the UK, it peaked at number 93 in its first and only week at the UK Singles Chart, on July 9, 1994.[1] Outside Europe, "Dreams" was a huge hit in Israel, peaking at number two, while in Australia, it only reached number 185.


Critical reception


James Hamilton from British magazine Music Week's RM Dance Update described the song as a "old fashioned rave style squawking shrill girl wailed and at times inevitable gruff gruff rapped Euro hit".[2]


Music video


A music video was produced to promote the single and was directed by Czar.[3] The video was later published on YouTube in March 2013. As of August 2020, it has amassed more than 46 million views.[4]


Track listings



Charts



References


  1. "Official Singles Chart Top 100 09 July 1995 - 15 July 1995". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  2. Hamilton, James (1 July 1995). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 15. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. "2 brothers on the 4th floor - dreams ( viva tv )". YouTube. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  4. "2 Brothers on the 4th Floor - Dreams (Official Video)". YouTube. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  5. "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 9 November 2015". Imgur. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  6. "2 Brothers On The 4th Floor – Dreams (Will Come Alive)" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  7. Belgian peak Archived 9 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Danish Singles Chart. 5 August 1994.
  9. "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. 1 October 1994. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  10. Pennanen, Timo (2021). "2 Brothers on the 4th Floor". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 6. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  11. French peak position (1994)
  12. Charts.de: German peak positions[dead link]
  13. "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 13.10.1994-19.10.1994". Dagblaðið Vísir - Tónlist. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  14. Italian peak position (1994)
  15. Lescharts.com International peak positions
  16. "2 Brothers On The 4th Floor – Dreams (Will Come Alive)" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  17. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  18. "jaaroverzichten 1994" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  19. "Jaarlijsten 1994" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  20. "JAAROVERZICHTEN - Single 1994" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  21. "Årslista Singlar, 1994" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

На других языках

- [en] Dreams (Will Come Alive)

[es] Dreams (Will Come Alive)

Dreams (Will Come Alive) (en español: Los sueños cobrarán vida) es una canción de eurodance de la banda neerlandesa 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor, lanzada en junio de 1994 como el cuarto sencillo de su álbum debut: Dreams.


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