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"I Can Dream About You" is a song written and performed by American singer Dan Hartman on the soundtrack album of the film Streets of Fire. Released in 1984 as a single from the soundtrack, and included on Hartman's album I Can Dream About You , it reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 .
I Can Dream About You was Hartman's final mainstream studio album, although he did record a follow-up in 1986 titled White Boy. However, MCA felt the songs did not suit Hartman's image and so the album was shelved, although it has been in circulation unofficially in recent years online. [ 2 ]
The album was completed in 1986, but the record label, MCA, thought it was too dissimilar to Hartman's previous work, especially "I Can Dream About You", and refused to release it. [31] White Boy has never been released, though some test pressings of the album were made that are now held by collectors, and some of the songs from the album are ...
Dan Hartman's selection "I Can Dream About You" is the most successful song from the movie, and became a Billboard top 10 hit in 1984 (also from his studio album of the same name). In the movie, the song is performed on stage at the end of the film by 'The Sorels', a fictional doo-wop-style group consisting of actors Stoney Jackson , Grand L ...
In a 2012 interview, Williamson claimed that the video was filmed right away to dispel the confusion surrounding who sang “I Can Dream About You”—as listeners typically confused Stoney Jackson as being Dan Hartman. Upon learning of this, Williamson requested that his manager negotiate that each of the actors be paid $5000.00 each to ...
"If I Can Dream" is a song made famous by Elvis Presley, written by Walter Earl Brown of The Skylarks [3] for the singer and notable for its similarities with Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech. [4] The song was published by Elvis Presley's music publishing company Gladys Music.
I Can Dream About You was Hartman's only album for the MCA Records label and the first to feature Hartman's collaborations with songwriting partner Charlie Midnight.Like the rest of the album, "Second Nature" was recorded at Hartman's own home studio "Multi-Level" and was mixed at Image Recording in Los Angeles.
Following the commercial success of Hartman's hit single "I Can Dream About You", and the album of the same name, in 1984, Hartman soon began recording his second album for the MCA. Continuing his writing with songwriting partner Charlie Midnight, [2] the new material was marked by Hartman's desire to create an edgier recording. However, when ...