Dreamer (Livin' Joy song)
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| Single by Livin' Joy | ||||
| from the album Don't Stop Movin | ||||
| Released | 22 August 1994 (original) 1 May 1995 (re-Issue) |
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| Recorded | 1993 | |||
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3:40 (1994 Radio Mix) 3:44 (1995 Re-release 7' Mix) |
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| Label | MCA Records | |||
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1995 Edition Cover
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First released in 1994, "Dreamer" is a dance track produced and recorded by Italian house group Livin' Joy, featuring vocals by Janice Robinson. It was number one in the US Hot Dance Club Play chart that year. On 13 May 1995, it entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 1.
The song was first released in the United Kingdom on 3 September 1994, going straight in at number 18 in the UK Singles Chart. It had a slow and steady decline down the charts shortly after, slipping from its #18 debut down to #22-#24-#32-#46-#67, exiting the top 100 the following week. On 22 October 1994 it returned to the UK charts after a few weeks out of the top 100, coming straight back in at #85 before sliding to #97 and then exiting the top 100 once more. The record seemed to show no signs of dying away as once more it re-entered the UK top 100 (on 12 November 1994) at #99. The following week it climbed to #85 before descending one final time to #97 before it bowed out.
Gianni Visnadi (one of the two producers behind Livin' Joy) was no stranger to the UK chart at this point. He and his brother Paolo, had already released a previous dance track under the Alex Party banner. 'Read My Lips/Saturday Night Party' was released on 18 December 1993 where it entered at #49. It remained in the top 100 for 6 weeks before it was re-released yet again on 28 May 1994. This time he had a little more success as which 'Read My Lips' peaked at #29. It spent 5 weeks in the top 100.
After seeing the moderate success of 'Dreamer' and 'Read My Lips', both Paolo and Gianni then decided to focus on Alex Party once again to record "Don't Give Me Your Life" which peaked at #2 in the United Kingdom where it spent 8 weeks in the top 10 and a total of 14 weeks in the top 100. After the major success of "Don't Give Me Your Life", the signature Visnadi sounds of thumping beats, commanding vocals and the organ sounds & synths had cemented themselves as the popular sound in dance music. Viani DJ the decided to revive 'Dreamer' under the Livin' Joy banner. It received an updated remix but stayed true to its original form. This was the single that finally took the Visnadi brothers to #1. beating the out-going number one by Oasis by a narrow margin of just 500 sales.
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