Dreaming (M People song)
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| Single by M People | ||||
| from the album The Best of M People | ||||
| B-side | "Baby Don't Change Your Mind" | |||
| Released | 1 February 1999 | |||
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7" mini CD single, 12" maxi CD single, cassette |
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| Genre | House | |||
| Length | 4.13 | |||
| Label | Deconstruction | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mike Pickering, Paul Heard, Heather Small | |||
| Producer(s) | M People | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
CD2 cover of "Dreaming".
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"Dreaming" is the nineteenth and final single from British band M People. It is the second single from their greatest hits album The Best of M People (1998). Written by Mike Pickering, Paul Heard and Heather Small. Produced by M People and Chris Lord-Alge. It was released on 1 February 1999. The song peaked at number thirteen on the UK Singles Chart.
Following the success of The Best of M People Tour in Autumn 1998 and the number 2 peak of the album selling over a million copies in three months, the band marked its success with another single, reflecting how to fulfil dream and realise the difference between dreams and reality. The Band took a short break together over the 1998 New Year, before returning to promote the last single to be released from the album: Dreaming. They had achieved ten UK Top 10 hits and Testify had charted at number 12. The band planned to re-edit the song from the album version to give it softer feel, enlisting the help of Chris Lord-Alge who had also re-edited the Fresco (album) single Angel St.
When released Dreaming sold in excess of 42,000 copies in its first week to enter the chart and peak at number 13, one place below previous single, Testify. It promptly left the chart falling to number 38, dropping 25 places which is the biggest drop of any M People single week-on-week and its downward trajectory continued moving to No. 58 and then finally No. 71.
The single was available on two CD formats. CD1 contains the Radio Edit, plus their unique live cover of the Gladys Knight and the Pips 1977 hit "Baby Don't Change Your Mind" recorded at the Jools Holland Special show in February 1998 and also there is an exclusive megamix of M People's biggest singles into a ten-minute montage. CD2 contains the remixes of David Morales and Jimmy Gomez who rendered their services on the 103.5 Radio Edit and the Vocal Mix, respectively. They also issued more remixes which were used on limited edition7" and 12" vinyl promo's issued to DJs.
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