Are You Dreaming? Explained

Are You Dreaming?
Cover:	Twenty4sevenare_you_dreaming.png
Type:	single
Artist:	Twenty 4 Seven
Album:	Street Moves
Released:	24 November 1990
Recorded:	1990
Genre:	Hip house hip-hop Euro house
Length:	2:45
Label:	BCM Records
Producer:	Twenty 4 Seven Ruud van Rijen
Prev Title:	I Can't Stand It
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	It Could Have Been You
Next Year:	1992

"Are You Dreaming?" is a song by Dutch group Twenty 4 Seven, released in November 1990 by BCM Records as the second single from their first album, Street Moves (1991). Nancy Coolen performed the vocal parts, and Captain Hollywood the rap parts—with Fixx it & Janks. The song was a top-10 hit in Denmark, Finland, Italy and Switzerland. In the UK, it reached number 17 on the UK Singles Chart.

Critical reception

A reviewer from Music Week described the song as a "pop-rap galloper".^[1] David Quantick from NME wrote, "I wish I was called Captain Hollywood. This is shamelessly happy Euro pop rap and keeps threatening to turn into Modern Romance's 'The Best Years of Our Lives'. Ay ay ay ay, it's a new romance. Ay ay ay ay, it makes me want to dance."^[2] Miranda Sawyer from Smash Hits said, "Still this tune is good in an annoyingly sparkly-eyed, keep fit sort of way."^[3]

Track listing

Vinyl 7", Netherlands

"Are You Dreaming?" (Radio Edit) — 2:45
"Are You Dreaming?" (Instrumental Edit) — 3:18

Vinyl 12", Italy

"Are You Dreaming?" (Radio Edit) — 2:45
"Are You Dreaming?" (Dream Dub) — 4:24
"Are You Dreaming?" (Nightmare Mix) — 5:08
"Are You Dreaming?" (Acapella) — 4:24

CD maxi, UK

"Are You Dreaming?" (Radio Edit) — 2:45
"Are You Dreaming?" (Bruce Forest Radio Edit) — 4:01
"Are You Dreaming?" (Bruce Forest Remix) — 6:53
"Are You Dreaming?" (Nightmare Mix) — 5:08

CD maxi, Germany

"Are You Dreaming?" (Radio Edit) — 2:45
"Are You Dreaming?" (Nightmare Mix) — 5:08
"Are You Dreaming?" (Acapella) — 4:24
"Are You Dreaming?" (Dream Dub) — 4:24

CD maxi, Scandinavia

"Are You Dreaming?" (Radio Edit) — 2:45
"Are You Dreaming?" (Nightmare Mix) — 5:08
"Are You Dreaming?" (Acapella) — 4:24
"Are You Dreaming?" (Dream Dub) — 4:24

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1990–1991)	Peak position
Denmark (IFPI)^[4]	5
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)	8
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)^[5]	6
Italy (Musica e dischi)^[6]	5
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)http://www.top40.nl/twenty-4-seven-featuring-capt-hollywood/twenty-4-seven-featuring-capt-hollywood-are-you-dreaming_4354	21
Netherlands (Single Top 100)http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Twenty+4+Seven+feat%2E+Capt%2E+Hollywood&titel=Are+You+Dreaming%3F&cat=s	18
UK Singles (OCC)^[7]	17

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)	Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Twenty+4+Seven+feat%2E+Capt%2E+Hollywood&titel=Are+You+Dreaming%3F&cat=s	30
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)	85
Germany (Media Control Charts) https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-2181	95
Netherlands (Single Top 100)https://web.archive.org/web/20160216180132/http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Twenty+4+Seven+feat.+Capt.+Hollywood&titel=Are+You+Dreaming%3F&cat=s	85
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) http://hitparade.ch/song/Twenty-4-Seven-feat.-Capt.-Hollywood/Are-You-Dreaming-2181	29

Notes and References

Dance . . 8 December 1990 . 13 . 2 November 2020 .
David. Quantick. NME. Singles. 24 November 1990. 24 February 2023. David Quantick.
Miranda. Sawyer. Singles. Smash Hits. 14 November 1990. 69. 6 April 2023. Miranda Sawyer.
Danish Singles Chart. 30 November 1990.
Book: Pennanen, Timo . 2006 . Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 . fi . 1st . Tammi . 978-951-1-21053-5 . Helsinki.
Web site: Classifiche. Musica e Dischi. it. 31 May 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Twenty 4 Seven".
Book: Roberts, David. 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5.