Dreaming I Was Dreaming Explained

Dreaming I was Dreaming
Cover:	Dreamingiwasdreaming.png
Type:	single
Artist:	Namie Amuro
Album:	181920
Released:	November 27, 1997
Length:	5:11
Label:	Avex Trax
Producer:	Tetsuya Komuro
Prev Title:	How to Be a Girl
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	I Have Never Seen
Next Year:	1998

"Dreaming I was Dreaming" is Namie Amuro's eleventh single on the Avex Trax label. Released after the announcement of her pregnancy and marriage to SAM of the group, TRF, it debuted at #1 on December 8, 1997. The single does not appear on any of Amuro's original albums but does appear on her first compilation album, 181920 (1998). The song samples the T. Rex song "Liquid Generation". It was her last original single before taking a year leave in 1998. The single was certified double platinum by the RIAJ for 800,000 copies shipped to stores.^[1]

Commercial endorsements

"Dreaming I was Dreaming" was used in a television campaign commercial for Ginza Jewelry Maker Estate Twin Jewelry.

Track listing

1. "Dreaming I was Dreaming (Straight Run)" (Marc, Tetsuya Komuro, Cozy Kubo) – 5:11
2. "Dreaming I was Dreaming (congratulations)" (Remixed by Joe Chiccarelli) – 6:35
3. "Dreaming I was Dreaming (Instrumental)" (Cozy Kubo) – 5:09

Personnel

• Namie Amuro – vocals, background vocals
• Tetsuya Komuro – piano

Production

• Producer – Tetsuya Komuro
• Arrangement – Cozy Kubo
• Mixing – Dave Way
• Remixing – Joe Chiccarelli

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Notes and References

1. GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1997年12月度 . Gold Albums, and other certified works. December 1997 Edition . The Record . Bulletin . Japanese . . . February 10, 1998 . 459 . 9 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131103052147/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1998/199802.pdf . November 3, 2013 . January 29, 2014.