| I Have Dreamed | |
| Type: | song |
| Published: | 1951 |
| Lyricist: | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| Composer: | Richard Rodgers |
| I Have Dreamed | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Chad & Jeremy |
| Album: | I Don't Want to Lose You Baby |
| B-Side: | Should I |
| Released: | 22 September 1965 |
| Recorded: | 1 February–24 June 1965 |
| Length: | 2:11 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Lyricist: | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| Composer: | Richard Rodgers |
| Producer: | Lor Crane |
| Prev Title: | September in the Rain |
| Prev Year: | 1965 |
| Next Title: | Teenage Failure |
| Next Year: | 1966 |
| I Have Dreamed | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Lettermen |
| Album: | I Have Dreamed |
| B-Side: | The Pendulum Swings Both Ways |
| Released: | 1969 |
| Length: | 2:53 |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Lyricist: | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| Composer: | Richard Rodgers |
| Prev Title: | Put Your Head on My Shoulder |
| Prev Year: | 1968 |
| Next Title: | Hurt So Bad |
| Next Year: | 1969 |
"I Have Dreamed" is a show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The King and I. In the original Broadway production it was sung by Doretta Morrow and Larry Douglas. It has since become a standard, with many artists recording the song.[1]
In the show, the characters of Lun Tha and Tuptim sing of how they have dreamt of their true love blossoming in freedom, as they prepare to escape from the King's palace. This is in contrast to the subdued mood of the song "We Kiss in a Shadow", when they fear that the King will learn of their love.
"I Have Dreamed" was added to the score of The King and I during its out-of-town tryout run. The song was recorded for the soundtrack of the 1956 film version of The King and I, but, ultimately, no footage was shot to feature it. Only the melody is heard in the film, as incidental music prior to the "We Kiss in a Shadow" sequence. However, "I Have Dreamed" was retained on the soundtrack album where it was sung by Reuben Fuentes and Leona Gordon.[2]
The tune has been accused of similarities to Alfred Newman's track, "The Hill of the Brilliant Green Jade", from the 1944 film The Keys of the Kingdom starring Gregory Peck,[3] though only seven notes are the same.