| Like Dreamers Do | |
| Cover: | File:Like Dreamers Do.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Radiators |
| Album: | Law of the Fish |
| Released: | 1987 |
| B-Side: | "This Wagon's Gonna Roll" |
| Recorded: | 1987 |
| Length: | 4:04 |
| Label: | Epic |
| Producer: | Rodney Mills |
| Next Title: | Doctor Doctor |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
"Like Dreamers Do" is a song by American rock band The Radiators from their 1987 album Law of the Fish. Written by frontman Ed Volker, it features a swamp rock style that characterizes the album.
The song was released as a single and became a minor hit, reaching number 23 on the Mainstream Rock chart.[1]
Songwriter Ed Volker composed the song based on dream about a book by Carlos Castaneda.[2] "Like Dreamers Do" features a melodic piano-driven hook and a guitar solo. As one of the band's signature songs, it has become a standard in their live performances.[3]
Jay Miller of The Patriot Ledger called the song "among the band’s most mainstream-sounding rockers, and a terrific power ballad."[4] Jim Washburn of the Los Angeles Times was largely critical of a 1991 performance by The Radiators, but praised their rendition of "Like Dreamers Do" as the band hitting "a persuasive groove, sinking into a New Orleans second-line rhythm that seemed so forced on other songs."[5] Kevin Wuench of the Tampa Bay Times called the music video "delightful".[6] OffBeat magazine's John Swenson noted that guitarist Dave Malone's "expressive take" on the song "deserved the radio polish [it] got."[7]