| Making Our Dreams Come True | |
| Cover: | Making_Our_Dreams_Come_True_-_Cyndi_Grecco.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Cyndi Grecco |
| Album: | Making Our Dreams Come True |
| B-Side: | Watching You |
| Released: | May 1976 |
| Recorded: | 1976 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 2:29 |
| Label: | Private Stock Records 45086 |
| Producer: | Charles Fox |
| Next Title: | I Think I Can Make It |
| Next Year: | 1976 |
"Making Our Dreams Come True" is a 1976 hit single written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel.[1] [2] It was recorded by Cyndi Grecco, then an unknown musician. The title track of her debut album, it was also used as the theme song to the 1976–83 television sitcom Laverne & Shirley (where it was titled "We're Gonna Make It" in the first-season end credits).
"Making Our Dreams Come True" reached number 25 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number 21 on the Cash Box Top 100.[3] [4] The song reached number 16 in Canada on the RPM Weekly Top Singles chart.[5] It spent 16 weeks on the U.S. charts, peaking in early July,[6] and also reached number 13 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[7] To date, it is Grecco's lone record to reach any chart.
| Chart (1976) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia Kent Music Report[8] | 65 | |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 16 | |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 13 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 25 | |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100 | 21 |
| Chart (1976) | Rank | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada [9] | 141 | |
| U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[10] | 150 |
Johnny Cash covered the song for a commercial for Nissan, highlighting the Japanese automaker's American workforce.[11] As of 2023, the recording has yet to be officially released.
A country version of the song was used in the game Wasteland 3 for the final boss fight of the second DLC, The Cult of the Holy Detonation.
