Sweet Dreams (Air Supply song) explained

Sweet Dreams
Cover:Sweet_Dreams_-_Air_Supply.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Air Supply
Album:The One That You Love
B-Side:Don't Turn Me Away
Released:December 1981
Recorded:1981
Genre:Soft rock
Length:3:46 (single version) 5:22 (album version)
Label:Arista
Producer:Harry Maslin
Prev Title:Here I Am
Prev Year:1981
Next Title:I'll Never Get Enough of You
Next Year:1981

"Sweet Dreams" is a song by English/Australian soft rock duo Air Supply from their sixth album, The One That You Love. The song reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 4 on the Adult Contemporary chart in early 1982.[1] [2] [3] The song also reached No. 8 on Cash Box. In Canada, it peaked at No. 14 on the RPM Top 100 and No. 15 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Record World described the song as an "emotional ballad" in which singers "Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock give a command performance."[4]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1981–1982)Peak
position
Canada RPM 100[5] 14
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[6] 15
align=“left”U.S. Cash Box[7] 8
Year-end chart (1982) Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[8] 28
U.S. Cash Box[9] 48

Track listing

U.S. 7" single
  • A. "Sweet Dreams" - 3:46
  • B. "Don't Turn Me Away" - 3:39

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Air Supply Sweet Dreams Chart History.
    2. Web site: Air Supply Sweet Dreams Adult Contemporary Chart History.
    3. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996. Sheridan Books, Inc.. 2014. 978-0-89820-209-0.
    4. Record World. December 12, 1981. 1. 2023-03-02. Hits of the Week.
    5. Web site: Results: RPM Weekly. Library and Archives. Canada. 17 July 2013. Bac-lac.gc.ca.
    6. Web site: Results: RPM Weekly. Library and Archives. Canada. 17 July 2013. Bac-lac.gc.ca.
    7. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996. Sheridan Books, Inc.. 2014. 978-0-89820-209-0.
    8. December 25, 1982 . Talent in Action : Top Pop Singles . TIA-20 . Billboard . 94 . 51 .
    9. Web site: The Cashbox Year End Charts:1982. 30 June 2022.