When I Dream of Michelangelo explained

When I Dream of Michelangelo
Type:single
Artist:Counting Crows
Album:Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
Released:December 2008
Genre:Rock
Length:3:06
Label:Geffen
Producer:Brian Deck
Prev Title:Come Around
Prev Year:2008
Next Title:Palisades Park
Next Year:2014

"When I Dream of Michelangelo" is the eighth track on Counting Crows' 2008 album Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings (the second on the more reflective "Sunday Mornings" half of the record).

Although it was not released as a single, it was featured as the B-side to "1492" on a free downloadable "digital 45" that preceded the release of the album. In December 2008, it would also be serviced to the Adult Alternative (or Triple A) radio format as the third airplay single this era, following up the chart-topping "Come Around". It hit a peak of #7 on the chart on 27 March 2009. [1]

The track shares a lyric from the band's earlier single "Angels of the Silences", from which the song's title originates: "I dream of Michelangelo when I’m lying in my bed".

Song meaning

Duritz acknowledged in a 23 April 2008 interview via Leo's Music Cast that the song is among the first he ever started writing:[2]

Duritz explained the song's evolution more elaborately in a March 2008 interview with James Campion:[3]

Notes and References

  1. Counting Crows: Adult Alternative Airplay . Billboard . November 2, 2021.
  2. News: Q&A: Adam Duritz. Owen. Brent. 23 April 2008. 12 March 2009.
  3. News: Adam Duritz Out of the Abyss: Counting Crows Front Man Battles Identity Crisis and Serious Mental Illness to Emerge with a Powerful New Two-Act Record . Campion. James. 26 March 2008. 12 March 2009.