- Dreamboat Annie (song)
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"Dreamboat Annie" Single by Heart from the album Dreamboat Annie B-side "Sing Child" Released 1976 Format 7" single Recorded August, 1975 Genre Folk rock Label Mushroom Records Writer(s) Ann Wilson
Nancy WilsonProducer Mike Flicker Heart singles chronology "Magic Man"
(1976)"Dreamboat Annie"
(1976)"Barracuda"
(1977)"Dreamboat Annie" is a song written and recorded by the rock band Heart. It is the title track from their debut album Dreamboat Annie and was released as its third single in 1976. The song had originally appeared as the B-side to Heart's debut single "Crazy on You" earlier that year.
There are three different versions of the song "Dreamboat Annie" on the Dreamboat Annie album:
- Track 2 - "Dreamboat Annie (Fantasy Child)" - 1:10
- Track 5 - "Dreamboat Annie" - 2:02
- Track 10 - "Dreamboat Annie (Reprise)" - 3:50
The version released on the single was 2:59 and is not included on the album. The single is a variation of Track 5, with the intro to "Crazy On You" grafted onto the beginning of the single. This version remains unreleased on any Heart album. It's assumed this was done to increase the playing time of the single to the more standard 3 minute format.
"Dreamboat Annie" became Heart's third U.S. chart entry, peaking at number forty-two on the Billboard Hot 100. Being markedly softer in sound than the other singles Heart had released previously, the song was also Heart's first entry onto the U.S. Adult Contemporary singles chart, where it reached number seventeen (Heart's highest-charting AC hit until "These Dreams" in 1986).
In 2011 Nancy Wilson recorded a reworked version of the song with American classical guitarist Sharon Isbin for the latter's album Guitar Passions.[1]
Chart performance
Chart (1976) Peak
positionCanadian Singles Chart[2] 53 French Singles Chart[citation needed] 2 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 42 U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart[citation needed] 17 References
Ann Wilson • Nancy Wilson • Ben Smith • Kristian Attard • Debbie Shair • Craig Bartock
Mike Fisher • Roger Fisher • Steve Fossen • John Hannah • Brian Johnstone • Michael Derosier • Howard Leese • Mark Andes • Denny Carmassi • Schuyler Deale • John Purdell • Denny Fongheiser • Fernando Saunders • Scott Olson • Tom Kellock • Mike Inez • Gilby Clarke • Darian Sahanaja • Ric MarkmannStudio albums Dreamboat Annie • Little Queen • Magazine • Dog & Butterfly • Bebe le Strange • Private Audition • Passionworks • Heart • Bad Animals • Brigade • Desire Walks On • Heart Presents a Lovemongers' Christmas • Jupiters Darling • Red Velvet CarLive albums Compilations Greatest Hits Live • These Dreams: Greatest Hits • Greatest Hits • Greatest Hits: 1985-1995 • The Essential Heart • Love Alive • Love SongsSingles "Crazy on You" • "Magic Man" • "Dreamboat Annie" • "(Love Me Like Music) I'll Be Your Song" • "Barracuda" • "Little Queen" • "Kick It Out" • "Heartless" • "Straight On" • "Dog & Butterfly" • "Magazine" • "Without You" • "Even It Up" • "Bebe le Strange" • "Break" • "Raised on You" • "Sweet Darlin'" • "Tell It Like It Is" • "Unchained Melody" • "This Man Is Mine" • "City's Burning" • "Bright Light Girl" • "The Situation" • "How Can I Refuse?" • "Sleep Alone" • "Allies" • "The Heat" • "What About Love" • "Never" • "These Dreams" • "Nothin' at All" • "If Looks Could Kill" • "Alone" • "Who Will You Run To" • "There's the Girl" • "I Want You So Bad" • "Wait for an Answer" • "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" • "Wild Child" • "Tall, Dark Handsome Stranger" • "I Didn't Want to Need You" • "Stranded" • "Secret" • "You're the Voice" • "Black on Black II" • "Will You Be There (In the Morning)" • "Back to Avalon" • "The Woman in Me" • "Alone" (acoustic) • "The Road Home" • "Strong, Strong Wind" • "The Perfect Goodbye" • "Oldest Story in the World" • "Make Me" • "WTF" • "Hey You"Related articles Categories:- Heart (band) songs
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