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*Dream Weaver was also featured in the fifth season episode of ''[[Nip/Tuck]]'', "[[Dawn Budge II]]" |
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*"Dream Weaver" was featured in the [[Fox Entertainment Group|Fox]] ''[[That '70s Show]]'' episode, "The First Time". |
*"Dream Weaver" was featured in the [[Fox Entertainment Group|Fox]] ''[[That '70s Show]]'' episode, "The First Time". |
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*"Dream Weaver" was featured in CheekiiChaps' "Battle for MLG Island" videos with an airhorn remix, titled "Meme Weaver". |
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"Dream Weaver" is a song by Gary Wright that was a hit single in the US, reaching #2 in the Billboard charts[3] while it reached #1 in the Cash Box charts in 1976.[4] Taken from the album The Dream Weaver released the previous year, it features Wright on vocals and keyboards, and Jim Keltner on drums. In 1992, Gary Wright re-recorded a longer version of "Dream Weaver" for the Wayne's World movie soundtrack.
According to Gary Wright, the song was inspired by Autobiography of a Yogi, which was given to him by George Harrison.[5] Paramhansa Yogananda's poem "God! God! God!" made reference to "the idea of the mind weaving dreams." The expression "Dream Weaver" was popularized by John Lennon in 1970 in his song "God", taken from his solo album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. This song depicts Lennon's declaration that he was the dream weaver of the 1960s, breaking away from the influences and dogmas that influenced his life.
The song was a synthpop hit song with all instrumentation created by synthesizer, except for the Keltner percussion.
In popular culture
In advertising
- The song was used in a 2015 CiCi's Pizza TV commercial.
In films
- This song, and its keyboard intro/outro, according to Wes Craven, inspired the concept behind the film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).[6]
- The song was later re-recorded for the soundtrack of the 1992 film Wayne's World.
- The song was also used in the 1996 film The People vs. Larry Flynt.
- The song was also used in the 2003 film Daddy Day Care
- The song was also used in the 2010 Pixar film Toy Story 3.
- The song also appeared in the 2016 Blue Sky Studios film Ice Age: Collision Course twice. First when Sid meets Brooke and later during the end credits sequence.
In television
- Portions of "Dream Weaver" were first sampled in a short film appearing in the 1990 Wayne's World episode of Saturday Night Live, in which guest star Wayne Gretzky appears, and Wayne is picturing that song playing as he imagines himself defeating Gretzky in street hockey and then winning his wife, Janet Jones.
- "Dream Weaver" was featured over the closing credits of the sixth episode of the fourth season of the classic HBO sketch comedy series
- Dream Weaver was also featured in the fifth season episode of Nip/Tuck, "Dawn Budge II"
- "Dream Weaver" was featured in the Fox That '70s Show episode, "The First Time".
- "Dream Weaver" was featured in CheekiiChaps' "Battle for MLG Island" videos with an airhorn remix, titled "Meme Weaver".
Use by other musical artists
"Dream Weaver" and "Love Is Alive" are sampled in "Wordz of Wisdom", a single from 3rd Bass's release, The Cactus Album (1989).
Dance artist Erin Hamilton covered it for her album One World (1999).
It was featured prominently in the gay love story film Trick (1999).
Crowbar recorded a doom metal version of "Dream Weaver" for their album Equilibrium (2000).
Electronic rock artist JES covered it as a single release (2015).
Chart performance
Weekly singles charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[16] | Gold | 1,000,000^ |
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References
- ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (2000), Night Moves: Pop Music in the Late '70s, St. Martin's Press, p. 67, ISBN 978-0-312-19821-3
- ^ "Explore: Soft Rock | Top Songs | AllMusic". Web.archive.org. 2011-11-12. Archived from the original on November 12, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Gary Wright Biography – Billboard.com
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ Craven, Wes. "DVD audio commentary". A Nightmare on Elm Street.
- ^ [3] [dead link]
- ^ "Top Singles – Volume 25, No. 01 April 03 1976". RPM. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
- ^ "Gary Wright – Dream Weaver". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
- ^ "Gary Wright Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
- ^ "Gary Wright Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
- ^ [4] [dead link]
- ^ "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
- ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1976/Top 100 Songs of 1976". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ^ [5] [dead link]
- ^ "American single certifications – Gary Wright – Dream Weaver". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 6, 2012.