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Dreamer (Ozzy Osbourne song)

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"Dreamer"
Song

"Dreamer" is the third track from Ozzy Osbourne's album Down to Earth, which was released on 16 October 2001. The single peaked at number 10 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks.[1] The song describes the rockstar's vision of a better world for his children, where they are happy and safe.

Although the song was written in the late nineties, it wasn't considered for release until after the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001.[citation needed]

Ozzy Osbourne compares "Dreamer" to John Lennon's hugely famous "Imagine", which contains the line: "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one." Ozzy has said himself that The Beatles have had a huge influence on him (he first decided that his way of getting out of "that shithole" was through music after hearing Twist and shout). Ozzy can relate to them, as they are all successful musicians who grew up in underprivileged areas of England.[citation needed]

Another reference to John Lennon is the line "After all, there's only just the two of us." This is an acknowledgment of the Beatles song "Two of Us."[citation needed] Although Paul McCartney wrote it to his wife Linda, it has since become accepted as a description of his relationship to close friend Lennon, and was even used as the title to a VH1 TV-movie about them.

The music video was set in the winter, with the first half consisting of a scene set in a candle lit room. The music video was directed by Rob Zombie

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Billboard singles chart history-Ozzy Osbourne". Retrieved February 17, 2009.
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