Dream Weaver (song)

Dream Weaver (song)

"Dream Weaver" is a song by Gary Wright that was a hit single in the US reaching #2 in the Billboard charts while it reached #1 in the Cash Box charts, Australia, Canada and Europe in 1976. Taken from the album "The Dream Weaver" released the previous year - said by Wright to be the first-ever all-synthesiser/keyboard album - it features Wright on vocals and keyboards, and Jim Keltner on drums. The first all-synthesizer album was in fact "Switched-On Bach" by Wendy Carlos, in 1968.

The song was the inspiration for Freddy Krueger of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" fame, as well as providing the base for the movies' signature theme.

"Dream Weaver" and "Love is Alive" are sampled on 3rd Bass's song "Wordz of Wisdom".

It was sampled in a 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. The same song would also be used in the soundtrack of the 1992 film "Wayne's World".

In 1992 Gary Wright re-recorded a longer version of "Dream Weaver" for the " Wayne's World" movie soundtrack.

In 1999, it was covered by dance artist Erin Hamilton for her album "One World". It was also featured prominently in the boy/boy love story film "Trick" also released in 1999.

Dream Weaver was also played in the ending credits for the film "The People vs. Larry Flynt".

In 2000 Crowbar recorded a version of "Dream Weaver" for their album "Equilibrium".

According to Gary Wright, the song was inspired by literature on Hinduism and India, given to him by George Harrison.

External links

*http://musicseek.info/no1hits/1976.htm
*http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1976.html

Additional definition of a "dream weaver" is someone who is admired from afar, or a secretly admired crush.


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