Dream On (The Oak Ridge Boys song)

"Dream On"
Single by The Oak Ridge Boys
from the album The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived
B-side	"Sometimes the Rain Won't Let Me Sleep"[1]
Format	7" single
Genre	Country
Length	3:16
Label	MCA
Writer(s)	Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter
Producer	Ron Chancey
The Oak Ridge Boys singles chronology
"Rhythm Guitar" (1979) "Dream On" (1979) "Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" (1979)

"Dream On" is the title of a song written by Rafe VanHoy and recorded by the American country music band The Oak Ridge Boys. It was the third single from their 1979 album The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived. It features bass singer Richard Sterban on lead vocals.^[2]

The song spent thirteen weeks within the top 40 of the Hot Country Songs charts and peaked at number seven. In Canada, the song spent three weeks at the number one position on the RPM Country Tracks chart, reaching that position on the November 3, 1979 chart and staying there for one week.^[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1979)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	7
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	45
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary	23

Preceded by "Stolen Moments" by R. Harlan Smith and Chris Nielsen

RPM Country Tracks number-one single November 3, 1979

Succeeded by "You Decorated My Life" by Kenny Rogers

References

1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 303. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
2. ^ Flans, Robyn (2000). Album notes for 20th Century Masters — The Millennium Collection by The Oak Ridge Boys [CD insert]. MCA Nashville (088 170 150-2).
3. ^ "RPM Country Tracks for November 3, 1979". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6877a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=qcfp06rut56n1o2kbeopvj8bs3. Retrieved 22 February 2011.