Dream Warriors (song)

"Dream Warriors"
Single by Dokken
from the album Back for the Attack
Released	February 10, 1987
Format	Single
Recorded	December 1986
Genre	Heavy metal hard rock
Length	4:49
Label	Elektra
Writer(s)	George Lynch & Jeff Pilson
Dokken singles chronology
"It's Not Love" (1986) "Dream Warriors" (February 10, 1987) "Burning Like a Flame" (1987)

"Dream Warriors" is a song written by Dokken members George Lynch & Jeff Pilson for the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. The song was released as a single / EP on February 10, 1987. Later that year it was remixed for release on their 4th album Back For The Attack. The video of which featured various scenes from the film, combined with a small amount of original footage, of Patricia Arquette's character Kristen being menaced by Freddy Krueger before being rescued by Dokken who drive Freddy off with the power of rock, at the end of the video Freddy wakes up in bed revealing that the video was his nightmare and exclaims "What a nightmare! Who were those guys?"

Also on the single / EP was a leftover track from the Under Lock and Key sessions called "Back For The Attack." The band liked the title, and later used it for the title of their 4th album, even though the song was not re-released on it.

The last song was a re-release of "Paris is Burning". First released in 1983, as the last song on the 1983 American version of the Breaking the Chains album.

The 1981 European original release of Breaking The Chains had a "Studio recording" of the song.

Track listing

1. "Dream Warriors"
2. "Back For The Attack"
3. "Paris Is Burning"