B-side "Street Choir" Recorded Summer 1970 Length 3:52 | Released April 1971 Genre Folk-Rock, R&B | |
A-side "Call Me Up in Dreamland" | ||
"Call Me Up in Dreamland" is a song that was written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter, Van Morrison and included on his 1970 album, His Band and the Street Choir. Brian Hinton describes the song as "life on the road, with 'radio' as a verb and laughing sax."
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Recording and composition
The song was recorded in summer, 1970 at the A&R Recording Studios, 46th Street, New York, during the second His Band and the Street Choir sessions.
"Call Me Up in Dreamland" features a moderate 4/4 tempo. It is in the key of A major, with a chord sequence in the verses of A-E-D-A-D-E-A-D-A-E-D-A-D-E-A-D and the chorus of A-D-A-E-A-D-A-E-E♭-D-A. The song also has a tenor saxophone solo from Morrison. The song is composed in a gospel style and prominently features the vocal backing group the Street Choir.
Chart performance
In June 1971 "Call Me Up in Dreamland" rose to #95 in the Billboard Hot 100 music charts.
Personnel
The Street Choir