B-side "Baby I Don't Mind" Format 7" vinyl Length 4:10 | Released 1969 Genre Symphonic rock | |
Recorded 1969
Abbey Road Studios, London | ||
"Daydream" is a song recorded in 1969 by the Belgian band Wallace Collection. It was composed by band members Sylvain Vanholme and Raymond Vincent, with David MacKay who also produced the single. The song is in the symphonic pop/rock genre, and uses strings and flutes. The song was a hit in mainland Europe, though popularity didn't make it to English speaking countries, despite its use of English lyrics. The song was covered several times, most notably by the Gunter Kallmann Orchestra in 1970.
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The song takes its melody from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet. It also uses the second theme from the second movement of Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No. 1.
Cover versions
The French pop star Claude François, known for writing the original "My Way," released his cover "Rêveries" in April 1969.
The song was covered in 1970 by the German vocal group the Günter Kallmann Choir, and this version was used on a popular easy listening record of the time. As such Kallmann is occasionally mis-credited as the original author of the song. In 2001, English electronic group I Monster had a UK chart hit with "Daydream in Blue", a remix of the Günter Kallmann Choir's version of the song: the track peaked at #20 in the UK Singles Chart. The song has also been covered live by the Beta Band as part of their song "Squares".
Samples
"Daydream" has been sampled on the following songs:
Soundtrack appearances
In Norway, this song has become widely known through its use as background music in a series of televised information snippets regarding mountain safety. The snippets were produced by the Norwegian Red Cross and broadcast annually through the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, chiefly around the Easter holidays. The original series was broadcast from 1969, but the theme tune was not introduced until 1972. From 1989 the broadcasts featured Åsleik Engmark as the lost skier, Severin Suveren (Severin Sovereign), who would disregard the guide lines and thus find himself in difficult situations.
The Belgian film Mr. Nobody in 2009 also used this song several times in the movie.
In 2016, the song was sampled and featured in the second season of the US television show Mr. Robot starring Rami Malek and Christian Slater.