B-side "The Puppy Song" Format 7" Length 2:47 | Released 1973 Genre Pop Label Bell Records | |
"Daydreamer" is a song by the American singer David Cassidy.
Written by Terry Dempsey and produced by Rick Jarrard, "Daydreamer" was Cassidy's second and final number one single in the UK Singles Chart, spending three weeks at the top of the chart in October 1973. The song was a double-A side with a cover version of Harry Nilsson's "The Puppy Song" on the B-side. The single was the 10th best selling single in the UK in 1973.
The song also appears on David Cassidy's 1973 UK #1 album Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes.
Cilla Black recorded a version of this song in 1974.
The song's only chart appearance in the US was by Gino Cunico in 1976 on Arista Records. This cover, which hit #43 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart, adds a bridge repeating the phrase "ain't that a shame", echoing the lyrical variation introduced by Cilla Black in her 1974 treatment of the song.