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Dreamin' (Vanessa Williams song)

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Released
  
August 16, 1988

Recorded
  
1986

Format
  
12"

B-side
  
"The Right Stuff" (instrumental)

Genre
  
R&B soul quiet storm smooth jazz

Length
  
5:25 (album version) 4:25 (single edit)

"Dreamin'" is a song written by Lisa Montgomery and Geneva Paschal and originally performed by the family group Guinn in 1986.

In 1988, Vanessa Williams recorded the song and released it as a single from her debut album, The Right Stuff. The single was Williams' first top 40 and first number-one hit on the Billboard R&B chart, where it stayed at the top of the chart for two weeks. On the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart, "Dreamin'" peaked at number eight. The song also reached No. 74 on the British Single Charts, No. 40 in the Netherlands and No. 19 in New Zealand.

Track listing and formats

European CD single
  1. Dreamin' (Album Version) - 5:25
  2. Dreamin' (Instrumental) - 5:25
  3. The Right Stuff (Album Version) - 4:18

References

Dreamin' (Vanessa Williams song) Wikipedia