Dreaming My Dreams with You

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"Dreaming My Dreams with You"
Single by Waylon Jennings
from the album Dreaming My Dreams
B-side "Waymore's Blues"
Released1975
Genre Country
Length2:27
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter(s) Allen Reynolds
Producer(s) Waylon Jennings, Jack Clement
Waylon Jennings singles chronology
"Rainy Day Woman"
(1975)
"Dreaming My Dreams with You"
(1975)
"Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way"
(1975)

"Dreaming My Dreams with You" is a song written by Allen Reynolds, and recorded by Waylon Jennings' for his 1975 album, Dreaming My Dreams . Jennings' version was also released as a single that year.

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In 1979, Australian recording artist Colleen Hewett released a version which went on to peak at number 2 in Australia and was certified gold. [1]

The song has been covered by many artists including Bria Salmena, Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, Cowboy Jack Clement, Cowboy Junkies, Alison Krauss, Jamey Johnson, Crystal Gayle, Patty Loveless, Martina McBride, Mark Chesnutt, John Prine and Kathy Mattea, Marianne Faithfull, Jewel,and Charles Esten.

Chart positions

Waylon Jennings

Chart (1975)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 10

Colleen Hewett

YearChartPosition
1979/1980Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart2 [3]
1980New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [4] 34

Year-end charts

YearChartPosition
1980 Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart14 [5]

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References

  1. "ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts - 1980". Australian Charts. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  2. "Waylon Jennings Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. David Kent's Australian Chart Book: based on the Kent Music Report Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Colleen Hewett – Dreaming My Dreams with You". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  5. David Kent's Australian Chart Book: based on the Kent Music Report Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine