Dreaming a Dream

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"Dreaming a Dream"
Single by Crown Heights Affair
from the album Dreaming a Dream
B-side "Dreaming a Dream" (Disco Version)
Released1975
Recorded1975
Genre Disco
Length3:30(7" Version)
3:45(Disco Version)
7:17(Full Disco Version)
Label De-Lite
Songwriter(s) Freida Nerangis, Britt Britton
Producer(s) Freida Nerangis, Britt Britton
Crown Heights Affair singles chronology
"Leave the Kids Alone"
(1974)
"Dreaming a Dream"
(1975)
"Every Beat of My Heart"
(1975)

Dreaming a Dream is a 1975 single by New York-based group, Crown Heights Affair. The single went to number-one on the Disco File Top 20 chart for one week, and was the most successful of five releases. [1] "Dreaming a Dream" also made it to number five on the Billboard soul chart and number forty-three on the Hot 100. [2]

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 66.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 139.