Dreams (Diana DeGarmo song)

"Dreams"
Single by Diana DeGarmo
B-side	"Don't Cry Out Loud" "I Believe"
Released	June 22, 2004 (2004-06-22) [1]
Recorded	2004
Studio	Woodland Ranch (Woodland Hills, California) The Location (Stockholm, Sweden) Ocean Way Recording, The Record Plant (Hollywood, California) Royaltone (North Hollywood, California) Mix This! (Pacific Palisades, California)
Label	RCA 19 S
Songwriter(s)	Desmond Child Andreas Carlsson Chris Braide
Producer(s)	Desmond Child Andreas Carlsson
Diana DeGarmo singles chronology
"Dreams" (2004) "Emotional" (2004)
Audio
"Dreams" on YouTube

"Dreams" is a song by American Idol season three runner-up Diana DeGarmo, released as her debut single on June 22, 2004. The song peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Canadian Singles Chart, giving DeGarmo her only and highest-charting single. The B-sides includes a cover of "Don't Cry Out Loud" and her rendition of the season-three finalist song "I Believe". ^[2]

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the US CD single. ^[2]

Studios

• Recorded at Woodland Ranch Studios (Woodland Hills, California), The Location (Stockholm, Sweden), Ocean Way Recording, The Record Plant (Hollywood, California), Royaltone Studios (North Hollywood, California), and Mix This! (Pacific Palisades, California)
• Mixed at Mix This! (Pacific Palisades, California)

Writing and production

• Desmond Child – writing, choir, production
• Andreas Carlsson – writing, choir, choir arrangement, production
• Chris Braide – writing, choir
• Brian Coleman – production management
• Jules Gondar – recording
• Rob Jacobs – recording
• Kalle Engström – keyboards and programming, recording, Pro Tools engineering
• Carl Falk – keyboards and programming, recording, Pro Tools engineering
• Matt Gruber – recording
• Richard Hwang – recording
• Bob Clearmountain – recording, mixing
• Steve Churchyard – recording (strings)
• Kevin Harp – mix engineering assistance, engineering assistance
• Anthony Kilhoffer – engineering assistance
• Mike Eleopoulos – engineering assistance
• Greg Burns – engineering assistance
• Curt Kroeger – engineering assistance
• Michael Segal – photography

Vocals

• Diana DeGarmo – lead vocals
• Chris Willis – choir, choir arrangement
• William Champlin – choir
• Shelea Frazier – choir
• Jim Gilstrap – choir
• Lori Perry – choir
• Oren Waters – choir
• Kevin Dorsey – choir

Orchestra

• Dean Parks – acoustic guitars
• Tim Pierce – electric guitars
• Paul Bushnell – bass
• Matt Rollings – piano
• Evan Wilson – viola
• Bob Becker – viola
• Larry Corbett – cello
• Armen Garabedian – cello
• Joe Meyer – French horn
• Brad Warnaar – French horn
• Bob Zimmitti – timpani
• David Campbell – arrangement, conducting (strings, horns, timpani)
• Suzie Katayama – string contracting
• Bettie Ross-Blumer – copyist

Charts

Chart (2004)	Position
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan) [3]	2
US Billboard Hot 100 [4]	14

References

1. Susman, Gary (June 2, 2004). "Fantasia and Diana to release dueling singles". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
2. Dreams (US CD single liner notes). RCA Records, 19 Recordings, S Records. 2004. 82876 63092-2.
3. "Hits of the World: Canada". Billboard . Vol. 116, no. 29. July 17, 2004. p. 44.
4. "Diana DeGarmo Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 23, 2025.