Dreams (Will Come Alive)

"Dreams (Will Come Alive)"
Single by 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor featuring D-Rock and Des'Ray
from the album Dreams
Released	18 June 1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	techno Eurodance [1] rave [2]
Length	4:26
Label	Lowland Records
Songwriter(s)	Bobby Boer Dancability D-Rock
Producer(s)	Bobby Boer Martin Boer
2 Brothers on the 4th Floor featuring D-Rock and Des'Ray singles chronology
"Never Alone" (1993) "Dreams (Will Come Alive)" (1994) "Let Me Be Free" (1994)
Music video
"Dreams (Will Come Alive)" on YouTube

"Dreams (Will Come Alive)" is a song by Dutch Eurodance group 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor featuring D-Rock and Des'Ray. It was released in June 1994 by Lowland Records as the fourth single from the group's debut album, Dreams (1994), and is their most commercially successful single. The song was co-written and produced by producer-brothers Bobby and Martin Boer, and peaked at number-one in the Netherlands for three weeks. It was also used in the Dutch movies Flodder 3 and New Kids Nitro and in the Italian film Happy as Lazzaro .

In 2009, the song was remixed and released by Italian DJ Gabry Ponte and Format-C, and in 2016, a new version was released, as "Dreams 2016 (Will Come Alive)".

Chart performance

"Dreams (Will Come Alive)" was a major hit across Europe and remains the group's most successful single, alongside "Never Alone", peaking at number-one in their native Netherlands for three weeks and at number two for three weeks. ^[3] The song entered the top 10 also in Italy (4), Finland (6) and Belgium (8). ^{[4] [5]} Additionally, it was a top-20 hit in Denmark (17), Iceland (11) and Sweden (14), and a top-30 hit in Germany (25), where it spent 17 weeks within the German Singles Chart between August and December 1994. ^[6]

As the only single by the group to chart in the UK, "Dreams (Will Come Alive)" peaked at number 93 in its first and only week at the UK Singles Chart, on July 9, 1994. ^[7] On the Eurochart Hot 100, it reached number 25 in October 1994, in its 14th week on the chart, after charting in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden and Italy. ^[8] On the European Dance Radio Chart, it peaked at number 13 in the same period. ^[9] Outside Europe, the song was a huge hit in Israel, peaking at number two, and in Australia, it only reached number 185 on the ARIA singles chart.

Critical reception

James Hamilton from Music Week's RM Dance Update named the song a "old fashioned rave style squawking shrill girl wailed and at times inevitable gruff gruff rapped Euro hit" in his weekly dance column. ^[2] Maria Jimenez from Music & Media described the group's sound as "a pumped sound somewhere between Culture Beat and 2 Unlimited", noting "the familiar male rapper/female singer combination". ^[10]

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single and was directed by Czar. ^[11] It features a little black boy in sunglasses admiring a silver car and test driving it. Other scenes show a little white girl in a silver dress. In between, group members Des'Ray and D-Rock performs. The video was later made available on Dutch label Arcade's official YouTube channel in 2013, and had generated almost 20 million views as of June 2025. ^[12]

Track listings

CD maxi-single (Europe, 1994) "Dreams (Will Come Alive)" (Radio Version) - 4:22 "Dreams (Will Come Alive)" (Twenty 4 Seven Trance Mix) - 5:48 "Dreams (Will Come Alive)" (Lick Mix) - 4:16 "Dreams (Will Come Alive)" (D.J. Paradize Underground Mmix) - 4:07 "Dreams (Will Come Alive)" (Extended Version) - 5:05 "Dreams (Will Come Alive)" (Twenty 4 Seven Trance Dub) - 4:10

Gabry Ponte Vs. Format-C - Digital EP (Europe, 2009) "Dreams" (Video Edit) "Dreams" (Extended Mix) "Dreams" (UK Radio Edit) "Dreams" (UK Extended Mix) "Dreams" (Format-C Remix) "Dreams" (Paki & Jaro Remix)

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Dreams (Will Come Alive)" Chart (1994–1995) Peak position Australia (ARIA) [13] 185 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [5] 8 Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders) [14] 8 Denmark (IFPI) [15] 17 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [8] 25 Europe (European Dance Radio) [9] 13 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [4] 6 France (SNEP) [16] 60 Germany (GfK) [6] 25 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) [17] 11 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [18] 1 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [3] 1 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [19] 14 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [20] 32 UK Singles (OCC) [21] 93

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for "Dreams (Will Come Alive)" Chart (1994) Position Belgium (Ultratop) [22] 44 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [23] 10 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [24] 16 Sweden (Topplistan) [25] 79

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