Innocent When You Dream (song)

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"Innocent When You Dream"
Song by Tom Waits
from the album Franks Wild Years
ReleasedAugust 1987 (1987-08)
RecordedSunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, Universal Recording Corp., Chicago, IL
Genre Experimental rock
Length4:15
Label Island
Songwriter(s) Tom Waits
Producer(s) Tom Waits

Innocent When You Dream is a song by Tom Waits appearing on his tenth studio album Franks Wild Years . The song was used as the soundtrack to the closing sequence, Auggie Wren's Christmas Story, in the 1995 film, Smoke .

Contents

Accolades

YearPublicationCountryAccoladeRank
2000 Elvis Costello United KingdomThe Best Songs from the 500 Best Albums Ever [1] *
2005Bruce PollockUnited StatesThe 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944–2000 [2] *
2006 Blow Up Italy100 Songs to Remember [3] 18
2011 Toby Creswell Australia 1001 Songs [4] *

(*) designates unordered lists.

Personnel

Adapted from the Franks Wild Years liner notes. [5]

Musicians
Production and additional personnel

See also

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