It Don't Hurt to Dream

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"It Don't Hurt to Dream"
Single by Sylvia
from the album Drifter
B-side "No News Is Good News"
ReleasedApril 1980 (1980-04)
Genre Country [1]
Length2:39
Label RCA
Songwriter(s)
  • Charles Quillen
  • Dan Pate
  • Jane Pate
Producer(s) Tom Collins
Sylvia singles chronology
"You Don't Miss a Thing"
(1979)		"It Don't Hurt to Dream"
(1980)		"Tumbleweed"
(1980)

"It Don't Hurt to Dream" is a song originally recorded by American singer, Sylvia. It was released as a single by RCA Records and made the US country top 40 in 1980. It was the second single of her career.

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Background and recording

Under the production of producer Tom Collins, Sylvia began recording for RCA Records in 1979. Her first single was released the same year titled, "You Don't Miss a Thing". It would be followed in 1980 by "It Don't Hurt to Dream". [2] The tune was co-composed by Nashville songwriters: Charles Quillen (from Chess Music) and Dan Pate and Jane Pate (from Pi-Gem Music). [3] The track was produced entirely by Tom Collins. [4]

Release, critical reception and chart performance

"It Don't Hurt to Dream" was issued as a single by RCA Records in April 1980 as a seven-inch vinyl record. It featured a B-side titled "No News Is Good News" and was the second single in Sylvia's career. [4] No formal review was given, but Cash Box listed it among its "Singles to Watch" in April 1980. [1] It rose into the top 40 of the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 1980, peaking at the number 35 position. It became Sylvia's second charting single and second to make the US Billboard country top 40. [5] It was later featured on her debut studio album by RCA titled Drifter . [6]

Track listing

7" vinyl single [4]

Chart performance

Weekly chart performance for "It Don't Hurt to Dream"
Chart (1980)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 35

References

  1. 1 2 "Country Talent: Singles to Watch" (PDF). Cash Box . April 12, 1980. p. 28. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  2. ↑ Tuber, Keith (April 1985). "Sylvia's Country". Orange Coast . p. 144. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "Pi-Gem and Chess Music" (PDF). Cash Box . October 18, 1980. p. C-24. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 NA, Sylvia (April 1980). ""It Don't Hurt to Dream"/"No News Is Good News" (7" vinyl single)". RCA Records . PB-11958.
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.
  6. ↑ NA, Sylvia (1981). " Drifter (Liner Notes)". RCA Records . AHL1-3986.
  7. ↑ "Sylvia Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
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