"Dream Baby Dream" is a song by the electro-punk band Suicide, written by its members Martin Rev and Alan Vega. It was released as a single in 1979 by Island Records.
It has been covered by Neneh Cherry and The Thing on the 2011-recorded album The Cherry Thing and by Bruce Springsteen both live and in a studio version released on High Hopes (2014). Springsteen released a live version as an EP which was a part of the Alan Vega 70th Birthday Limited Edition EP Series in 2008.
Also part of the EP series was a live version of "Dream Baby Dream" performed by Suicide on NBC's The Midnight Special in 1978.
Personnel Adapted from the Dream Baby Dream liner notes.
Suicide
Martin Rev – keyboards Alan Vega – vocals
Production and additional personnel Ric Ocasek – production Jay Burnett – engineering
In popular culture The song appeared in Adam Curtis' 2016 BBC documentary HyperNormalisation during a montage featuring skyscrapers being blown up. It also appeared in the 2016 film American Honey, directed by Andrea Arnold.
The song features on the closing credits of Alex Garland's Civil War (2024).
A live cover version of the song by the band Savages also appears in the 2014 film Electric Slide.
Accolades Year Publication Country Accolade Rank 1985 Sounds United Kingdom The 100 Best Singles of All Time 76 2001 Uncut The 100 Greatest Singles from the Post-Punk Era 42 2003 Q The 1001 Best Songs Ever 901 2008 Pitchfork United States The Pitchfork 500: 1977–1979 * 2016 The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s 37
(*) designates unordered lists.
Formats and track listing All songs written by Martin Rev and Alan Vega UK 7" single (WIP 6543) "Dream Baby Dream" – 3:17 "Radiation" – 3:05
Release history Region Date Label Format Catalog United Kingdom 1979 Island LP WIP 6543 France 1981 Celluloid, ZE CEL 6590
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