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Dream Baby Dream

Dream Baby Dream

1979 single by Suicide

"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.

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The song appeared in Adam Curtis' 2016 BBC documentary HyperNormalisation during a montage featuring skyscrapers being blown up.[1]

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[2] also appears in the 2014 film Electric Slide.[3]

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Accolades

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Formats and track listing

All songs written by Martin Rev and Alan Vega

UK 7" single (WIP 6543)
  1. "Dream Baby Dream" – 6:19
  2. "Radiation" – 3:03

Personnel

Adapted from the Dream Baby Dream liner notes.[7]

Release history

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References

  1. [1]
    Pollard, Alexandra (2016-10-30). "Suicide's Dream Baby Dream – the unlikely anthem of 2016". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
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    "Uncut – The 100 Greatest Singles Of The Post-Punk Era". Uncut. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
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    "Sounds All Time Top 100 Singles". Sounds. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
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    "Q Special Edition – 1001 Best Songs Ever". Q. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
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    "Guide to the Greatest Songs From Punk to the Present". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 2015-12-07. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
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    "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s – Page 9". Pitchfork. 22 August 2016.
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    Dream Baby Dream (sleeve). Suicide. London, United Kingdom: Island Records. 1979.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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