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Dream On (Aerosmith song)

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"Dream On"
Single by Aerosmith
from the album Aerosmith
B-side	"Somebody"
Released	1973
Recorded	1972
Genre	Rock
Length	4:27 (Album Version) 3:25 (Single Edit)
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	Steven Tyler
Producer	Adrian Barber
Aerosmith singles chronology
"Dream On" (1973) "Same Old Song and Dance" (1974)
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Dream On

"Dream On"
Single by Aerosmith
Released	1976
Aerosmith singles chronology
"You See Me Crying" (1975) "Dream On" (1976) "Last Child" (1976)

"Dream On" is the first single by Aerosmith from their 1973 debut album, Aerosmith.^[1] Written by lead singer Steven Tyler, this blues-influenced power ballad became their first major hit. Released in June 1973, it peaked at #59 nationally but hit big in the band's native Boston, where on the less commercial top 40 station WBZ-FM it was the #1 single of the year (#5 for the year on WRKO-AM and #16 on WMEX-AM). The album version of "Dream On" (4:28 as opposed to the 3:25 1973 45rpm edit) was used for a 1976 single re-release, which climbed to #6 on Billboard's national chart in the first half of the year. This song was first played live in Willimantic, CT at the Shaboo Inn.

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