"Sweet Dreams"
Single by Air Supply
from the album The One That You Love
B-side"Don't Turn Me Away"
ReleasedDecember 1981
Recorded1981
GenreSoft rock
Length3:46 (single version) 5:22 (album version)
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)Graham Russell
Producer(s)Harry Maslin
Air Supply singles chronology
"Here I Am"
(1981) 		"Sweet Dreams"
(1981) 		"I'll Never Get Enough of You"
(1981)

"Sweet Dreams" is a song by English/Australian soft rock duo Air Supply from their sixth album, The One That You Love. The song reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 4 on the Adult Contemporary chart in early 1982.[1][2] [3] The song also reached No. 8 on Cash Box. In Canada, it peaked at No. 14 on the RPM Top 100 and No. 15 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Record World described it as an "emotional ballad" in which singers "Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock give a command performance."[4]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1981–1982) Peak
position
Canada RPM 100[5] 14
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[6] 15
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 5
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[8] 4
U.S. Cash Box[9] 8
Year-end chart (1982) Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[10] 28
U.S. Cash Box[11] 48

Track listing

U.S. 7" single
A. "Sweet Dreams" - 3:46
B. "Don't Turn Me Away" - 3:39

References

  1. ^ "Air Supply Sweet Dreams Chart History".
  2. ^ "Air Supply Sweet Dreams Adult Contemporary Chart History".
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996. Sheridan Books, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-209-0.
  4. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. December 12, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  5. ^ Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Results: RPM Weekly". Bac-lac.gc.ca.
  6. ^ Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Results: RPM Weekly". Bac-lac.gc.ca.
  7. ^ "Air Supply Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Air Supply Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  9. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996. Sheridan Books, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-209-0.
  10. ^ "Talent in Action : Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 94 (51): TIA-20. December 25, 1982.
  11. ^ "The Cashbox Year End Charts:1982". Retrieved 30 June 2022.

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