"Dream About Me" is a song by American electronica

Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

 musician Moby

Moby

Richard Melville Hall , better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is known mainly for his sample-based electronic music and his outspoken liberal political views, including his support of veganism and animal rights.Moby gained attention in the early...

, released as the fourth single from his 2005 studio album Hotel

Hotel (album)

Hotel is the seventh studio album by American electronica musician Moby, first released internationally on March 14, 2005 and then on March 22, 2005 in the United States. Hotel was recorded under the Pacha label and mixed at Moby's apartment, Electric Lady Studios, and Loho Studios in Manhattan,...

. As the follow-up single to "Spiders

Spiders (Moby song)

"Spiders" is a song by American electronica musician Moby, released as the third single worldwide and second UK single from his 2005 studio album Hotel. It is released on May 30, 2005 through Mute Records in the UK....

", it was released in the UK on August 8, 2005 by Mute Records

Mute Records

Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...

. Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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 and MoveOn

MoveOn

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 cultural director Laura Dawn

Laura Dawn

Laura Dawn is an American political activist and singer/songwriter. She has been the Cultural Director for MoveOn.org since March 2004 and was named the organization's National Creative Director in 2007.-Musical work:...

 is featured on lead vocals alongside Moby himself.

Music video

The video for the single was produced with cutout animation

Cutout animation

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 and begins with a spaceship flying over a major city. The spaceship flies over a sidewalk and deposits its passengers that appear as small white kittens that are all picked up by pedestrians except for a tabby

Tabby cat

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. The tabby kitten then walks around and experiences the reality of the world, avoiding being stepped on, or almost falling into a storm drain and almost getting run down by cars crossing the street as well as running away from a vicious dog into an alleyway past a poster of Moby. The tabby then goes to sleep and dreams of supposedly its natural origination. The tabby wakes up and then continues walking until it comes across a tree in the sidewalk and climbs it to the top. When it gets to the top, it appears that many spaceships are flying over the city, indicating that the visitors have established their presence.

Track listing

CD (UK)

1. "Dream About Me (Album Version Radio Mix)"
2. "Feeling So Real (Recorded Live on the Hotel Tour in London)"

Vinyl

7" viny

1. "Dream About Me"
2. "Dream About Me (The Shortwave Set
   The Shortwave Set
   The Shortwave Set are a British alternative pop band whose debut album, The Debt Collection, was released in 2005 on Independiente Records. The band's music combines sample-based music with more traditional songwriting and instrumentation to create a sound the group have described as "Victorian Funk"...
   
    Pick 'n' Mix)"

12" viny

1. "Dream About Me (Sebastian Ingrosso
   Sebastian Ingrosso
   Sebastian Ingrosso is a Swedish DJ and producer of Italian descent. Born in Grahamstown, South Africa but raised in Solna, Sweden. Sebastian spent his teenage years in his fathers studio learning how to make music, with his first official remix released on Mega Records in 1999...
   
    Remix)"
2. "Dream About Me (MHC
   Manhattan Clique
   The Manhattan Clique are producers, remixers and writers Philip Larsen and Chris Smith. Regular visitors to the higher reaches of the Music Week Club and Pop charts in the UK, plus the Billboard dance chart in the US, Manhattan Clique are equally at home with their more underground MHC guise as...
   
    Extended Remix)"
3. "Dream About Me (Booka Shade
   Booka Shade
   Booka Shade is a German house duo. It is made up of Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier, described as veterans of the Frankfurt electronic music scene...
   
   Remix)"