"Dreamer" was the first track released by Italian house group Livin' Joy

Livin' Joy

Livin' Joy was a house music group from Italy who released two successful dance hits in the 1990s, "Dreamer" and "Don't Stop Movin'". The group consisted of Italian brothers Paolo and Gianni Visnadi and singer Tameka Starr....

 in 1994. It was a number-one dance hit

Hot Dance Club Play

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 that year. The following year, it entered the UK chart at No. 1. "Set You Free", the dance anthem from N-Trance, could only reach No. 2 the same year.

The song was first released in the United Kingdom

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 in September 1994 and peaked at number 18 in the UK top 40. After the track saw moderate success and broke the top 20 in the UK, the DJ behind Livin' Joy, Viani DJ, then decided to focus on other projects, namely Alex Party

Alex Party

Alex Party is an Italian dance music project of the electronic dance or house music genre. The band consisted of the Italian brothers Paolo and Gianni Visnadi , DJ Alex Natale and vocalist Robin 'Shanie' Campbell....

 to record the mega hit "Don't Give Me Your Life

Alex Party

Alex Party is an Italian dance music project of the electronic dance or house music genre. The band consisted of the Italian brothers Paolo and Gianni Visnadi , DJ Alex Natale and vocalist Robin 'Shanie' Campbell....

" under the Alex Party banner. After the success of Don't Give Me Your Life, he released another single, "Read My Lips", which didn't match the huge success the previous track had achieved, so they returned their focus on Livin' Joy once more and returned with a remix of their original hit "Dreamer". The song was re-released and entered the chart at number 1 in May 1995, beating the out-going number one by Oasis

Oasis (band)

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 by a narrow margin of just 500 sales.

Matt Helders Version

A cover version

Cover version

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 of the track by Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys

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 drummer Matt Helders

Matt Helders

Matthew Helders , is the drummer for English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys. He is the most comprehensive backing vocalist in the group, appearing on several tracks, including the majority of 'Humbug'...

 was released on his Late Night Tales compilation

Late Night Tales: Matt Helders

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 in 2008. This version features vocals from Nesreen Shah. It was also released as a 7" vinyl single limited to 1000 copies. Arctic Monkeys lead singer Alex Turner

Alex Turner (musician)

Alexander David Turner is an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist and main songwriter of the English rock band Arctic Monkeys...

's spoken word story "A Choice Of Three" appears as a b-side.