"Dreaming" is a song by British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark are a synthpop group whose founding members are originally from the Wirral Peninsula, England...

 released in 1988 as a single from their compilation album, The Best of OMD

The Best of OMD

The Best of OMD is a compilation album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1988. Despite the band's waning popularity both in the UK and abroad, it sold extremely well....

. It was the last single before the band split-up, with only Andy McCluskey

Andy McCluskey

George Andrew "Andy" McCluskey is the lead singer, bass guitarist, and primary songwriter for the band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark ....

 to carry on working under the OMD banner, and not releasing another record for three years.

While not overly successful in the UK (where it barely made the top 50), the song was the band's second most successful chart entry on the US Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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, reaching #16.

The cover art

Cover art

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 was designed by Stylorouge

Stylorouge

Stylorouge is a graphic design studio currently based in Shoreditch, London. Formed by creative director Rob O'Connor in 1981, it is notable for creating record sleeve designs for bands such as Blur, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Stereophonics, Killing Joke, Sandie Shaw, Adam Ant, Catatonia, Jesus...

, with photography by Andrew Catlin

Andrew Catlin

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.

B-sides

All the single versions include "Satellite" as a B-side. The other B-side, "Gravity Never Failed", was a bonus track on the CD single. This song was originally titled "Georgia" and dates back to the 1981 Architecture & Morality

Architecture & Morality

Architecture & Morality is the third album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1981. It is the group's most commercially and critically successful album, selling over 3 million copies. Released just eighteen months after their debut album, it demonstrated both OMD's continuing musical...

sessions. However, the band lost their favour with the song and was thus shelved, and the title "Georgia" was given to a new song and featured on the album.

Track listing

7" and Limited edition 7"

1. "Dreaming" - 4:00
2. "Satellite" - 5:14

Special Limited Edition 10"

1. "Dreaming (The William Orbit Remix)"
2. "Dreaming (7" Version)"
3. "Messages"
4. "Secret"

12"

1. "Dreaming (Extended Mix)" - 6:19
2. "Satellite" - 5:09
3. "Gravity Never Failed" - 3:29

CD and Limited edition mini-CD

1. "Dreaming (Extended Mix)" - 6:26
2. "Satellite" - 5:14
3. "Gravity Never Failed" - 3:27
4. "Dreaming (Seven Inch Version)" - 4:00

Official Versions

Version	Length	Remixed by	Comment
Single version	3:54	Tom Lord-Alge Tom Lord-Alge Tom Lord-Alge is a four-time Grammy Award–winning record producer and mixer. He is the youngest of Vivian Lord's five children, Mark Lord-Alge, Lisa Lord-Alge, Chris Lord-Alge, Jeff Lord-Alge and Tom Lord-Alge...
Extended Mix	6:26	Tom Lord-Alge
Club Mix Edit	4:58	Bruce Forest	US promo
Extended 12" Club Mix	8:22	Bruce Forest	US promo
The William Orbit Remix		William Orbit William Orbit William Orbit is an English musician, composer and record producer, perhaps best known to most for his work on Madonna's album Ray of Light. He has also co-produced several unreleased Madonna songs originally recorded for other albums...	10"
Dub Mix	4:29	OMD
Club Mix	7:13	OMD	also known as '12" USA Club Mix'
Radio USA Mix	3:50

Chart performance

Chart (1986)	Peak position