Dreamer ( Livin ' Joy song ) - wikipedia Dreamer ( Livin ' Joy song ) `` Dreamer '' Single by Livin ' Joy from the album Do n't Stop Movin ' Released 22 August 1994 ( original ) 1 May 1995 ( re-Issue ) Format 12 ' Vinyl CD single Acetate 12 '' Recorded Genre Eurodance italo house Length 3 : 40 ( 1994 Radio Mix ) 3 : 44 ( 1995 Re-release 7 ' Mix ) Label MCA Records Songwriter ( s ) Janice Robinson Paolo Visnadi Gianni Visnadi Producer ( s ) Paolo Visnadi Gianni Visnadi Livin ' Joy singles chronology `` Dreamer '' ( 1994 ) `` Do n't Stop Movin ' '' ( 1996 ) `` Dreamer '' ( 1994 ) `` Do n't Stop Movin ' '' ( 1996 ) Music video `` Dreamer '' on YouTube 1995 Cover 1995 Edition Cover First released in 1994, `` Dreamer '' is a dance track produced and recorded by Italian house group Livin ' Joy, featuring vocals by Janice Robinson. It was number one in the US Hot Dance Club Play chart that year. On 13 May 1995, it entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 1. Contents 1 Release 2 Style 3 Reception 4 Impact and legacy 5 Music video 6 Charts 6.1 Weekly charts 6.2 Year - end charts 7 Certifications 8 Track listing 9 Janice Robinson solo version ( 2005 ) 10 Matt Helders version 11 See also 12 References Release The song was first released in the United Kingdom on 3 September 1994, going straight in at number 18 in the UK Singles Chart. It had a slow and steady decline down the charts shortly after, slipping from its # 18 debut down to # 22 - # 24 - # 32 - # 46 - # 67, exiting the top 100 the following week. On 22 October 1994 it returned to the UK charts after a few weeks out of the top 100, coming straight back in at # 85 before sliding to # 97 and then exiting the top 100 once more. The record seemed to show no signs of dying away as once more it re-entered the UK top 100 ( on 12 November 1994 ) at # 99. The following week it climbed to # 85 before descending one final time to # 97 before it bowed out. Gianni Visnadi ( one of the two producers behind Livin ' Joy ) was no stranger to the UK chart at this point. He and his brother Paolo, had already released a previous dance track under the Alex Party banner. ' Read My Lips / Saturday Night Party ' was released on 18 December 1993 where it entered at # 49. It remained in the top 100 for 6 weeks before it was re-released yet again on 28 May 1994. This time he had a little more success as which ' Read My Lips ' peaked at # 29. It spent 5 weeks in the top 100. After seeing the moderate success of ' Dreamer ' and ' Read My Lips ', both Paolo and Gianni then decided to focus on Alex Party once again to record `` Do n't Give Me Your Life '' which peaked at # 2 in the United Kingdom where it spent 8 weeks in the top 10 and a total of 14 weeks in the top 100. After the major success of `` Do n't Give Me Your Life '', the signature Visnadi sounds of thumping beats, commanding vocals and the organ sounds & synths had cemented themselves as the popular sound in dance music. Visnadi decided to revive ' Dreamer ' under the Livin ' Joy banner. It received an updated remix but stayed true to its original form. This was the single that finally took the Visnadi brothers to # 1. beating the out - going number one by Oasis by a narrow margin of just 500 sales. ' Dreamer ' stayed on top of the chart for only a week, eventually being knocked off by the monster hit ' Unchained Melody ' by Robson & Jerome. ' Dreamer ' racked up an impressive run in the top 100, spending 21 non consecutive weeks in the UK chart, ending the year as the 40th biggest selling single of 1995. ( Coincidentally Alex Party 's `` Do n't Give Me Your Life '' ended the year as the 28th biggest selling single of 1995 ) In the United States, the song was a sleeper hit on pop radio, but finally managed to peak at # 72 on the Billboard Hot 100, # 38 on Billboard 's Rhythmic Top 40 chart, # 10 on Billboard 's Hot Dance Music / Maxi - Singles Sales chart and # 40 on Billboard 's Hot Dance Music / Club Play chart. In mid-1996, `` Dreamer '' re-entered the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at # 95. Sadly the back and forth between Livin ' Joy & Alex Party seemed to affect the next few Alex Party singles. ' Wrap Me Up ' entered the chart on 18 November 1995 and peaked at # 17, spending just 6 weeks in the top 100. As a last stab at success under the Alex Party banner, Visnadi remixed and re-released `` Read My Lips ''. This did not match the success of ' Do n't Give Me Your Life ', crashing in to the top 40 at # 28 where it dropped out of the U.K top 100 in just two weeks. Alex Party was then scrapped and their focus was back on Livin ' Joy. Janice Robinson was a singer from the U.S and was the original vocalist on the 1994 & 1995 editions of ' Dreamer '. When the group was unable to reach a deal with Robinson for a follow up single she was replaced by Doris Diggs AKA Tameka Starr. Tameka recorded a version of ' Dreamer ' for the Livin ' Joy album entitled ' Do n't Stop Movin ', but the original by Janice Robinson was a hidden track on the album. Diggs remained the group 's singer until their last single in 1999 with `` Just for the Sex of It '' with plans for a wide scale commercial release, but due to the public 's disinterest it was eventually only released in the UK and Australia where it peaked at # 76 on the charts and managed to receive a limited club run where it was a popular hit in the nightclubs. Janice Robinson released her own version of Dreamer as a solo artist in 2005 reaching number 5 in the US Dance chart. Tameka Starr is now under the name Tameko Star, and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. U.S.A. In November 2011 MTV Dance ranked the song `` Dreamer '' at # 15 in their list of The 100 Biggest 90 's Dance Anthems Of All Time. In September 2018 Janice Robinson performed the song live on The X Factor ( UK series 15 ) Style An example of Italo house and Eurodance, the song nonetheless is said to blend elements from different electronic genres. Tom Ewing of Freaky Trigger explained : `` The bumping, cut - up rhythms and vocals that begin the remixed ' Dreamer ' ( that was a hit ) feel like garage, for example, but as Janice Robinson takes the song into its urgently blissful chorus I want to call it house -- or even go more specific and say handbag house, that showy, uplifting offshoot that strutted across superclub dancefloors in the mid-90s. '' Reception Billboard wrote about the song : `` Act weaves an irresistible fabric of vibrant house rhythms, blippy electro synth sounds, and fluttering diva vocal loops. Single 's stateside run is aided by fresh remixes from Junior Vasquez, who is also on quite a roll these days. '' The Gavin Report wrote : `` Though they enjoyed plenty of exposure on the Euro club scene, this track did n't quite get the support needed from American radio. That was then, this is now. Early indications are that the second run for this high - energy entry will be a lot healthier. '' Network 40 wrote in their review : `` Interest in the project has taken off quicker than the availability of the record. (... ) True Dance music for Crossover radio is no easy trick ; Livin ' Joy has a story being told in the clubs. It 's time for radio to embrace another hit record. '' Tom Ewing of Freaky Trigger rated the song 9 / 10, saying the song is `` not just about joy -- the song 's chorus is a concentrated blurt of fierce hope, a fantasy of togetherness so intense but so impossible that Robinson takes it in double - time, like she 's trying to grab a moment -- or a dream -- before it vanishes. The song slinks and builds up to that point, its loping bass and keyboard figures giving Robinson space to stretch out a bit and approach lines like ' Love, life and laughter is all I believe ' with the lived - in relish they deserve. '' He explained the song `` captures the thing house, and handbag house, do better than almost anything : condense all the hopes, fears, desperation, and fantasies that a dancefloor magics into being, leaving an intense hit of pop that stays in your mind long after the night ends. '' Impact and legacy MTV Dance placed `` Dreamer '' at number 15 in their list of `` The 100 Biggest 90 's Dance Anthems Of All Time '' in November 2011. Idolator ranked the song number 17 in their ranking of `` The 50 Best Pop Singles of 1995 ' '' in 2015. BuzzFeed listed the song in the `` The 101 Greatest Dance Songs Of the ' 90s '' at number 74 in 2017. They wrote : `` Female vocals set to a house beat = everything you could want from an early - ' 90s dance song. '' Music video There are two versions, the first video for the 1994 version had split screen footage of sped up urban cityscapes with a silhouetted female dancer ( unclear if this is Janice Robinson ) and for the 1995 re-release with a new edit had Robinson performing the song with some scenes on a carousel horse and other scenes on a brass bed and silver foiled background, she also has various changes of wigs and costumes throughout the video. There are certain shots that go from colour to black and white, also inter-cut separately are dancers / models acting out seductive poses with one model taking a shower fully clothed and other shots with a model holding and stroking a Chihuahua dog. Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1994 ) Peak position Europe ( Eurochart Hot 100 Singles ) 67 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 25 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 23 Israel ( Israeli Singles Chart ) 28 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 18 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart ( 1995 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA Charts ) 90 Europe ( Eurochart Hot 100 Singles ) 6 Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista ) 10 Germany ( GfK Entertainment Charts ) 87 Ireland ( IRMA ) 7 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 30 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 36 Scotland ( Official Charts Company ) UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) UK Dance ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 72 US Billboard Hot Dance Music / Maxi - Singles Sales 10 US Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 38 US Cash Box 75 Year - end charts Chart ( 1995 ) Position UK Singles Chart 34 Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales United Kingdom ( BPI ) Gold 400,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone sales + streaming figures based on certification alone Track listing 1994 UK CD single Dreamer ( Original Club Mix ) 5 : 37 Dreamer ( Slo Moshun Mix ) 10 : 37 Dreamer ( Junior 's Sound Factory Mix ) 9 : 47 Dreamer ( Factory Dub ) 7 : 05 Dreamer ( Junior Vasquez Sound Factory Instrumental ) 9 : 44 Dreamer ( Radio Mix ) 3 : 38 1994 UK 12 '' Promo Dreamer ( Original Club Mix ) 5 : 39 Dreamer ( Alex Party Underground Mix ) 5 : 20 Dreamer ( Piano Mix ) 1995 Re-release CD Dreamer ( 7 '' Mix ) 3 : 44 Dreamer ( Original Club Mix ) 5 : 39 Dreamer ( Rollo Armstrong Big Mix ) 8 : 36 Dreamer ( Loveland 's Viva Tenerife Mix ) 6 : 53 Dreamer ( Junior Vasquez Sound Factory Mix ) 8 : 56 Dreamer ( Jupiter 12 '' Collision Mix ) 6 : 01 Janice Robinson solo version ( 2005 ) 2005 CD, Maxi - single Dreamer ( ReMixed ) ( Jack D. Elliot Rebirth Club Mix ) 6 : 27 Dreamer ( ReMixed ) ( Xenon 's Mix ) 7 : 00 Dreamer ( ReMixed ) ( Jamie J Sanchez Club Mix ) 7 : 37 Dreamer ( ReMixed ) ( Livewater Futuristic Club Vocal ) 8 : 56 Dreamer ( ReMixed ) ( Twisted Dee Club Mix ) 8 : 21 2006 5 × File, MP3, Maxi - single Dreamer ( ReMixed ) ( Joe Bermudez & Klubjumpers Nocternal Emissions Club Mix ) 8 : 46 Dreamer ( ReMixed ) ( Nic Mercy 's Epic Anthem ) 9 : 30 Dreamer ( ReMixed ) ( John Farruggio 's Club Mix ) 9 : 27 Dreamer ( ReMixed ) ( Radboy 's Rockin ' Mix ) 7 : 44 Dreamer ( ReMixed ) ( Dancin ' Divaz Club Mix ) 7 : 34 Matt Helders version A cover version of the song by Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders was released on his Late Night Tales compilation 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 's spoken word story `` A Choice Of Three '' appears as a b - side. See also List of number - one dance singles of 1994 ( U.S. ) References Jump up ^ `` Livin ' Joy - Chart history ''. Billboard. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 31. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 580. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ `` ChartArchive - The Chart Archive ''. Chartstats.com. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 31. Jump up ^ `` ChartArchive - The Chart Archive ''. Chartstats.com. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 31. Jump up ^ Music Week, 13 May 1995 Jump up ^ MTV Dance Tuesday 27.12. 2011 ^ Jump up to : Ewing, Tom ( 23 June 2013 ). `` LIVIN ' JOY -- `` Dreamer '' ``. Freaky Trigger. Retrieved 12 April 2017. Jump up ^ `` Billboard : NEW & NOTEWORTHY '' ( PDF ). Billboard magazine. Retrieved 23 January 2018. Jump up ^ Sholin, Dave ( 10 May 1996 ). `` Gavin Picks > Singles '' ( PDF ). Gavin Report. No. 2104. p. 62. Retrieved 16 April 2018. Jump up ^ `` Crossover '' ( PDF ). Network 40 ( 25 November 1994, page 26 ). Retrieved 21 February 2018. Jump up ^ MTV Dance Tuesday 27.12. 2011 Jump up ^ `` The 50 Best Pop Singles Of 1995 ( Featuring New Interviews With Alanis Morissette, Garbage, Kylie Minogue, Monica, Ace Of Base & More ! ) ''. idolator.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018. Jump up ^ `` The 101 Greatest Dance Songs Of the ' 90s ''. BuzzFeed. Retrieved 3 October 2018. Jump up ^ `` Eurochart Hot 100 '' ( PDF ). Music & Media. Retrieved 27 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` Livin ' Joy - Dreamer ''. Top40.nl. Retrieved 12 March 2018. Jump up ^ http://www.italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Livin%27+Joy&titel=Dreamer&cat=s Jump up ^ http://www.eurokdj.com/search/eurodb.php?name=Livin'_Joy Jump up ^ `` The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart -- Week Ending 13 Aug 1995 ''. Imgur.com ( original document published by ARIA ). Retrieved 1 June 2017. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached. Jump up ^ `` Eurochart Hot 100 Singles '' ( PDF ). Music & Media. Retrieved 24 November 2017. Jump up ^ http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Livin%27+Joy&titel=Dreamer+%28Original+Club+Mix%29&cat=s Jump up ^ `` Livin ' Joy - Dreamer ( The Rollo Big Mix ) ''. Top40.nl. Retrieved 12 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` Livin ' Joy - Dreamer ( Original Club Mix ) ''. Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 12 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` Scottish Singles Chart ''. officialcharts.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` Official Charts > Livin ' Joy ''. The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 1 June 2017. Jump up ^ `` UK Dance Singles Chart Top 40 28 August 1994 - 03 September 1994 ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles '' ( PDF ). Cash Box ( 25 February 1995 ). Retrieved 19 February 2018. Jump up ^ http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1995.shtml Jump up ^ `` British single certifications -- Livin ' Joy -- Dreamer ''. British Phonographic Industry. December 1, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2018. Select singles in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Dreamer in the `` Search BPI Awards '' field and then press Enter. Jump up ^ `` Matt Helders - Dreamer ( LateNightTales ) ( Vinyl ) at Discogs ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 31. Jump up ^ `` Matt Helders Dreamer ALN721 Alex turner - Matt Helders from Sound It Out UK ''. Sounditoutrecords.co.uk. 2014 - 02 - 19. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 31. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dreamer_(Livin%27_Joy_song)&oldid=865245870 '' Categories : 1994 songs 1994 singles 1995 singles Livin ' Joy songs UK Singles Chart number - one singles Billboard Dance Club Songs number - one singles MCA Records singles Hidden categories : Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 22 October 2018, at 18 : 00 ( UTC ). 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Question: who wrote i'm a dreamer by living joy
Answer: Janice Robinson