The Stuff That Dreams Are Made of - wikipedia The Stuff That Dreams Are Made of Not to be confused with As Dreams Are Made On, The Dream That Stuff Was Made Of, or The Things That Dreams Are Made Of. `` The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of '' Single by Carly Simon from the album Coming Around Again B - side `` As Time Goes By '' ( US ) `` As Time Goes By '' ( UK ) Released Format 7 '' Genre Pop, adult contemporary Length 5 : 00 4 : 20 ( single version ) Label Arista Songwriter ( s ) Carly Simon Jacob Brackman Carly Simon singles chronology `` Give Me All Night '' ( 1987 ) `` The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of '' ( 1987 ) `` All I Want Is You '' ( 1988 ) `` Give Me All Night '' ( 1987 ) `` The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of '' ( 1987 ) `` All I Want Is You '' ( 1988 ) `` The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of '' is the third single from Carly Simon 's 1987 album Coming Around Again. The song was written by Simon and produced by John Boylan. Simon performed the song at her iconic 1987 concert Live From Martha 's Vineyard. The song is one of Simon 's biggest latter period AC hits, and as a result is included on multiple compilations of her work, which include 1995 's 3 - disc box set Clouds in My Coffee, the UK import The Very Best of Carly Simon : Nobody Does It Better, the 2 - disc retrospective Anthology, 2004 's single disc Reflections : Carly Simon 's Greatest Hits, and 2014 's Playlist : The Very Best of Carly Simon. The title references the line `` The stuff that dreams are made of '' from The Maltese Falcon, and, second - handedly, Shakespeare : In Act IV of The Tempest, Prospero says `` We are such stuff / As dreams are made on, and our little life / Is rounded with a sleep ''. No official music video was made for this song, though a video was created and directed during a VHS recording of the Martha 's Vineyard concert in mid-1988. Contents 1 Charts 2 Track listings and formats 3 References 4 External links Charts The song peaked at # 8 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, where it lasted for seventeen weeks. The song also charted in Ireland, peaking at # 28. Track listings and formats 7 '' single ( US ) `` The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of '' ( Single version ) -- 4 : 20 `` As Time Goes By '' -- 5 : 06 7 '' single ( UK ) `` The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of '' -- 3 : 58 `` As Time Goes By '' -- 5 : 06 References Jump up ^ Sheila Weller. `` The Counterintuitive Wisdom of Carly Simon ''. Observer.com. Retrieved 20 February 2016. Jump up ^ `` Coming Around Again ''. carlysimon.com. Jump up ^ `` Carly Simon - Chart history Billboard ''. Billboard.com. Retrieved 2014 - 07 - 24. Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts ''. Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2014 - 07 - 24. Jump up ^ `` The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of 7 '' US single ``. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014 - 07 - 24. Jump up ^ `` The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of 7 '' UK single ``. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014 - 07 - 24. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Carly Simon 's Official Website Carly Simon Discography Studio albums Carly Simon Anticipation No Secrets Hotcakes Playing Possum Another Passenger Boys in the Trees Spy Come Upstairs Torch Hello Big Man Spoiled Girl Coming Around Again My Romance Have You Seen Me Lately This Is My Life Romulus Hunt : A Family Opera Letters Never Sent Film Noir The Bedroom Tapes Moonlight Serenade Into White This Kind of Love Never Been Gone Compilations The Best of Carly Simon Greatest Hits Live Clouds in My Coffee The Very Best of Carly Simon : Nobody Does It Better Christmas Is Almost Here Anthology Christmas Is Almost Here Again Reflections : Carly Simon 's Greatest Hits Carly Simon Collector 's Edition Playlist : The Very Best of Carly Simon Songs From The Trees ( A Musical Memoir Collection ) Soundtracks Working Girl This Is My Life Piglet 's Big Movie Pooh 's Heffalump Movie Concerts Live from Martha 's Vineyard Carly in Concert -- My Romance Live at Grand Central A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2 Singles `` That 's the Way I 've Always Heard It Should Be '' `` Anticipation '' `` Legend in Your Own Time '' `` You 're So Vain '' `` The Right Thing to Do '' `` Mockingbird '' `` Have n't Got Time for the Pain '' `` Attitude Dancing '' `` Waterfall '' `` It Keeps You Runnin ' '' `` Nobody Does It Better '' `` You Belong to Me '' `` Devoted to You '' `` Vengeance '' `` Jesse '' `` Why '' `` Kissing with Confidence '' `` You Know What to Do '' `` Tired of Being Blonde '' `` My New Boyfriend '' `` Coming Around Again '' `` Give Me All Night '' `` The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of '' `` All I Want Is You '' `` Let the River Run '' `` Better Not Tell Her '' `` Love of My Life '' `` Son of a Gun ( I Betcha Think This Song Is About You ) '' Other songs `` We Have No Secrets '' `` Night Owl '' `` You Can Close Your Eyes '' The Simon Sisters Meet The Simon Sisters Cuddlebug The Simon Sisters Sing the Lobster Quadrille and Other Songs for Children Winkin ', Blinkin ' and Nod : The Kapp Recordings Book Major League Baseball on NBC Related programs Baseball Night in America ( 1994 -- 1995 ) Major League Baseball : An Inside Look ( 1979 -- 1989 ) Major League Baseball Game of the Week ( 1957 -- 1964 ; 1966 -- 1989 ) Major League Baseball on NBC Radio ( 1927 -- 1938 ; 1957 -- 1975 ) Monday Night Baseball ( 1967 -- 1975 ) Misc. programs Gillette Cavalcade of Sports USA Thursday Game of the Week ( 1979 -- 1983 ) Related articles The Baseball Network World Series television ratings Television contracts NBC 's owned & operated TV stations W2XBS ( later WNBT ) ( New York Yankees, 1939 -- 1945 ) WCAU 10 ( Philadelphia Phillies, 2014 -- present ) KCST 39 ( later KNSD ) ( San Diego Padres, 1971 -- 1972 ; 1984 -- 1986 ) KNTV 11 ( San Francisco Giants, 2008 -- present ) NBC Sports Bay Area ( San Francisco Giants ) California ( Oakland Athletics ) Chicago ( Chicago Cubs & White Sox ) Philadelphia ( Philadelphia Phillies ) New York ( New York Mets ) Sponsors Ford Gillette National Bohemian Commentators The Baseball Network All - Star Game ALCS ALDS NLCS NLDS World Series Key figures Mel Allen Jim Britt Jack Buck Skip Caray Bob Carpenter Bob Costas Dick Enberg Bill Enis Joe Garagiola Curt Gowdy Greg Gumbel Merle Harmon Ernie Harwell Charlie Jones George Kell Jon Miller Monte Moore Bob Neal Lindsey Nelson Bill O'Donnell Jay Randolph Ted Robinson Vin Scully Jim Simpson Chuck Thompson Gary Thorne Pete van Wieren Bob Wolff Jim Woods Color commentators Sal Bando Bucky Dent Larry Dierker Don Drysdale Leo Durocher Joe Garagiola Ken Harrelson Fred Haney Tommy Hutton Jim Kaat Sandy Koufax Tony Kubek Ron Luciano John Lowenstein Mickey Mantle Tim McCarver Joe Morgan Bobby Murcer Wes Parker Pee Wee Reese Al Rosen Tom Seaver Mike Shannon Joe Torre Bob Uecker Bill Veeck Maury Wills Guest commentators Rick Dempsey Barry Larkin Ronald Reagan Mike Schmidt Don Sutton Bobby Valentine Hosts Mike Adamle Marv Albert Len Berman Jimmy Cefalo Gayle Gardner Bryant Gumbel Bill Macatee Keith Olbermann Ahmad Rashād Hannah Storm Field reporters Johnny Bench Jim Gray Jimmy Roberts Craig Sager Bob Wischusen Lore Regular season games # 715 ( 1974 ) `` The Sandberg Game '' ( 1984 ) Tie - breaker games 1951 National League tie - breaker series ( Games 2 - 3 ) 1962 National League tie - breaker series LCS games `` Go crazy folks ! 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