"Dream Girl" is a single by Romanian singer Smiley from the album Plec pe Marte released on April 8, 2011.[1][2] The song peaked at number one in the Romania Top 20 chart, spending twenty-nine weeks there, and eight weeks in the most-broadcast songs on Romanian radio stations in the 2010s (and Top 100).[3][4][5]
| "Dream Girl" | ||||
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| Single by Smiley | ||||
| from the album Plec pe Marte | ||||
| Released | April 8, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:09 | |||
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| Smiley singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Dream Girl" on YouTube | ||||
The song won the 2011 Romanian Music Awards category for the Best Male Artist through main singer Smiley.[6] It was also nominalized at the category Best Video at the same ceremony.[7]
Musc video
editA music video for the song was released on June 9, 2011, and was directed and produced by Smiley alongside HaHaHa Production and Cat Music staff.[8]
The video starts by showing Smiley sitting down at a table in a generic white-background space, sipping from a glass of wine and beginning to type at a stenotype. The song explains the artist's lonely mood as he is trying to write a love song about his loved one. A woman with messy makeup appears and tears down his papers. Smiley then takes a box of matches and lits up even more of his failed lyric papers. After the first refrain, the video shows the woman dressed up with more care. Then she takes a bath in a solitary tub which Smiley also sets on fire after she is done. The video shows both Smiley and the woman who supposedly represented his loved one going through different moods, from anger and frustration to dancing. As his mood finally turns down to sadness, Smiley lits their bed and her clothes on fire. The end of the video shows him catching fire as well as only his shoes remain burning.[9][10]
The lyrics of the song describe the hurt from a failed romantic relationship as the very title suggests it by the phrase "my dream girl (is gone)", also explaining Smiley burning all the things that reminded him of the woman who was once his loved one. In the end, the sadness consumes him as well.[11][12]
Charts
edit| Charts (2011) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Romanian top 20[3] | 1 |
| Romanian Top 100 | 1 |
| Bulgaria Top 100[13] | 33 |
Release history
edit- 2011 Romania (as part of Plec pe Marte): CD Cat Music 101 2715 2
References
edit- ^ "Dream Girl - Single Smiley". iTunes. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
- ^ "Smiley a cantat "Dream girl" in premiera, la "Romanii au talent"! Asculta AICI melodia!". protv.ro (in Romanian). Pro TV. April 9, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
- ^ a b "TOPURI SĂPTĂMÂNALE 2012 Săptămâna: 01. Perioadă: 02-01-12 08-01-12". mediaforest.ro. Media Forest. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
- ^ "Kiss FM | Romanian Top 100" (in Romanian). Kiss FM. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "Romanian Top 100 – editia 18 septembrie 2011". Andreea.fm. Romanian Top 100. 18 September 2011. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ Music Channel (8 August 2011). "Câștigători Romanian Music Awards 2011" (in Romanian). 1music.ro. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ Music Channel (8 August 2011). "Ei sunt nominalizații la Romanian Music Awards 2011!" (in Romanian). 1music.ro. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ "Smiley - Dream girl [Official video HD]". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
- ^ "VIDEO Smiley şi Class promit hituri incendiare". adevarul.ro (in Romanian). Adevărul. June 26, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
- ^ Dobrescu, Petre (June 10, 2011). "Video / Smiley lansează videoclipul "Dream girl"". Libertatea (in Romanian). Retrieved June 10, 2011.
- ^ "Smiley canta despre dragostea neimplinita in 'Dream Girl'! VIDEO PREMIERA". profm.ro (in Romanian). Pro FM. June 10, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
- ^ "Smiley - Dream girl (Europa FM)". europafm.ro (in Romanian). Europa FM. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
- ^ "Kiss FM | Romanian Top 100" (in Romanian). Kiss FM. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2022.