"I Like Dreamin'" is the debut single by Kenny Nolan, taken from his eponymous debut album. The recording was issued as the album's lead single in October 1976, spending 27 weeks on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
| "I Like Dreamin'" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 One of US single reissues | ||||
| Single by Kenny Nolan | ||||
| from the album Kenny Nolan | ||||
| B-side | "Time Ain't Time Enough" | |||
| Released | October 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1976 | |||
| Length | 3:29 | |||
| Label | 20th Century Fox Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kenny Nolan | |||
| Producer(s) | Kenny Nolan and Charlie Calello | |||
| Kenny Nolan singles chronology | ||||
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Background
editThe song tells about a man who dreams about an apparently unattainable woman with whom he shares intimate moments, a romantic walk on a beach and, as their love grows, raising a family. He likes these dreams but, of course, always wakes to find that his longed-for lover is "just not there".
Chart performance
editIt slowly crawled to number three on both that chart as well as the Cash Box Top 100 by early March 1977. The song became a gold record. "I Like Dreamin'" was an equally large hit in Canada, where it peaked at number three on the Pop Singles chart and was also a number-one hit on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Weekly charts
edit| Chart (1976–1977) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] | 16 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles[2] | 3 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[3] | 1 |
| New Zealand[4] | 9 |
| South Africa (Springbok Radio)[5] | 10 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[6] | 3 |
| US Billboard Adult Contemporary[7] | 4 |
| US Cash Box Top 100[8] | 3 |
Year-end charts
edit| Chart (1977) | Rank |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[9][10] | 83 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles[10] | 43 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[11] | 6 |
| US Billboard Adult Contemporary[12] | 24 |
| US Cash Box Top 100[13] | 7 |
References
edit- ^ Steffen Hung. "australian-charts.com - Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ "Songs from the Year 1977". tsort.info. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 619.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart | Billboard". billboard.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 12, 1977". Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
- ^ "Kent Music Report No 183 – 26 December 1977 > National Top 100 Singles for 1977". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 8 January 2022 – via Imgur.com.
- ^ a b "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977". musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ MBAJ&printsec=frontcover Billboard, December 24, 1977.
- ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 31, 1977". Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
