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“Dreams in the Dark” by Badlands
From the album Badlands (1989)
“Dreams in the Dark” by Badlands appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1989 on the album Badlands. Its best result is #625 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,729 hard rock song of all time.
"Dreams in the Dark" came off Badlands, the 1989 debut from the band of the same name, and it went out as a single with a video to match. Ray Gillen and Jake E. Lee wrote it, and it's the four-man lineup at full stretch: Gillen singing lead, Lee on guitar and keyboards, Greg Chaisson on bass and Eric Singer on drums, with Gillen and Singer having already played together in Black Sabbath.
Paul O'Neill produced it with the band, and James A. Ball engineered and mixed it with David Thoener. Rolling Stone later put the album at number 35 on its list of the 50 greatest hair metal albums.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 625 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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