Song · Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
“Dreaming” by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Released 1988
“Dreaming” by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark appears on 10 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1988 and 1999. It was first released in 1988. Its best result is #26 on the WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #30 alternative song of 1988, #2,633 alternative song of all time and #219 of the '80s.
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OMD put out "Dreaming" as a single in January 1988, pulled from their compilation The Best of OMD, and it's the band's synth-pop buffed to a high American-radio shine. Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys wrote it together, the band produced it themselves, and Tom Lord-Alge mixed it. The gloss paid off in the States, where it climbed to number 16 on the Hot 100, even as it barely registered back home in Britain.
It also closed a chapter. "Dreaming" was the last single from the original lineup until the band re-formed in 2010; McCluskey was the only core member left on their records from 1991 to 1996, and he kept singing it live through the '90s after Humphreys had gone.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 43 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 | 107 |
| 1988 | 64 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988 | 91 |
| 1988 | 82 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988 | 106 |
| 1988 | 26 | WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY | WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 86 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 1988 | 321 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) | 501 |
| 1989 | 188 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
| 1992 | 249 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) | 500 |
| 1996 | 274 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) | 500 |
| 1999 | 823 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
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