1
record label: Jive 9678
chart position: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US dance #25, US AC #5
written by: Robert John
album: Tear Down These Walls
Billy Ocean
Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car
1988
Jive
2
record label: Columbia 77080
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #9, US AC #2, US dance #1
written by: Mariah Carey and Dave Hall
album: Music Box
Mariah Carey
Dreamlover
1993
Columbia
3
record label: Bad Boy 79361
chart position: RandB #15, US #2, UK #17
written by: Steve Kipner, David Frank and Pam Sheyne (as Pamela Sheyne)
album: It Was All a Dream
Dream
He Loves U Not
2000
Bad Boy
4
record label: Go Beat 99
chart position: UK #1, US Dance #1, US #26
written by: Gabrielle and Tim Laws
album: Find Your Way
Gabrielle
Dreams
1993
Go Beat
5
record label: Music World
chart position: RandB #48, US #12, UK #5, US dance #1
written by: Beyoncé, Jim Jonsin, Wayne Wilkins and Rico Love
album: I Am... Sasha Fierce
Beyoncé
Sweet Dreams
2009
Music World
6
record label: MJJ Music 6562
chart position: RandB #5, US #6, UK #6
written by: Donald Fagen, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, Peter Pankey, Rodney Jerkins, Sean Hamilton
album: Kiss the Sky
Tatyana Ali
Daydreamin'
1998
MJJ Music
7
record label: Imperial 5396
chart position: RandB #2, US #14
written by: Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin
album: Fats Domino Rock and Rollin'
Fats Domino
When My Dreamboat Comes Home
1956
Imperial
8
record label: Pye 71002
chart position: UK #1, RandB #63, US #14, US AC #18
written by: David Parton (as Des Parton)
album: Sad Sweet Dreamer
comments: [pop soul] [English vocal group]
Sweet Sensation
Sad Sweet Dreamer
1974
Pye
9
record label: Atlantic 2866
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, US AC #11
written by: Aretha Franklin
album: Young Gifted And Black
Aretha Franklin
Day Dreaming
1972
Atlantic
10
record label: Wing 871 078
chart position: RandB #1, US #8, UK #74, US AC #2
written by: Lisa Montegomery & Geneva Paschal
album: The Right Stuff
Vanessa Williams
Dreamin'
1989
Wing
11
record label: Derrty Digital
chart position: US #3, UK #8, R&B #101
written by: Nelly (as Cornell Haynes Jr.) , Rico Love (as Richard Butler Jr.), Frank Romano and Jim Jonsin
album: 5.0
Nelly
Just a Dream
2010
Derrty Digital
12
record label: Def Jam 13102 11
chart position: RandB #4, US #14
written by: Fabolous, Tricky Stewart and The Dream
album: Loso's Way
Fabolous featuring The-Dream
Throw It in the Bag
2009
Def Jam
13
record label: Tamla 54191
chart position: RandB #11, US #26, UK #6, US AC #31
written by: Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby & Sylvia Moy
album: Signed, Sealed & Delivered / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder
Never Had a Dream Come True
1970
Tamla
14
record label: Casablanca 959
chart position: RandB #10, US #4, UK #34, US AC #17
written by: Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder & Pete Bellotte
album: Live and More / Sleepless Nights
comments: [disco dance]
Donna Summer & Brooklyn Dreams
Heaven Knows
1979
Casablanca
15
record label: Def Jam
chart position: RandB #2, US #22
written by: Tricky Stewart, The Dream and Sean Hall
album: Love vs. Money
The-Dream
Rockin' That Thang
2009
Def Jam
16
record label: Mercury 71093
chart position: RandB #7, UK #7, US #24
written by: Buck Ram
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
The Platters
My Dream
1957
Mercury
17
record label: Polydor 877 963 1
chart position: RandB #91, US #9, UK #13, US dance #2
written by: Cathy Dennis & D:Mob
album: Move to This
comments: [disco dance]
Cathy Dennis
Just Another Dream
1990
Polydor
18
record label: Def Jam Digital
chart position: RandB #3, US #20
written by: The Dream and Tricky Stewart
album: Love Me All Summer, Hate Me All Winter
The-Dream
I Luv Your Girl
2008
Def Jam Digital
19
record label: MCA 52378
chart position: US #6, US dance #8, RandB #60, UK #78, US AC #7
written by: Dan Hartman
album: I Can Dream About You
Dan Hartman
I Can Dream About You
1984
MCA
20
record label: Delicious Vinyl 2081
chart position: RandB #19, US #51, UK #15, US dance #4
written by: Dallas Austin and N'Dea Davenport
album: Brother Sister
The Brand New Heavies
Dream On Dreamer
1994
Delicious Vinyl
21
record label: Def Jam Digital
chart position: RandB #3, US #30
written by: The Dream, Tricky Stewart and Darrion Nashawn Brown
album: Love Me All Summer, Hate Me All Winter
The-Dream
Falsetto
2008
Def Jam Digital
22
record label: Columbia 78408
chart position: RandB #18, UK #12, US #22
written by: R. Kelly, Nas, Tone and Poke
album: It Was Written
comments: [hip hop]
Nas
Street Dreams
1996
Columbia
23
record label: Def Jam 009406
chart position: RandB #6, US #17
written by: Carlos McKinney and The Dream
album: Love Me All Summer, Hate Me All Winter
The-Dream
Shawty Is a 10
2007
Def Jam
24
record label: Aftermath
chart position: RandB #12, US #32, UK #8
written by: The Game and Kanye West
album: The Documentary
The Game
Dreams
2005
Aftermath
25
record label: Virgin 96469
chart position: RandB #19, UK #6, US dance #3, US #85
written by: Jazzie B and Simon Law
album: Vol. II: 1990: A New Decade
Soul II Soul
A Dream's A Dream
1990
Virgin
26
record label: De lite 1570
chart position: RandB #5, US #43, US dance #1
written by: Freida Nerangis & Britt Britton
album: Dreaming a Dream
comments: [disco dance]
Crown Heights Affair
Dreaming a Dream
1975
De lite
27
record label: Big Gates
chart position: RandB #8, US #66
written by: Plies, Ronnie Jackson, Justin Franks, Oliver Goldstein, Tony Scales and The Dream
album: Definition of Real
Plies ft. Jamie Foxx & The-Dream
Please Excuse My Hands
2008
Big Gates
28
record label: Buddah 470
chart position: RandB #1, US #36
written by: Larry Weiss & Jerry Ross
album: Blind Baby
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
New Birth
Dream Merchant
1975
Buddah
29
record label: Charisma 6
chart position: RandB #73, US #12
written by: Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers
album: Nia Peeples
Nia Peeples
Street of Dreams
1991
Charisma
30
record label: Universal 56163
chart position: RandB #5, US #31
written by: Sam Dees
album: Ol Skool
comments: [slow jam]
Ol Skool featuring Keith Sweat & Xscape
Am I Dreaming
1998
Universal
31
record label: Imperial 5855
chart position: RandB #23, US #22
written by: Norman Margolies And C. Marshall
album: Meet the Majors
The Majors
A Wonderful Dream
1962
Imperial
32
record label: Atlantic
chart position: RandB #63, UK #25
written by: Craig Kallman, Lupe Fiasco, David Mackay, Sylvain Vanholme and Raymond Vincent
album: Food and Liquor
Lupe Fiasco featuring Jill Scott
Daydreamin'
2006
Atlantic
33
record label: Giant 21846
chart position: RandB #1, US #89
written by: Stanley Brown
album: New Jack City: Music from the Motion Picture
Christopher Williams
I'm Dreamin'
1991
Giant
34
record label: Atco 6612
chart position: RandB #6, US #41
written by: Otis Redding and Zelma Redding
album: The Immortal Otis Redding
Otis Redding
I've Got Dreams to Remember
1968
Atco
35
record label: Arista 9457
chart position: US dance #1
written by: Jay Gruska, Michael Omartian and Bruce Sudano
album: Jermaine Jackson [1984 album]
Jermaine Jackson
Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)
1984
Arista
36
record label: Hi 2288
chart position: RandB #7, US #48, UK #51
written by: Al Green , Willie Mitchell & Mabon
album: Al Green Is Love
Al Green
Oh Me, Oh My (Dreams in My Arms)
1975
Hi
37
record label: Gold Mind 4000
chart position: US #72, US Dance #3
written by: Allan Felder, Norman Harris and Ron Tyson
album: Loleatta [1976 album]
comments: [charted as Dreamin' / Ripped Off in US dance charts]
Loleatta Holloway
Dreamin'
1977
Gold Mind
38
record label: Unity 503 (UK)
chart position: UK #10
written by: Max Romeo
album: A Dream
comments: [reggae]
Max Romeo
Wet Dream
1969
Unity
39
record label: Heritage 102
chart position: Cashbox RandB #14, US #10
written by: D. Hogan
The Dreamlovers
When We Get Married
1961
Heritage
40
record label: Island 50011
chart position: RandB #68, US Dance #3
written by: David Was and Don Was
album: Was (Not Was)
Was (Not Was)
Tell Me That I'm Dreaming
1982
Island
41
record label: BMG 74321
chart position: UK #13
written by: Mike Pickering, Paul Heard and Heather Small
album: The Best of M People
M People
Dreaming
1999
BMG
42
record label: Reproduction 41711
chart position: UK #12
written by: Anna Jolley and Mark Jolley
album: What You See Is What You Get
Glen Goldsmith
Dreaming
1988
Reproduction
43
record label: Motown 1127
chart position: RandB #31, US #49, UK #23
written by: Vernon Bullock, Jack Goga, Ivy Jo Hunter and Pam Sawyer
album: Yesterday's Dreams
comments: [Motown Sound]
Four Tops
Yesterday's Dreams
1968
Motown
44
record label: Epic 5458 (UK)
chart position: UK #20
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: The Jacksons
The Jacksons
Dreamer
1977
Epic
45
record label: Imperial 5621
chart position: RandB #7
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: Irving Ashby and Ernie Freeman
comments: instrumental
Ernie Freeman
Lost Dreams
1956
Imperial
46
record label: Jamie 1145
chart position: RandB #7
weeksinr&bchart: 3
written by: George Motola and John Marascalco
album: The Casual
comments: [ballad]
Jesse Belvin
Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams)
1956
Jamie
47
record label: Columbia 2322(UK)
chart position: UK #21
written by: Terry Britten, Graham Lyle and Conner Reeves
album: Freaky
comments: [love ballad]
MN8
Dreaming
1996
Columbia
48
record label: FFRR 180
chart position: RandB #42, UK #24
written by: Andy Levy, Simon Bartholomew, Jan Kincaid, Lascelles Gordon, James Wellman and Linda Muriel
album: The Brand New Heavies
comments: [funk jazz]
The Brand New Heavies
Dream Come True
1992
FFRR
49
record label: Arista 0426
chart position: RandB #8
written by: Emanuel LeBlanc, Herb Lane, Keith Crier and Paul Service
album: Disco Nights
GQ
Make My Dreams a Reality
1979
Arista
50
record label: ABC 11170
chart position: US AC #25
written by: Charlie Louvin and Ira Louvin
Ray Charles
When I Stop Dreaming
1969
ABC
51
record label: 4th and Bway 108 (UK)
chart position: UK #26
written by: Peter Vale, Miles Waters and Sue Shifrin
album: So Good
Mica Paris featuring Courtney Pine
Like Dreamers Do
1988
4th and Bway
52
record label: Kapp 899
chart position: RandB #14, US #42
written by: Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion (as Joseph Darion)
The Hesitations
The Impossible Dream
1968
Kapp
53
record label: Virgin 38578
chart position: RandB #34, US #101, UK #32
written by: Mike Chapman and Holly Knight
album: Wildest Dreams
Tina Turner featuring Barry White
In Your Wildest Dreams
1996
Virgin
54
record label: Avco 6105025 (UK)
chart position: UK #31
written by: Sandy Linzer
Limmie & the Family Cookin
Dreamboat
1973
Avco
55
record label: Talkin' Loud 858 285(UK)
chart position: UK #35
written by: Jean Paul Maunick and Richard Bull
album: Positivity
comments: [jazz funkl]
Incognito
Pieces of a Dream
1994
Talkin' Loud
56
record label: Elektra 69514
chart position: UK #35
written by: Kae Williams
album: Genie
B.B. & Q. Band (Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens)
(I'm a) Dreamer
1986
Elektra
57
record label: Philly Groove 172
chart position: RandB #15, US #86
written by: William Hart
album: Tell Me This Is a Dream
The Delfonics
Tell Me This Is a Dream
1972
Philly Groove
58
record label: Elektra 69771
chart position: RandB #15, US Dance #107
written by: Grover Washington Jr. and Cynthia Biggs
album: Imagine This
Pieces of a Dream
Fo-Fi-Fo
1984
Elektra
59
record label: 4th and Bway 104 (UK)
chart position: UK #34
written by: Brian Jackson, Peter Lord Moreland and Will Downing
album: Will Downing
Will Downing
In My Dreams
1988
4th and Bway
60
record label: Wide Angle 8563
chart position: UK #35
written by: Joni Mitchell and Viola Wills
Viola Wills
Both Sides Now -- Dare to Dream
1986
Wide Angle
61
record label: Mercury 72721
chart position: RandB #23, US #38
written by: Larry Weiss and Jonas B. Ross
album: Mr. Dream Merchant
Jerry Butler
Mr. Dream Merchant
1967
Mercury
62
record label: Geffen/Network 29396
chart position: US dance #26, RandB #65, US #37
written by: Giorgio Moroder, Irene Cara & Pete Bellotte
album: DC Cab Soundtrack / What a Feelin
comments: [disco dance]
Irene Cara
The Dream (Hold on to Your Dream)
1983
Geffen/Network
63
record label: PWL 265
chart position: RandB #90, UK #41
written by: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
album: Good 'N' Ready
Sybil
Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
1993
PWL
64
record label: Bad Boy 9354
chart position: US #39, RandB #80
written by: David Frank, Steve Kipner and Pam Sheyne
album: It Was All a Dream
Dream
This Is Me
2001
Bad Boy
65
record label: Dynamic Sounds 12 10 (UK)
chart position: UK #44
written by: Leroy
album: Wide Awake
comments: [reggae]
Barry Biggs
Wide Awake in a Dream
1981
Dynamic Sounds
66
record label: Epic 07199
chart position: RandB #40, US #50, US Dance #15
written by: Bob Rosenberg
album: Will to Power
Will to Power
Dreamin'
1987
Epic
67
record label: Minit 32055
chart position: RandB #20, US #43
written by: John Phillips and Michelle Phillips
album: Fly Me to the Moon
Bobby Womack
California Dreamin'
1968
Minit
68
record label: ABC 12331
chart position: RandB #17, US #106
written by: Don Davis and Eddie Robinson
album: Shake It Well
The Dramatics
Ocean of Thoughts and Dreams
1978
ABC
69
record label: Chelsea 2005064
chart position: US Dance #15
written by: Mets
The Honeybees
Dream Express
1976
Chelsea
70
record label: Modern 987
chart position: US #45
written by: Josea, Ling, Taub and Davis
The Cliques
The Girl In My Dreams
1956
Modern
71
record label: Supreme 167 (UK)
chart position: UK #48
written by: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
album: If I Have To Stand Alone
Lonnie Gordon
Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
1990
Supreme
72
record label: Arista
chart position: RandB #16
album: Money Talks: The Album
comments: [slow jam]
Mary J. Blige
A Dream
1996
Arista
73
record label: Manhattan 50038
chart position: RandB #16
written by: Charles McCampbell and Bernard Wright
album: Joyride
Pieces of a Dream
Say La La
1986
Manhattan
74
record label: Def Jam 011659
chart position: RandB #22, US #52, UK #56
written by: LL Cool J, Tricky Stewart and The Dream
album: Exit 13
LL Cool J featuring The-Dream
Baby
2008
Def Jam
75
record label: Tamla 54202
chart position: US #78, UK #51
written by: Stevie Wonder and Syreeta
album: Where I'm Coming From
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder
Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer
1971
Tamla
76
record label: Roadshow 7006
chart position: UK #51
written by: Casey Spencer and Douglas Bright
album: Doctor Boogie
Don Downing
Dream World
1974
Roadshow
77
record label: Breakaway 58641
chart position: RandB #27, US #51
weeksinr&bchart: 24
written by: Tino McIntosh
DJ Taz featuring Raheem The Dream
That's Right
1997
Breakaway
78
record label: Planet 47920
chart position: RandB #22, US #52, US dance #26
written by: Anita Pointer, Trevor Lawrence and Mario Henderson
album: Special Things
The Pointer Sisters
Could I Be Dreaming
1980
Planet
79
record label: 20th Century Fox 2463
chart position: RandB #17
written by: Eugene Record
album: I Touched a Dream
The Dells
I Touched a Dream
1980
20th Century Fox
80
record label: EMI 50274
chart position: RandB #17
album: 'Bout Dat Time
Pieces of a Dream
What Can I Do?
1990
EMI
81
record label: Qwest 29389
chart position: RandB #17
written by: Jeffrey Stanton
album: Dreamboy
comments: [ballad]
Dreamboy
Don't Go
1984
Qwest
82
record label: Arista 12600
chart position: US #55, US AC #21
written by: Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero
album: Exposé
comments: [ballad]
Exposé
As Long as I Can Dream
1993
Arista
83
record label: Blue Mountain 1016 (UK)
chart position: UK #52
written by: Bobby Darin
album: Leave The Reggae To Us
comments: [reggae]
Greyhound
Dream Lover
1972
Blue Mountain
84
record label: State 15 (UK)
chart position: UK #54
written by: Tony Waddington & Wayne Bickerton
album: The Two Of Us
Mac & Katie Kissoon
I'm Just Dreaming
1975
State
85
record label: Capitol 4048
chart position: US #58
written by: Oscar Hammerstein II (as Oscar Hammerstein) and Sigmund Romberg
Ed Townsend
When I Grow Too Old to Dream
1958
Capitol
86
record label: Argo 5390
chart position: Cashbox R&B #26, US #55
written by: Johnny Mercer
comments: US B side to Fool That I Am
Etta James
Dream
1961
Argo
87
record label: SAM 5004
chart position: RandB #18
written by: John Davis [John Edward Davis Jr.]
album: Can't Stop
Richard Rogers
(I'll Be Your) Dream Lover
1990
SAM
88
record label: Stax 186
chart position: RandB #19
written by: Isaac Hayes and David Porter
album: Wanted One Soul Singer
Johnnie Taylor
I Had a Dream
1966
Stax
89
record label: Millennium 610
chart position: US #57
written by: Bruce Sudano and Joe Esposito
album: Brooklyn Dreams
Brooklyn Dreams
Music, Harmony and Rhythm
1978
Millennium
90
record label: AandM 2611
chart position: RandB #58, US Dance #19
written by: Craig Peyton and Jolyon Skinner
album: Doin' It My Way
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
Howard Johnson
Let This Dream Be Real
1984
A&M
91
record label: D.C. Sound 180
chart position: RandB #23, US #93
written by: Billy Jackson (as William Jackson)
Frankie Karl & the Dreams
Don't Be Afraid (Do As I Say)
1968
D.C. Sound
92
record label: Epic 1667
chart position: UK #62
written by: Paul Carter, Richard Walmsley, Amanda Glanfield (as Manda Glanfield), Johnathan Pandy, R. Miller
album: Life & Soul
comments: [dance, house]
The Beatmasters
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
1991
Epic
93
record label: End 1114
chart position: Cashbox RandB #35, US #62
written by: J. Ross, D. Hogan, M. Wecht
album: Best Of The Dreamlovers Volume One
The Dreamlovers
If I Should Lose You
1962
End
94
record label: AandM 1081
chart position: RandB #25, US #74
written by: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)
Abaco Dream
Life and Death in G and A
1969
A&M
95
record label: Millenium 606
chart position: Cashbox R&B #92, US #63
written by: Bruce Sudano, Joe Esposito and Eddie Hokenson
Brooklyn Dreams
Sad Eyes
1977
Millenium
96
record label: Gordy 7001
chart position: RandB #22
written by: Berry Gordy Jr.
album: Meet the Temptations
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Dream Come True
1962
Gordy
97
record label: Elektra 12337
chart position: UK #67
written by: Aquarian Dream and Jacques Burvick
Aquarian Dream
You're a Star
1979
Elektra
98
record label: Radio Killa
chart position: RandB #26, US #92
written by: The Dream
album: Love King
The-Dream
Love King
2010
Radio Killa
99
record label: Casablanca 962
chart position: US #69
written by: Bruce Sudano and Joe Esposito
album: Sleepless Nights
Brooklyn Dreams
Make It Last
1979
Casablanca
100
record label: Doggystyle
chart position: RandB #24, US #39
written by: Snoop Dogg, The Dream and Tricky Stewart
album: Malice n Wonderland
Snoop Dogg featuring The-Dream
Gangsta Luv
2009
Doggystyle