AEROSMITH - DREAM ON
Every Time I Look In The Mirror
All These Lines On My Face Getting Clearer
The Past Is Gone
It Went Like Dusk To Dawn
Isn't That The Way?
Everybody's Got Their Dues In Life To Pay
Yeah, I Know Nobody Knows
Where It Comes And Where It Goes
I Know It's Everybody's Sin
You Got To Lose To Know
How To Win
Half My Life's In Books Written Pages
Live And Learn From Fools And From Sages
You Know It's True
All The Things Come Back To You
Sing With Me, Sing For The Year
Sing For The Laughter, Sing For The Tear
Sing With Me If It's Just For Today
Maybe Tomorrow The Good Lord Will Take You Away
Dream On, Dream On, Dream On
Dream Until Your Dream Comes True
Dream On, Dream On, Dream On
Dream Until Your Dream Comes Through
Dream On, Dream On, Dream On
Dream On, Dream On
Dream On, Dream On, Ah
Sing With Me, Sing For The Year
Sing For The Laughter, Sing For The Tear
Sing With Me If It's Just For Today
Maybe Tomorrow The Good Lord Will Take You Away
Sing With Me, Sing For The Year
Sing For The Laughter, Sing For The Tear
Sing With Me If It's Just For Today
Maybe Tomorrow The Good Lord Will Take You Away
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Steve Tyler
Producer(s): Adrian Barber
This Was The First Single Aerosmith Released. Their Manager Had Them Share A House And Concentrate On Writing Songs For Their First Album. Steven Tyler Had Been Working On The Song On And Off For About Six Years, Writing It In Bits And Pieces. He Was Able To Complete It With The Help Of The Rest Of The Band.
Tyler's Father Was A Classically Trained Musician, And When Steven Was 3 Years Old, He Would Lie Underneath The Piano And Listen To His Dad Play. In His Book, Does The Noise In My Head Bother You?, Tyler Writes, "That's Where I Got That 'Dream On' Chordage."
Regarding The Meaning Of This Song, Tyler Explained: "It's About The Hunger To Be Somebody: Dream Until Your Dreams Come True." He Added, "This Song Sums Up The S--T You Put Up With When You're In A New Band. Most Of The Critics Panned Our First Album, And Said We Were Ripping Off The Stones. That's A Good Barometer Of My Anger At The Press, Which I Still Have. 'Dream On' Came Of Me Playing The Piano When I Was About 17 Or 18, And I Didn't Know Anything About Writing A Song. It Was Just This Little Sonnet That I Started Playing One Day. I Never Thought That It Would End Up Being A Real Song."
This Was The Song That Saved Aerosmith From Being Dropped By Their Label. Aerosmith Was The Band's First Album, And It Sold Poorly, Mainly Because Their Record Company Didn't Promote It - Columbia Records Was Focused On Bruce Springsteen's First Album (Released Just A Week Earlier) At The Time. Aerosmith Was In Danger Of Being Dropped, But Their Management Convinced Columbia To Release "Dream On" As A Single, And It Showed Promise, Reaching #59 In The Us. This Single Version Was A Different, More Radio-Friendly Edit Than The Album Version Of The Song, And It Did Well In The Boston Area, Especially On The Powerhouse Am Station Wrko. Columbia Kept The Band, And They Became One Of Their Biggest Acts.
Tyler Played The Piano On This Song. It Provided An Interlude At Concerts Where He Could Sit Behind A Piano Instead Of Running Around On Stage.
This Song Was Not An Immediate Hit, But It Took To The Charts Three Years Later After The Band Hit It Big. In December 1975, After Their Single "You See Me Crying" Didn't Chart, Aerosmith's Manager David Krebs Convinced Columbia Records To Re-Release "Dream On," And It Went To #6. The Album Was Reissued In 1987 And 1993, After Their Albums Permanent Vacation And Get A Grip Exposed Them To A New Audience Who Had Not Heard Their Early Work.
Eminem Used This As The Basis For His 2002 Song "Sing For The Moment." Tyler's Vocals Were Sampled And Perry Played Guitar On Eminem's Track.
Buick Used This Song In Tv Commercials In 2005 To Advertise Their Lacrosse Model.
Michael Angelo Batio Did An Instrumental Cover Version Of This Song On His 2005 Solo Album, Hands Without Shadows.
A Cover By The Glee Cast Peaked At #26 On The Hot 100 In 2010. Their Version Features Actor/Singer Neil Patrick Harris Who Played The Role Of Bryan Ryan In The Dream On Episode Of The Show.
Steven Tyler Says That This Was The Only Song On The Band's First Album Where He Used His "Real" Voice. He Was Insecure About How His Voice Sounded On Tape, So For The Other Songs, He Tried To Sing A Bit Lower And Sound More Like Black Artists Like James Brown.
This Plays Over The Closing Credits Of The 2004 Movie Miracle, About The 1980 Us Olympic Hockey Team. In The Credits, They Explain What Has Happened To Each Member Of The Team Since They Won The Gold Medal.
In 2015, This Was Featured In A Commercial For Adobe Photoshop Celebrating The 25th Anniversary Of The Image Editing Software. Images From The Films Avatar, The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, Gone Girl And How To Train Your Dragon 2 Were Incorporated Into The Spot.
This Song Featured In A 2016 Commercial For Skittles That Aired For The First Time During The Super Bowl. In The Spot, The Instrumental Portion Of This Song Plays And Steven Tyler Says, "Let's Do This. I've Got Minds To Twist And Valleys To Warp." His "Skittles Portrait" - A Collage Of The Candies That Looks Like His Face - Is Unveiled, And He's Repulsed. "That Is E To The Z Twiddley-Disgusting."
This Was Used In A 2018 Commercial For The Kia Stinger That Aired During The Super Bowl Between The New England Patriots And Philadelphia Eagles. In The Spot, Steven Tyler Puts The Car In Reverse, Does A Lap Around A Race Track, And Emerges As His Younger Self.