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Don't Dream It's Over

{{Short description|1986 single by Crowded House}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2017}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Don't Dream It's Over

| cover = Crowded house don't dream it's over australian single.png

| alt =

| caption = Original 1986 Australian single{{cite AV media notes |title=Don't Dream It's Over |others=Crowded House |type=7-inch vinyl |publisher=Capitol Records |id=CP 1842}}

| type = single

| artist = Crowded House

| album = Crowded House

| B-side = That's What I Call Love

| released = {{start date|1986|10|20|df=y}}{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/7NWUyZk.png|title=Kent Music Report No 640 – 20 October 1986 > Singles: New Releases|publisher=Kent Music Report|via=Imgur|access-date=30 November 2017}}

| recorded =

| studio = Capitol Recording, Sunset Sound Factory (Los Angeles)

| genre =

  • Rock{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1801691/watch-miley-cyrus-ariana-grande-cover-crowded-houses-dont-dream-its-over/video/|title=Watch Miley Cyrus & Ariana Grande Cover Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over"|last1=White|first1=Caitlin|date=14 May 2015|website=Stereogum|access-date=12 July 2016}}
  • pop{{cite magazine|date=February 2007|title=Crowded House [Capitol]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nfkDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT14|magazine=Torque|location=United Kingdom|publisher=SPH Magazines|access-date=12 July 2016}}
  • blue-eyed soul{{cite book|first=Dave|last=Marsh|title=The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5t5DYDniSHEC|date=1989|publisher=Plume|isbn=0-452-26305-0|page=451}}

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=55}}

| label = Capitol

| writer = Neil Finn

| producer = Mitchell Froom

| prev_title = Now We're Getting Somewhere

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = Something So Strong

| next_year = 1987

| misc =

{{External music video|{{YouTube|J9gKyRmic20|Don't Dream It's Over}}}}

}}

"Don't Dream It's Over" is a song by rock band Crowded House, recorded for their 1986 self-titled debut studio album.Bailey, Marck; [https://web.archive.org/web/20080212082228/http://etext.org/lists/house/ch-discography.html Comprehensive discography] of Crowded House including track listings for all albums and singles. Released 28 March 1995. Retrieved 5 July 2007. Site offline after 2008. The song was composed and written by New Zealand frontman Neil Finn and released in October 1986 as the fourth single from the album.

"Don't Dream It's Over" became the band's biggest international hit, reaching {{abbr|No.|Number}} 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in April 1987. The song reached No. 1 in Canada and in Finn's native New Zealand, while in Australia, it peaked at No. 8. In continental Europe, it reached No. 6 in Norway, No. 27 in the Netherlands, No. 13 in West Germany, and No. 25 in the United Kingdom. At the 1986 Countdown Australian Music Awards the song was nominated for three awards, winning Best Video.{{Cite web | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050615094536/http://users.ncable.net.au/~ronjeff/top40/oz_king.htm | archive-date=15 June 2005 | url = http://users.ncable.net.au/~ronjeff/top40/oz_king.htm | title = Australian Music Awards | publisher = Ron Jeff | access-date = 16 December 2010 | url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://1970scountdown.atspace.com/1987.html|title=Final episode of Countdown|website=1970scountdown|access-date=23 October 2020}}

In May 2001, the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) ranked "Don't Dream It's Over" second on its list of the Top 100 New Zealand songs of all time{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=226374 |title=Our top song - but vote kept a secret |date=3 November 2001 |work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=29 September 2011}} and seventh on its list of the Top 100 Australian songs of all time.{{cite web|url=http://www.apra.com.au/awards/music/2001_topten.asp |title=The final list: APRA'S Ten best Australian Songs |publisher=APRA |date=28 May 2001 |access-date=8 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308150930/http://www.apra.com.au/awards/music/2001_topten.asp |archive-date=8 March 2008 |url-status=dead}} In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Don't Dream It's Over" was ranked number 65.{{cite news|work=Musicfeeds|title=Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'|url= https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/songs-made-triple-ms-ozzest-100/|access-date=4 January 2020|date=27 January 2018}} The song has been recorded by other artists, including Paul Young, Sixpence None the Richer, and New Zealand artist Stan Walker—the latter producing a Māori version titled Moemoeā ("Dream").{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/93517590/watch-stan-walker-sing-dont-dream-its-over-in-te-reo|title=Watch: Stan Walker sing Don't Dream It's Over in Te Reo|website=Stuff|date= 9 June 2017|access-date=14 December 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://teaomaori.news/stan-walker-delights-half-million-followers|title=Stan Walker delights half-million followers |website=Te Ao |publisher=Māori Television|first=Kelvin |last=McDonald|date= 1 June 2019|access-date=14 December 2019}}

Composition

"Don't Dream It's Over" is written and composed in the key of E-flat major{{Cite web|last1=Neil|first1=Finn|author2=Crowded House|date=4 October 2010|title=Don't Dream It's Over|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0086789|access-date=9 April 2021|website=Musicnotes.com}} and is set in the time signature of common time with a tempo of 82 beats per minute.{{fact|date=April 2025}}

Reception

AllMusic described the song as a "majestic ballad".{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/crowded-house-mw0000650038|title=Crowded House - Crowded House - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|work=AllMusic}} Cash Box said "The easy going and pretty song camouflages a pained longing. Neil Finn's voice, recognisable from his stint with Split Enz, is reedy and expressive and full of irony."{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1986/CB-1986-09-06.pdf|title=New and Developing|magazine=Cash Box|via=World Radio History|page=7|date=6 June 1986|access-date=8 December 2021}}

Music video

The music video for the song was produced by Australian film production company Meaningful Eye Contact and was directed by Alex Proyas.The video features some surreal special effects such as household objects—including shattering crockery—and film reels that float in the air, with lead singer Neil Finn playing a guitar and walking through the same house during different time periods while his bandmates are either performing household chores or playing various backing instruments. The video was nominated for Best Group Video and Best Direction at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards, and earned the band a Best New Artist award.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1987/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830021744/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1987/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 August 2008 |title=MTV Video Music Awards |publisher=Mtv |date=11 September 1987 |access-date=13 April 2011}}

Track listings

"Don't Dream It's Over", written by Neil Finn. "That's What I Call Love", written by Neil Finn and Paul Hester. All tracks on vinyl, from the album Crowded House except the extended version of "Don't Dream It's Over". All live tracks, recorded on Phil Jupitus Show at BBC GLR, 21 June 1996.

  • 7-inch vinyl
  1. "Don't Dream It's Over" – 4:03
  2. "That's What I Call Love" – 3:39
  • 12-inch vinyl
  1. "Don't Dream It's Over" (Extended version) – 6:10 (only in 12-inch vinyl single)
  2. "Don't Dream It's Over" – 4:03
  3. "That's What I Call Love" – 3:39
  • 7-inch US vinyl (American Pie label)
  1. "Don't Dream It's Over" – 4:03
  2. "Something So Strong" – 2:51
  • 1996 UK CD1
  1. "Don't Dream It's Over" – 3:53
  2. "Weather with You" (live) – 4:35
  3. "Into Temptation" (live) – 4:48
  4. "Locked Out" (live) – 2:04
  • 1996 UK CD2
  1. "Don't Dream It's Over" – 3:53
  2. "Four Seasons in One Day" (live) – 3:08
  3. "In My Command" (live) – 4:14
  4. "Pineapple Head" (live) – 3:40

Personnel

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!scope="col"|Chart (1986–1987)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=78}} N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.

|8

{{single chart|Flanders|6|artist=Crowded House|song=Don't Dream It's Over|rowheader=true|access-date=12 November 2016}}
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|1|chartid=0804|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2019}}
{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|22|chartid=0812|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2019}}
{{single chart|Ireland2|19|song=Don't Dream It's Over|rowheader=true|access-date=12 November 2016}}
{{single chart|Dutch40|5|year=1987|week=26|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2019}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|7|artist=Crowded House|song=Don't Dream It's Over|rowheader=true|access-date=12 November 2016}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Crowded House|song=Don't Dream It's Over|rowheader=true|access-date=12 November 2016}}
{{single chart|Norway|6|artist=Crowded House|song=Don't Dream It's Over|rowheader=true|access-date=12 November 2016}}
{{single chart|UK|27|date=19870627|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2019}}
scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1987-04-25/|title=Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=25 April 1987|access-date=20 June 2023}}

|2

scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1987-05-16/|title=Adult Contemporary|magazine=Billboard|date=16 May 1987|url-access=subscription|access-date=20 June 2023}}

|9

scope="row"|US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks/1987-03-21/|title=Mainstream Rock Airplay|magazine=Billboard|date=21 March 1987|url-access=subscription|access-date=20 June 2023}}

|11

{{single chart|West Germany|13|artist=Crowded House|song=Don't Dream It's Over|songid=15253|rowheader=true|access-date=12 November 2016}}

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!scope="col"|Chart (1996)

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{{single chart|Scotland|23|date=19961109|rowheader=true|access-date=8 December 2016}}
{{single chart|UK|25|date=19961109|rowheader=true|access-date=8 December 2016|refname="uk2"}}

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!scope="col"|Chart (2024)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

scope="row"| Global 200 (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-global-200/2024-10-19/|title=Billboard Global 200: Week of October 19, 2024|magazine=Billboard|access-date=15 October 2024}}

| 130

scope="row"| Lithuania (AGATA){{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s42-3/|title=2024 42-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)|publisher=AGATA|language=lt|date=18 October 2024|access-date=18 October 2024}}

| 86

scope="row"| Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2024&dspp=41|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 41|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=12 October 2024}}

| 6

scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC){{cite magazine|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20241018/7501/|title=Official Singles Chart Top 100|magazine=Official Charts Company|access-date=16 November 2024}}

| 32

scope="row"| US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/rock-songs/2024-10-26/|title=Hot Rock & Alternative Songs: Week of October 26, 2024|magazine=Billboard|access-date=22 October 2024}}

| 15

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (1987)

!Position

scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/sPdqqRt.jpg|title=Australia Music Report No 701 – 28 December 1987 > National Top 100 Singles for 1987|publisher=Australian Music Report|via=Imgur|access-date=11 December 2019}}

|54

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1987|title=Jaaroverzichten 1987|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=14 May 2019}}

|align="center"|77

scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0920&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0920.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0920|title=Top 100 Singles of '87|magazine=RPM|via=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=14 May 2019}}

|34

scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1987|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1987|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=23 March 2021}}

|26

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1987&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1987|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=14 May 2019}}

|44

scope="row"|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1987-12-31|title=The Official New Zealand Music Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ}}

|4

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1987.htm|title=Top 100 Hits of 1987/Top 100 Songs of 1987 | Music Outfitters|website=Musicoutfitters.com}}

|13

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=Crowded House|title=Don't Dream It's Over|award=Platinum|number=9|type=single|relyear=1986|certyear=2024|access-date=2024-12-24}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Crowded House|title=Don't Dream It's Over|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=1986|certyear=2022|id=11029|access-date=3 December 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Crowded House|title=Don't Dream It's Over|award=Platinum|number=5|type=single|relyear=1986|source=radioscope|access-date=April 6, 2025|certyear=2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1986|certyear=2025|artist=Crowded House|title=Don't Dream It's Over|access-date=11 February 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Crowded House|title=Don't Dream It's Over|award=Platinum|relyear=2004|certyear=2023|id=14423-1869-1|access-date=27 January 2023}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

Paul Young version

{{Infobox song

| name = Don't Dream It's Over

| cover = Paul young don't dream it's over.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Paul Young

| album = From Time to Time – The Singles Collection

| B-side = I Need Somebody

| released = {{start date|1991|10|14|df=y}}{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=25|date=12 October 1991}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| length = 3:56

| label = Columbia

| writer = Neil Finn

| producer = Dan Hartman

| prev_title = Both Sides, Now

| prev_year = 1991

| next_title = Come On In

| next_year = 1991

}}

In 1991, British musician Paul Young covered "Don't Dream It's Over" on his first compilation album, From Time to Time – The Singles Collection (1991). Young's version, released by Columbia, was produced by Dan Hartman, and featured Paul Carrack singing the fourth chorus and performing the keyboard and synthesizers.

=Track listing=

  • UK 7-inch and cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Dream It's Over|others=Paul Young|year=1991|type=UK 7-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=Columbia Records|id=657411 7}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Dream It's Over|others=Paul Young|year=1991|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Columbia Records|id=657411 4}}
  1. "Don't Dream It's Over" (Neil Finn) – 3:56
  2. "I Need Somebody" (Paul Young) – 4:00

=Charts=

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{{single chart|Flanders|48|artist=Paul Young|song=Don't Dream It's Over|rowheader=true|access-date=14 August 2022}}
scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=8|issue=46|page=31|date=16 November 1991}}

|30

{{single chart|France|27|artist=Paul Young|song=Don't Dream It's Over|rowheader=true|access-date=14 August 2022}}
{{single chart|Germany|71|artist=Paul Young|song=Don't Dream It's Over|songid=23868|rowheader=true|access-date=14 August 2022}}
{{single chart|Ireland2|13|song=Don't Dream It's Over|rowheader=true|access-date=14 August 2022|refname="ireyoung"}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|67|artist=Paul Young|song=Don't Dream It's Over|rowheader=true|access-date=14 August 2022}}
{{single chart|Norway|6|artist=Paul Young|song=Don't Dream It's Over|rowheader=true|access-date=14 August 2022}}
{{single chart|Sweden|25|artist=Paul Young|song=Don't Dream It's Over|rowheader=true|access-date=14 August 2022}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|20|artist=Paul Young|artistid=20584|rowheader=true|access-date=14 August 2022}}

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==Year-end charts==

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!Chart (1991)

!Position

scope="row"|Europe (European Hit Radio){{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-12-21.pdf|title=EHR Year-End Top 100|magazine=Music & Media|volume=8|issue=51–52|page=20|date=21 December 1991|access-date=24 February 2024}}

|77

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Sixpence None the Richer version

{{Infobox song

| name = Don't Dream It's Over

| cover = Sixpencentr_ddio.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Sixpence None the Richer

| album = Divine Discontent

| B-side = Don't Pass Me By

| released = {{start date|2003|1|21|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| length = 4:03

| label =

| writer = Neil Finn

| producer = Rob Cavallo

| prev_title = Breathe Your Name

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = My Dear Machine

| next_year = 2008

}}

"Don't Dream It's Over" was the second radio single released in promotion of the album Divine Discontent by Sixpence None the Richer. The commercial single release features the B-side "Don't Pass Me By," which was recorded during the sessions for Divine Discontent. Their version was also included in the 2003 compilation album Smallville: The Talon Mix.{{AllMusic |last=Phares |first=Heather |class=album |id=mw0000019840 |label=Smallville: The Talon Mix}}

=Track listing=

  1. "Don't Dream It's Over" (radio edit) – 3:39
  2. "Don't Pass Me By" – 3:26

=Charts=

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!Chart (2003)

!Peak
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scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100){{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10081.html |title=Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 30, saptamina 4.08-10.08, 2003 |publisher=Romanian Top 100 |language=ro |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050218234452/http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10081.html |archive-date=18 February 2005 |access-date=13 May 2020}}

|24

{{single chart|Billboardhot100|78|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|rowheader=true|access-date=20 June 2023}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|12|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|rowheader=true|access-date=20 June 2023}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|9|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|rowheader=true|access-date=20 June 2023}}

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!Chart (2003)

!Position

scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=The Year in Charts 2003: Most-Played AC Songs|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=11|issue=51|page=25|date=19 December 2003}}

|30

scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=The Year in Charts 2003: Most-Played Adult Top 40 Songs|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=11|issue=51|page=22|date=19 December 2003}}

|39

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=Release history=

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|21 January 2003

|Hot adult contemporary radio

|rowspan="2"|{{hlist|Reprise|Squint}}

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2003/RR-2003-01-17.pdf|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1487|page=24|date=17 January 2003|access-date=9 June 2021}}

17 February 2003

|{{hlist|Contemporary hit|adult contemporary radio}}

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2003/RR-2003-02-14.pdf|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1491|page=28|date=14 February 2003|access-date=9 June 2021}}

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Antonello Venditti version

Italian singer-songwriter Antonello Venditti interpreted an adaptation in Italian entitled Alta marea (High tide), inspired by Monte Argentario{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/spettacoli/eventi/argentario_vacanze_vip-3885853.html|title=Da Samantha De Grenet in barca a vela a Max Gazzè, un mare di vip all'Argentario|date=30 July 2018|website=Ilmessaggero.it}}{{Cite web|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2004/07/31/la-meglio-gioventu-di-venditti-in-vacanza.html|title=La meglio gioventù di Venditti in vacanza senza fissa dimora |website=Ricera.repubblica.it|date=31 July 2004}} and recorded for his 1991 album Benvenuti in paradiso (Welcome to Heaven), which remains one of his most-remembered songs to this day. A 16-year-old Angelina Jolie appears in the video.[https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/musica/2016/05/26/news/la_jolie_inedita_ai_mosaic_video_music_award_di_avenna-140564570/ Angelina Jolie, sedicenne esordiente per il video di Venditti 'Alta marea' (it)], from La Repubblica.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVj0d9yo20 Antonello Venditti - Alta Marea (Don't Dream It's Over) (videoclip)], from YouTube

In popular culture

"Don't Dream It's Over" was prominently featured in the 1994 miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's novel The Stand and in the Netflix series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story in which the song was also referenced in the episode of the same name.{{cite web|title=Stephen Kings The Stand Part 2 Dont Dream Its Over Clip| via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qJk4nzBIJg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/1qJk4nzBIJg |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|date= 29 November 2008|access-date=30 December 2020}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|title=1994's The Stand does not stand the test of time|website=The A.V. Club |url=https://www.avclub.com/1994-s-the-stand-does-not-stand-the-test-of-time-1798271370|date= 8 August 2014|access-date=31 December 2020}}{{cite web|title=Revisiting 1994's The Stand Ahead of Its New Adaptation|work=Gizmodo Australia |url=https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/11/revisiting-1994s-the-stand-ahead-of-its-new-adaptation/|date= 19 November 2020|access-date=31 December 2020 |last1=Eddy |first1=Cheryl }}{{Cite web |last=Lindsay |first=Benjamin |date=2024-09-20 |title=Here Are All the Songs in 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story' |url=https://www.thewrap.com/monsters-the-lyle-and-erik-menendez-story-soundtrack-all-the-songs-netflix/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}}

References

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Category:2003 singles

Category:APRA Award winners

Category:ARIA Award winners

Category:Capitol Records singles

Category:Columbia Records singles

Category:Crowded House songs

Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand

Category:Paul Young songs

Category:Pop ballads

Category:Reprise Records singles

Category:Rock ballads

Category:RPM Top Singles number-one singles

Category:Sixpence None the Richer songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Dan Hartman

Category:Song recordings produced by Mitchell Froom

Category:Songs written by Neil Finn

Category:Songs about dreams

Category:Soul ballads