Dream Girl (Smiley song)
{{Short description|2011 single by Smiley}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Dream Girl
| cover = Dream_Girl_(Smiley_song).png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Smiley
| album = Plec pe Marte
| released = April 8, 2011
| recorded = 2011
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = *Dance-pop
| length = 3:09
| label = *HaHaHa Production
| composer =
| lyricist =
| producer =
| chronology = Smiley
| prev_title = Love Is for Free
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = Dead Man Walking
| next_year = 2012
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|PdifyRx1XVI|"Dream Girl"}}}}
}}
"Dream Girl" is a single by Romanian singer Smiley from the album Plec pe Marte released on April 8, 2011.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/dream-girl-single/1555183136|title=Dream Girl - Single Smiley|work=iTunes|access-date=July 16, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.protv.ro/articol/8246-smiley-a-cantat-dream-girl-in-premiera-la-romanii-au-talent-asculta-aici-melodia|title=Smiley a cantat "Dream girl" in premiera, la "Romanii au talent"! Asculta AICI melodia!|work=protv.ro|publisher=Pro TV|language=ro|date=April 9, 2011|access-date=April 9, 2011}} The song peaked at number one in the Romania Top 20 chart, spending twenty-nine weeks there, and eight weeks in the most-broadcast songs on Romanian radio stations in the 2010s (and Top 100).{{cite web|url=http://mediaforest.ro/weeklycharts/HistoryWeeklyCharts.aspx?year=2012&week=01|title=TOPURI SĂPTĂMÂNALE 2012 Săptămâna: 01. Perioadă: 02-01-12 08-01-12|work=mediaforest.ro|publisher=Media Forest|access-date=July 16, 2024}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kissfm.ro/emisiuni/30/Romanian-Top-100.html|title=Kiss FM {{!}} Romanian Top 100|publisher=Kiss FM|language=ro|access-date=17 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601020106/http://www.kissfm.ro/emisiuni/30/Romanian-Top-100.html|archive-date=1 June 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://andreeaberghea.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/romanian-top-100-editia-18-septembrie-2011/|title=Romanian Top 100 – editia 18 septembrie 2011|website=Andreea.fm|publisher=Romanian Top 100|date=18 September 2011|access-date=7 May 2022|archive-date=7 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507221940/https://andreeaberghea.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/romanian-top-100-editia-18-septembrie-2011/|url-status=live}}
The song won the 2011 Romanian Music Awards category for the Best Male Artist through main singer Smiley.{{cite web |url= http://1music.ro/2011/09/17/castigatori-romanian-music-awards-2011/|title= Câștigători Romanian Music Awards 2011|author=Music Channel |publisher=1music.ro |date=8 August 2011 |language=ro|access-date=8 August 2011}} It was also nominalized at the category Best Video at the same ceremony.{{cite web |url=http://1music.ro/2011/07/31/ei-sunt-nominalizatii-la-romanian-music-awards-2011/|title= Ei sunt nominalizații la Romanian Music Awards 2011!|publisher=1music.ro|author=Music Channel |date=8 August 2011 |language=ro|access-date=8 August 2011}}
Musc video
A music video for the song was released on June 9, 2011, and was directed and produced by Smiley alongside HaHaHa Production and Cat Music staff.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=PdifyRx1XVI|title= Smiley - Dream girl [Official video HD]|website=www.youtube.com|language=en|access-date=2011-06-09}}
The video starts by showing Smiley sitting down at a table in a generic white-background space, sipping from a glass of wine and beginning to type at a stenotype. The song explains the artist's lonely mood as he is trying to write a love song about his loved one. A woman with messy makeup appears and tears down his papers. Smiley then takes a box of matches and lits up even more of his failed lyric papers. After the first refrain, the video shows the woman dressed up with more care. Then she takes a bath in a solitary tub which Smiley also sets on fire after she is done. The video shows both Smiley and the woman who supposedly represented his loved one going through different moods, from anger and frustration to dancing. As his mood finally turns down to sadness, Smiley lits their bed and her clothes on fire. The end of the video shows him catching fire as well as only his shoes remain burning.{{cite web|url=https://adevarul.ro/showbiz/vedete/video-smiley-si-class-promit-hituri-incendiare-1056051.html|title=VIDEO Smiley şi Class promit hituri incendiare|work=adevarul.ro|publisher=Adevărul|language=ro|date=June 26, 2011|access-date=June 26, 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.libertatea.ro/entertainment/video-smiley-lanseaza-videoclipul-dream-girl-598224|title=Video / Smiley lansează videoclipul "Dream girl"|work=Libertatea|first=Petre|last=Dobrescu|language=ro|date=June 10, 2011|access-date=June 10, 2011}}
The lyrics of the song describe the hurt from a failed romantic relationship as the very title suggests it by the phrase "my dream girl (is gone)", also explaining Smiley burning all the things that reminded him of the woman who was once his loved one. In the end, the sadness consumes him as well.{{cite web|url=https://www.profm.ro/stiri/smiley-canta-despre-dragostea-neimplinita-in-dream-girl-video-premiera-16887|title=Smiley canta despre dragostea neimplinita in 'Dream Girl'! VIDEO PREMIERA|work=profm.ro|publisher=Pro FM|language=ro|date=June 10, 2011|access-date=June 10, 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.europafm.ro/melodii/smiley-dream-girl/|title=Smiley - Dream girl (Europa FM)|work=europafm.ro|publisher=Europa FM|language=ro|access-date=July 16, 2024}}
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! Chart (2011) !! Peak |
| scope="row"|Romanian top 20
| 1 |
|---|
| scope="row"|Romanian Top 100
| 1 |
| scope="row"|Bulgaria Top 100{{cite web|url=http://www.kissfm.ro/emisiuni/30/Romanian-Top-100.html|title=Kiss FM {{!}} Romanian Top 100|publisher=Kiss FM|language=ro|access-date=19 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601020106/http://www.kissfm.ro/emisiuni/30/Romanian-Top-100.html|archive-date=1 June 2012}}
| 33 |
Release history
- 2011 Romania (as part of Plec pe Marte): CD Cat Music 101 2715 2
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=PdifyRx1XVI Dream Girl on YouTube]
- [https://soundcloud.com/hahahaproduction/smiley-dream-girl-live-session Dream Girl (live session) on SoundCloud]
- [https://open.spotify.com/track/0EJ0AjkB3LzRvw7Pmp8nD1 Dream Girl on Spotify]
- [https://musicbrainz.org/recording/e614dcb4-2e4c-48bb-84f4-39500b61e709 MusicBrainz authority control link]
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Category:Smiley (singer) songs