Dreamer is a hit single off of Supertramp's 1974 album Crime of the Century. It peaked at Number 13 on the UK singles chart in February 1975. In 1980, it appeared on their live album Paris; that version hit Number 15 on the US charts. The song is also the shortest song on the album. A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Supertramp is a British progressive rock band that had a series of top-selling albums in the 1970s and 1980s. ... Crime of the Century is the third album by the Pop Rock/progressive rock band Supertramp, released in 1974 (see 1974 in music). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A&M Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Universal Music Group. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Rick Davies, 2002 Rick Davies (born Richard Davies, 22 July 1944, Eastcott Hill, Swindon, Wiltshire, England) is a British musician, who is the founder and a member of the rock band Supertramp. ... Roger Hodgson (born Charles Roger Pomfret Hodgson, 21 March 1950, in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England) is a British vocalist and musician, and he was one of the founding members of the progressive rock group Supertramp. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Supertramp is a British progressive rock band that had a series of top-selling albums in the 1970s and 1980s. ... // A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... “Hot 100” redirects here. ... Supertramp is a British progressive rock band that had a series of top-selling albums in the 1970s and 1980s. ... Supertramp is a British progressive rock band that had a series of top-selling albums in the 1970s and 1980s. ... // January - The Ramones form. ... Crime of the Century is the third album by the Pop Rock/progressive rock band Supertramp, released in 1974 (see 1974 in music). ... “British Hit Singles” redirects here. ... See also: Musical groups established in 1980 Record labels established in 1980 list of years in music // January 1 - The year starts off with a strong disco backlash, which causes the majority of musicians to abandon the use of real instruments in an attempt to distant themselves from anything associated... Paris is the seventh album by progressive rock band Supertramp, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music). ... “Hot 100” redirects here. ...

Quotes

"I have a soft spot for "Dreamer". I remember doing it in my living room, doing a demo of it. And I think - I don't know where it came from but I know it came out all in a rush and I did all kinds of weird things like banging cardboard boxes and banging electric fires and anything that clanged just to um, I don't know why I did it at the time to tell you the truth but anyway that demo really pointed the direction the song wanted to go. And in fact when we started doing the song in the studio, it started going in a different direction and for a while we actually tried to duplicate the demo. We actually would play to the demo and try and duplicate it but the tempo was so off on the demo we had to scrap it. But we actually tried to get as close to the demo as possible. That's why there aren't too many real drums in there. There's more, I think there are even cardboard boxes on there. There's all kinds of things. There's mouth noises and um, there's all kinds of things happening".

--Roger Hodgson, In the Studio with Redbeard for the Making of Crime of the Century (first aired in February, 1990). In the Studio with Redbeard is a North American radio program, produced and hosted by Dallas, Texas based rock and roll disc jockey Redbeard. ...