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An American Dream (Remastered 2001)
An American Dream (song)
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"An American Dream"
Dirt Band American Dream.jpg
Single by The Dirt Band
from the album An American Dream
B-side "Take Me Back"
Released November 19, 1979
Genre Country
Length 3:28
Label United Artists
Songwriter(s) Rodney Crowell
Producer(s) Jeff Hanna, Bob Edwards
The Dirt Band singles chronology
"In for the Night"
(1978) "An American Dream"
(1979) "Make a Little Magic"
(1980)
"An American Dream" is a song written by Rodney Crowell. He recorded it under the title "Voilá, An American Dream" on his 1978 album Ain't Living Long Like This, and released it as the B-side to that album's single "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I".[1]
It was later recorded by American country-rock music group the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, but using the shortened name "The Dirt Band." It was released in November 1979 as the only single and title track from the album An American Dream. The song reached number 58 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, number 13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and number 16 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada, it reached number three.[2] The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's version features a backing vocal from Linda Ronstadt;[3] as such, it is sometimes included in Ronstadt greatest hits collections, such as the 2014 Capitol release, Icon.
The labels on some of the 45 rpm records were reversed, so that "An American Dream" was labeled "Take Me Back" and vice versa.
The song was adapted into Norwegian as "Ein nordmann sin draum" by Olav Stedje.