Dream Away (George Harrison song)

"Dream Away"
Single by George Harrison
from the album Gone Troppo
B-side	"Unknown Delight"
Released	February 1983
Genre	Rock, pop
Length	4:32
Label	Dark Horse
Writer(s)	George Harrison
Producer(s)	George Harrison, Ray Cooper, Phil McDonald
George Harrison singles chronology
"I Really Love You" (1983) "Dream Away" (1983) "I Don't Want to Do It" (1985)
Gone Troppo track listing 10 tracks Side one "Wake Up My Love" "That's the Way It Goes" "I Really Love You" "Greece" "Gone Troppo" Side two "Mystical One" "Unknown Delight" "Baby Don't Run Away" "Dream Away" "Circles"

"Dream Away" is a song appearing on George Harrison's 1982 album Gone Troppo, and released as a single in Japan. The song was featured over the end credits of Harrison's 1981 HandMade Films production Time Bandits, which was director Terry Gilliam's first successful solo movie apart from Monty Python. Aside from the film's orchestral score, this was the only song featured in Time Bandits, and was written specifically for it.

Background and release

"Dream Away" was to originally appear on the announced Time Bandits soundtrack album. However, when that failed to materialise and Harrison was finalising the tracks for his Gone Troppo album, he decided to include "Dream Away". Although the Gone Troppo album was a commercial failure, "Dream Away" became a popular tune.

Subsequent history

In 2010, AOL Radio listeners chose "Dream Away" as one of the "10 Best George Harrison Songs", appearing at number 8 on the list.

Personnel

• George Harrison – lead and backing vocals, guitars
• Mike Moran – piano, synthesizer
• Alan Jones – bass
• Dave Mattacks – drums
• Ray Cooper – percussion
• Billy Preston – backing vocals
• Syreeta – backing vocals
• Sarah Ricor – backing vocals