"Making Our Dreams Come True" is a 1976 hit single written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel.[1][2] It was recorded by Cyndi Grecco, then an unknown musician. The title track of her debut album, it was also used as the theme song to the 1976–83 television sitcom Laverne & Shirley (where it was titled "We're Gonna Make It" in the first-season end credits).
"Making Our Dreams Come True" | ||||
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Single by Cyndi Grecco | ||||
from the album Making Our Dreams Come True | ||||
B-side | "Watching You" | |||
Released | May 1976 | |||
Recorded | 1976 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:29 | |||
Label | Private Stock Records 45086 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel | |||
Producer(s) | Charles Fox | |||
Cyndi Grecco singles chronology | ||||
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"Making Our Dreams Come True" reached number 25 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number 21 on the Cash Box Top 100.[3][4] The song reached number 16 in Canada on the RPM Weekly Top Singles chart.[5] It spent 16 weeks on the U.S. charts, peaking in early July,[6] and also reached number 13 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[7] To date, it is Grecco's lone record to reach any chart.
Chart performance
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Cover versions
editJohnny Cash covered the song for a commercial for Nissan, highlighting the Japanese automaker's American workforce.[11] As of 2023, the recording has yet to be officially released.
A country version of the song was used in the game Wasteland 3 for the final boss fight of the second DLC, The Cult of the Holy Detonation.[citation needed]
See also
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edit- ^ ""Making our Dreams Come True" by Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox". allthelyrics.com. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
- ^ "Record Details". 45cat.com. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
(Fox-Gimbel)
- ^ a b Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ a b "Cash Box Top 100 7/10/76". Tropicalglen.com. 1976-07-10. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ^ a b "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ^ "Cyndi Grecco Chart History". billboard.com. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
- ^ "Billboard Adult Contemporary". billboard.com. July 4, 1976. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 129. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
- ^ McDonough, John; Egolf, Karen (18 June 2015). The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising. ISBN 9781135949136.
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