The Dream Is Still Alive

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"The Dream Is Still Alive"
Single by Wilson Phillips
from the album Wilson Phillips
ReleasedJune 1991 [1]
Recorded1989–1990
Genre Pop
Length4:05
Label SBK
Songwriter(s) Glen Ballard, Wilson Phillips
Producer(s) Glen Ballard
Wilson Phillips singles chronology
"You're in Love"
(1991)
"The Dream Is Still Alive"
(1991)
"Daniel"
(1991)

"The Dream Is Still Alive" is a song recorded by Wilson Phillips and released as a single in June 1991, the fifth and final single to be released from their debut album Wilson Phillips . "The Dream Is Still Alive" became first release from album to fail to achieve top 10 status on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 12.

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [2] 12
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [3] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM) [4] 86
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) [5] 39

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