Slower Dancing Songs: Daydream Believer

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No, this one isn’t for heavy duty dancing. That’s the point of this month’s countdown: to make it up to one of our myLotters (@rebelann ), who’s had “too much” dancing from too many of my songs. So, for this month, it’s hits that are slow dances and toe tappers but not get-on-the-dance-floor numbers. Here’s today’s song. Daydream Believer - The Monkees Bombs away, dream babies! For you who are old enough to remember, there was a one-hit wonder in 1978, “Gold” by John Stewart. (The album it was from was called Bombs Away Dream Babies.) It gained considerable attention and airplay because of the “Elton John effect”: NOT that Elton was singing on it, but there was a time when everything he sang on got airplay (see: “Bad Blood” and “Whatever Gets You Thru the Nite”). In the late 70s, the “Elton John effect” became the Stevie Nicks effect. She sang backup on Kenny Loggins’ “Whenever I Call You Friend” and BANG, it was a hit. Then she sang backup on this, and BANG it was a hit. Now, that was far from John Stewart’s only success. Later on, Rosanne Cash had a hit with a song he wrote called “Runaway Train.” Stewart was also a member of the Kingston Trio in the early 1960s. Oh…and he wrote this song. The Prefab Four, with Davy Jones singing lead, did a terrific job with this song. Later, Anne Murray covered it in country music and made it a hit again. Enjoy this flashback. Daydream Believer Written by John Stewart Recorded by The Monkees From The Birds, The Bees, & The Monkees, 1967 Without dollar one to spend: