Innocent When You Dream (song)

"Innocent When You Dream"
Song by Tom Waits from the album Franks Wild Years
Released	August 1987
Recorded	Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, Universal Recording Corp., Chicago, IL
Genre	Experimental rock
Length	4:15
Label	Island
Writer(s)	Tom Waits
Producer(s)	Tom Waits

Innocent When You Dream is a song by Tom Waits appearing on his ninth studio album Franks Wild Years.

Accolades

Year	Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
2000	Elvis Costello	United Kingdom	The Best Songs from the 500 Best Albums Ever[1]	*
2005	Bruce Pollock	United States	The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000[2]	*
2006	Blow Up	Italy	100 Songs to Remember[3]	18
2011	Toby Creswell	Australia	1001 Songs[4]	*

(*) designates unordered lists.

Personnel

Adapted from the Franks Wild Years liner notes.^[5]

• Tom Waits – vocals

Musicians

• Ralph Carney – violin
• William Shimmel – piano

Production and additional personnel

• Biff Dawes – recording, mixing
• Danny Leake – recording
• Howie Weinberg – mastering

See also

• Tom Waits discography

References

1. "Costello's 500". Vanity Fair. November 1, 2000. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
2. The All-Time Top 100 Singles (2000). Routledge. 2005. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
3. "100 Songs to Remember". Blow Up. December 2006. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
4. Creswell, Toby (2005). 1001 Songs: The Great Songs of All Time and the Artists, Stories and Secrets Behind Them. Hardie Grant. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
5. Franks Wild Years (booklet). Tom Waits. London, United Kingdom: Island Records. 1987.