You Make My Dreams

"You Make My Dreams", also known as "You Make My Dreams Come True" is a song by the American duo Hall & Oates, taken from their ninth studio album, Voices (1980). The song reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1981.^[1]

The song was featured in the films The Wedding Singer (1998), Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003), Step Brothers (2008) (500) Days of Summer (2009) and Eddie the Eagle (2016). In 2012, it appeared in an EHarmony commercial.

American pop rock band Mêlée included a cover version of "You Make My Dreams" on their album Devils & Angels (2007). The song was also covered by American alternative rock band The Mowgli's in 2014.

Personnel

Band

Daryl Hall: lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards
John Oates: backing vocals, 6 and 12-string guitars
G.E. Smith: guitars
John Siegler: bass guitar
Jerry Marotta: drums

Additional musicians

Mike Klvana: equipment technician

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Australia	40
Canada	17
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	5
U.S. Cash Box Top 100^[2]	7

Year-end charts

Chart (1981)	Rank
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ^[3]	43
U.S. Cash Box ^[4]	54

References

↑ Allmusic Hall & Oates chart history
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↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1981/Top 100 Songs of 1981". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
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External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Daryl Hall & John Oates

Daryl Hall John Oates

Studio albums	Whole Oats (1972) Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) War Babies (1974) Daryl Hall & John Oates (1975) Bigger Than Both of Us (1976) Beauty on a Back Street (1977) Along the Red Ledge (1978) X-Static (1979) Voices (1980) Private Eyes (1981) H₂O (1982) Big Bam Boom (1984) Ooh Yeah! (1988) Change of Season (1990) Marigold Sky (1997) Do It for Love (2003) Our Kind of Soul (2004) Home for Christmas (2006)

Live albums	Livetime (1978) Live at the Apollo (1985)

Compilation albums	No Goodbyes (1977) Rock 'n Soul Part 1 (1983) The Atlantic Collection (1996) Playlist: The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates (1998) The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates (2001) VH1 Behind the Music: The Daryl Hall and John Oates Collection (2002) Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates (2004) The Singles (2008)

Singles	"She's Gone" (1974) "Sara Smile" (1976) "Rich Girl" (1977) "Wait for Me" (1979) "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (1980) "Kiss on My List" (1981) "You Make My Dreams" (1981) "Private Eyes" (1981) "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (1981) "Did It in a Minute" (1982) "Maneater" (1982) "One on One" (1983) "Family Man" (1983) "Jingle Bell Rock" (1983) "Say It Isn't So" (1983) "Adult Education" (1984) "Out of Touch" (1984) "Method of Modern Love" (1985) "A Nite at the Apollo Live! The Way You Do the Things You Do/My Girl" (live) (1985) "Everything Your Heart Desires" (1988) "Love Train" (1989) "So Close" (1990) "Do It for Love" (2002) "Someday We'll Know" (2003) "Getaway Car" (2003) "I'll Be Around" (2004) "Without You" (2004) "I Can Dream About You" (2005) "Ooh Child" (2005) "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (2006)

Hall solo albums	Sacred Songs (1980) Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine (1986) Soul Alone (1993) Can't Stop Dreaming (1996) Laughing Down Crying (2011)

Oates solo albums	Phunk Shui (2002) John Oates: Live at the Historic Wheeler Opera House (2004) John Oates Solo – The Album, The Concert (2006) 1000 Miles of Life (2008) Mississippi Mile (2011) The Bluesville Sessions (2012) Good Road to Follow (2014)

Related articles	Discography Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates Live from Daryl's House

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