Dream Baby Dream

"Dream Baby Dream" is a song by the electro-punk band Suicide, written by its members Martin Rev and Alan Vega. It was released as a single in 1979 by Island Records. It has been covered by Neneh Cherry and The Thing on the 2011-recorded album The Cherry Thing and by Bruce Springsteen both live and in a studio version released on High Hopes (2014). Springsteen released a live version as an EP which was a part of the Alan Vega 70th Birthday Limited Edition EP Series in 2008. Also part of the EP series was a live version of "Dream Baby Dream" performed by Suicide on NBC's The Midnight Special in 1978.

The song appeared in Adam Curtis' 2016 BBC documentary HyperNormalisation during a montage featuring skyscrapers being blown up.

The song features on the closing credits of Alex Garland's Civil War (2024).

A live cover version of the song by the band Savages also appears in the 2014 film Electric Slide.

Accolades
(*) designates unordered lists.

Formats and track listing
All songs written by Martin Rev and Alan Vega
 * UK 7" single (WIP 6543)
 * 1) "Dream Baby Dream" – 6:19
 * 2) "Radiation" – 3:03

Personnel
Adapted from the Dream Baby Dream liner notes.


 * Suicide
 * Martin Rev – keyboards
 * Alan Vega – vocals


 * Production and additional personnel
 * Ric Ocasek – production
 * Jay Burnett – engineering