Dream Warriors (song)
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| "Dream Warriors" | ||||
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| Single by Dokken | ||||
| from the album Back for the Attack | ||||
| Released | February 18, 1987[1] | |||
| Recorded | December 1986 | |||
| Genre | Glam metal[2][3] | |||
| Length | 4:42 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Songwriters | George Lynch and Jeff Pilson | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Dream Warriors" on YouTube | ||||
"Dream Warriors" is a song by American band Dokken, that was written by members George Lynch and Jeff Pilson for the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. The song was released as a single in 1987, charting at number 22 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and was also released on Dokken's fourth album, Back for the Attack, as the closing track to that album.
In 2015, "Sleazegrinder" of Louder included the song in his list of "The 20 Greatest Hair Metal Anthems Of All Time".[4]
The music video used clips from the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, and primarily featured actress Patricia Arquette, and Robert Englund in the role of Freddy Krueger. The video featured various scenes from the film, combined with a small amount of original footage of Arquette's character Kristen being menaced by Freddy Krueger before being rescued by Dokken who drives Freddy off with their own "dream power" of rock 'n' roll. At the end of the video Freddy wakes up in bed screaming revealing that the video was his nightmare and exclaims, "What a nightmare! Who were those guys?"
The video was ranked as the #1 "Killer '80s Heavy Metal Horror Movie Music [Video]" by VH1 in 2015.[5]
Track listing
In addition to "Dream Warriors," the single contained the songs "Back for the Attack" - a previously unreleased track from the Under Lock and Key album sessions, and "Paris Is Burning," from the album Breaking the Chains.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dream Warriors" | 4:42 |
| 2. | "Back for the Attack" | 3:51 |
| 3. | "Paris Is Burning" | 3:37 |
