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Don't Dream It's Over
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Featured in Episode
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Artist(s)
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Top Chart Position (Hot 100)
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2 (April 25, 1987, one week)
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Year Released
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1986
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Album
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Crowded House
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Writer(s)
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Neil Finn
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RIAA Certification
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NONE
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Sequence song appears
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(Rock and a Hard Place) Ending when Caitlin leaves for her tour
(A Bullet for Crockett) Flashback to above scene |
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"Don't Dream It's Over" is a song by Crowded House, featured on the album Crowded House in 1986 and released as a single in October of that year. It appeared in the Miami Vice episodes "Rock and a Hard Place" and "A Bullet for Crockett".
Notes[]
- "Don't Dream It's Over" is one of 11 songs that were reused in more than one episode of Miami Vice.
- Crowded House would only have one other Billboard Top 10 single, "Something So Strong", but would never crack even the Top 40 again.
- The song provided a backdrop for Caitlin's and Crockett's separation, Crockett returning to his work while Caitlin goes off on a successful tour.
- The video for the song won the 1987 MTV VMA for Best New Artist.
Performers[]
- Neil Finn - lead vocals guitar
- Nick Seymour - bass
- Paul Hester - drums/backing vocals
- Mitchell Froom - keyboards
Video[]
Miami Vice, "Don't Dream It's Over," by Crowded House