How Can We Hang On to a Dream
1966 song by Tim Hardin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"How Can We Hang On to a Dream" is a song composed and recorded by Tim Hardin.[2] It was Hardin's first single after his signed with Verve Folkways, released around six months before his debut album Tim Hardin 1.[3] The single was titled "Hang On to a Dream" in some territories.
| "How Can We Hang On to a Dream" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Tim Hardin | |
| from the album Tim Hardin 1 | |
| B-side | "It'll Never Happen Again" |
| Released | February 1966[1] |
| Genre | Folk |
| Label | Verve Folkways |
| Composer(s) | Tim Hardin |
| Producer(s) | Erik Jacobsen |
The song has been successfully covered by many artists, including charting versions by Johnny Hallyday and Rudy Bennett. Hardin's own version reached No. 50 on the UK Singles Chart.[4] In the Netherlands, where the Dutch Top 40 chart aggregated Hardin's version with a cover by the Dutch singer Rudy Bennett as one entry, the song reached No. 4 in 1987.[5]