The Sound of a Million Dreams (song)

"The Sound of a Million Dreams" is a song recorded by American country music artist David Nail. It was released in March 2012 as the second single and title track from the album The Sound of a Million Dreams. The song reached #38 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The song was written by Phil Vassar and Scooter Carusoe.

Content

The song is a nostalgic look at music by which the narrator was inspired. It contains lyrical references to "Mainstreet" by Bob Seger, "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen, and "Mama Tried" by Merle Haggard. It is a piano ballad in the key of E major with a slow tempo of 60 beats per minute in 4/4 time signature. The song features a primary chord pattern of A2-B7-C♯m three times, followed by A-Bsus-E-A/E-E.

According to co-writer Phil Vassar, the idea came during a writing session with Scooter Carusoe when the latter presented the phrase "the sound of a million dreams". This phrase inspired the two to begin talking about songs that had been inspirational to them. Vassar complimented Nail's recording of the song, saying that "it's so simple, they didn't overproduce it. It's just him singing a song."

Chart performance

References

1. The Sound of a Million Dreams
2. Wildest Dreams (Taylor Swift song)
3. You Make My Dreams
4. Dreams (Fleetwood Mac song)
5. Lucid Dreams (Juice Wrld song)
6. A Head Full of Dreams
7. The Sound of Silence
8. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
9. Dreams Come True (band)
10. The River of Dreams
11. David Nail
12. Sweet Dreams (Beyoncé song)
13. Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
14. Dream (YouTuber)
15. Lightbulb Sun
16. Sachin: A Billion Dreams
17. Barbie Dreams
18. Sweet Dreams (La Bouche song)
19. A Head Full of Dreams Tour
20. Dreamgirls (film)