"The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of"
Single by Carly Simon
from the album Coming Around Again
B-side	"As Time Goes By " (US) "As Time Goes By" (UK)
Released	1987
Format	7"
Genre	Pop, adult contemporary
Length	5:00br>4:20
Label	Arista
Carly Simon singles chronology
"Give Me All Night" (1987) "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" (1987) "All I Want Is You" (1988)

"The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" is the third single from Carly Simon's 1987 album Coming Around Again. The song was written by Simon and produced by John Boylan.^[1] Simon performed the song at her iconic 1987 concert Live From Martha's Vineyard.

The song is one of Simon's biggest latter period AC hits, and as a result is included on multiple compilations of her work, which include 1995's 3-disc box set Clouds in My Coffee, the UK import The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better, the 2-disc retrospective Anthology, 2004's single disc Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits, and 2014's Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon.

No official music video was made for this song, though a video was created and directed during a VHS recording of the Martha's Vineyard concert in mid-1988.

Charts[edit]

The song peaked at #8 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, where it lasted for seventeen weeks.^[2] The song also charted in Ireland, peaking at #28.^[3]

Track listings and formats[edit]

7" single (US)^[4]

1. "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" (Single version) – 4:20
2. "As Time Goes By " – 5:06

7" single (UK)^[5]

1. "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" – 3:58
2. "As Time Goes By" – 5:06

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
• Carly Simon's Official Website

Carly Simon Discography Studio albums Carly Simon Anticipation No Secrets Hotcakes Playing Possum Another Passenger Boys in the Trees Spy Come Upstairs Torch Hello Big Man Spoiled Girl Coming Around Again My Romance Have You Seen Me Lately This Is My Life Romulus Hunt: A Family Opera Letters Never Sent Film Noir The Bedroom Tapes Moonlight Serenade Into White This Kind of Love Never Been Gone Compilations The Best of Carly Simon Greatest Hits Live Clouds in My Coffee The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better Christmas Is Almost Here Anthology Christmas Is Almost Here Again Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits Carly Simon Collector's Edition Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon Soundtracks Working Girl This Is My Life Piglet's Big Movie Pooh's Heffalump Movie Concerts Live from Martha's Vineyard Carly in Concert – My Romance Live at Grand Central A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2 Singles "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" "Anticipation" "Legend in Your Own Time" "You're So Vain" "The Right Thing to Do" "Mockingbird" "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" "Attitude Dancing" "Waterfall" "It Keeps You Runnin'" "Nobody Does It Better" "You Belong to Me" "Devoted to You" "Vengeance" "Jesse" "Why" "Kissing with Confidence" "You Know What to Do" "Tired of Being Blonde" "My New Boyfriend" "Coming Around Again" "Give Me All Night" "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" "All I Want Is You" "Let the River Run" "Better Not Tell Her" "Love of My Life" "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" Other songs "We Have No Secrets "Night Owl" "You Can Close Your Eyes" The Simon Sisters Meet The Simon Sisters Cuddlebug The Simon Sisters Sing the Lobster Quadrille and Other Songs for Children Lucy & Carly – The Simon Sisters Sing for Children Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod: The Kapp Recordings Carly & Lucy Simon Sing Songs For Children Book:Carly Simon