Dream Warriors (song)

"Dream Warriors"
Single by Dokken
from the album Back for the Attack
Released	February 10, 1987
Format	12", 7", cassette
Recorded	December 1986
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock
Length	4:49
Label	Elektra
Writer(s)	George Lynch & Jeff Pilson
Certification	Platinum
Dokken singles chronology
"It's Not Love" (1986) "Dream Warriors" (February 10, 1987) "Burning Like a Flame" (1987)

"Dream Warriors" is a song written by Dokken members George Lynch & 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,^[1] and was also released on Dokken's fourth album, Back for the Attack.

Music video

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 the power of rock music. 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?"

Track listing

In addition to "Dream Warriors," the single contained the songs "Back for the Attack", a previously unreleased track, and "Paris Is Burning," from the album Breaking the Chains.^[2]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dream Warriors"	4:49
2.	"Back for the Attack"	3:51
3.	"Paris Is Burning"	3:37

References

1. "Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
2. "Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A". Soundtrack Collector. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics