“Some folks find it sad, others endlessly happy and blessed. I think it’s one of those songs that will never go away.” (Neneh Cherry)

“There’s a weightlessness to it, a timelessness too, which perhaps explains why it’s circled back around. Anchored by an urgent electric drum beat that lurks like a ticking bomb beneath Vega’s murky vocals, its lyrics are stark, yet impenetrable. “Dream baby dream, forever and ever,” sings Vega in a voice that has been likened to Elvis – though it’s more of a hazy drawl, with Vega swallowing his consonants as if he lacks the enthusiasm to let his lips touch. “Yeah those dreams keep you free.”” (The Guardian)

Dream Baby Dream is dé klassieker van electro-punk band Suicide (Martin Rev en Alan Vega). Uitgebracht op single door Island Records in 1979. Het nummer werd verschillende keren gecoverd. De bekendste versie is wellicht die van Bruce Springsteen, de beste waarschijnlijk de jazz-versie van Neneh Cherry & The Thing (ook in een fantastische Four Tet-remix). Maar geen enkele kan aan het origineel tippen.