"American Dream" is a song by English DJ

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. The track samples two

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pieces from the

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for the 1999 film '' American Beauty'': "American Beauty" and "Dead Already". A spoken-word sample from " Two of Hearts" by

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also appears on the track. The single peaked at 3 on the

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and also reached the top 40 in Belgium, Ireland, and Spain. A remix of the song was released in mid-2001 and peaked at No. 63 in the UK. The majority of the track is in time, which is unusual for dance music, which is typically is time.

Track listings

UK CD single # "American Dream" (radio edit) # "American Dream" (

Joey Negro David Russell Lee (born 18 June 1964) is an English DJ and house music producer, formerly known by the stage name Joey Negro, which he retired in July 2020 following the George Floyd protests. He has released music under a variety of pseudo ...

club mix) # "American Dream" (DifferentGear remix) UK 12-inch single :A. "American Dream" (Joey Negro club mix) :B. "American Dream" (DifferentGear remix) UK 12-inch single (remixes) :A. "American Dream" (Lucid remix) :B. "American Dream" (Commie remix) UK cassette single and European CD single # "American Dream" (radio edit) – 3:22 # "American Dream" (Joey Negro club mix) – 7:08 US 2×12-inch single :A1. "American Dream" (club mix) – 7:09 :A2. "American Dream" (radio edit) – 3:23 :B1. "American Dream" (DifferentGear remix) – 8:13 :B2. "American Dream" (After Life mix) – 4:23 :C1. "American Dream" (Ski Oakenfull Dream On mix) – 8:59 :D1. "American Dream" (Commie remix) – 9:02 :D2. "American Dream" (Lucid remix) – 7:19 Australian CD single # "American Dream" (radio edit) – 3:20 # "American Dream" (Joey Negro club mix) – 7:05 # "American Dream" (DifferentGear remix) – 8:10 # "American Dream" (Lucid remix) – 7:17

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD single liner notes. Studios * Recorded at Soundquest (London, England) * Mastered at Masterpiece (London, England) Personnel *

– writing ("Dead Already", "American Beauty") * John Dixon Mitchell – writing (" Two of Hearts") * Sue Gatlin – writing ("Two of Hearts") * Tim Greene – writing ("Two of Hearts") * Swati Natekar – vocals * Dave Lee – production, mixing * K-Boy Brooks – engineering * Richard Searle – engineering * Greg Moore – mastering

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Original version Remix

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:American Dream (Jakatta Song) 2000 singles 2000 songs 2001 singles Atlantic Records singles Big Beat Records (American record label) singles Dave Lee (DJ) songs Ministry of Sound singles