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“#9 Dream” is a song written and performed by John Lennon and featured as the seventh track on his 1974 album Walls and Bridges. In January 1975, it was released as the second single from that album backed by another album track, “What You Got”. It continues Lennon’s fascination with the number nine (he was born on 9 October, and, coincidentally, the track also peaked at number nine in the U.S. charts when it was released). The backing vocal is provided by May Pang, Lennon’s partner at the time.

According to Pang’s website, two working titles for the song were “So Long Ago” and “Walls & Bridges”. Pang also states that the phrase repeated in the chorus, “Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé”, came to Lennon in a dream and has no specific meaning. Lennon then wrote and arranged the song around his dream, hence the title and the atmospheric, dreamlike feel of the song including the use of cellos in the hook.

Lennon liked the string arrangement he wrote for Harry Nilsson’s rendition of Many Rivers to Cross (from Nilsson’s Pussy Cats which Lennon produced) so much that he decided to incorporate it into the song.

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LPSpanther wrote:
Saturday evening

Great song ! I cannot believe I heard it first here.

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slushie360 wrote:
11 days ago

i love this song, it sends me on a peaceful loving trip everytime.

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Fasstili wrote:
11 days ago

There's magic in the air

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Ryantalope wrote:
last month

Mesmeric

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WhiskeyBomber wrote:
last month

beautiful.

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crabnebula wrote:
last month

nhoj

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Pilks88 wrote:
last month

<3

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queendork56 wrote:
last month

Simply amazing.

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BigBam2012 wrote:
last month

I love this track soooooooooooooooooooo much! Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.....

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BleachandGum wrote:
last month

AMAZING!!!

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IRSARGE wrote:
last month

so,so nice

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darrylangel59 wrote:
September 2009

underrated, extremely beautiful.

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lysaght wrote:
September 2009

One of John's best. Touches the soul with dreamlike emotion. Quality.

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suedehead195752 wrote:
September 2009

moulded my 70,s teenage years rip john x

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Chadipoo wrote:
September 2009

so amazing.

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Groovygirl66 wrote:
September 2009

my favourite John solo single. It's just so beautifull. Trouble is, with Spector's conviction, we'll never hear it on the radio anymore! It's just a stone classic... Thanks John!

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corky64 wrote:
September 2009

Great track....<3

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xrockangelx wrote:
August 2009

This song, aaaagh.. I pretty much don't get tired of it. Beautiful. <3

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Mebyon wrote:
August 2009

life it but a dream with music like this to inspire .......

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johnny7gun wrote:
August 2009

i concur.......

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