Christmas Dream
"Christmas Dream" is a song written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, with German lyrics by Andre Heller, for the 1974 Columbia film The [Odessa File (film)|The Odessa File]. It is sung by Perry Como and the London Boy Singers, and heard as source music over a radio during the main titles of the film. Como and the choir performed the song, a few weeks after the film's October 1974 release, on the television special Perry Como's Christmas Show.
The song was subsequently released as a single, reaching #92 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1974. It was also included on the soundtrack album for the film, and later on Como's 1982 album I Wish It Could Be Christmas Forever.
Cover versions
- The song was covered that same year by Maynard Williams.
- In 1981 it was covered by Scottish singer Isla St Clair.
- In 2013 it was covered by Terry Wogan, Aled Jones and Hayley Westenra.