DESCRIPTION:
Songwriters: VINCENT, RAYMOND/VAN HOLMAN, SYLVEER/MAC KAY, DAVID

Daydream, I fell asleep amid the flowers
for a couple of hours on a beautiful day

Daydream, I dreamed of you amid the flowers
for a couple of hours, such a beautiful day!

I dreamed of the places I've been with you
how we sat with the stream flowing by

And then when I kissed you and held you
So near tell me why, tell me why you're so shy?

Daydream, I fell asleep amid the flowers
for a couple of hours on a beautiful day

Daydream, come share a dream amid the flowers
For a couple of hours on a beautiful day

I dreamed of the places I've been with you
how we sat with the stream flowing by

And then when I kissed you and held you so near
tell me why, tell me why you're so shy?

Daydream, I sing with you amid the flowers
for a couple of hours, singing all of the day

Na na na na na na na, na
Na na na na na, na
Na na na na na na na, na
Na na na na na, na
Na na na na na na na, na
Na na na na na, na

About

"Daydream" is a song recorded in 1968 by the Belgian band Wallace Collection. It was composed by band members Sylvain Vanholme and Raymond Vincent, with David MacKay who also produced the single. The song is in the symphonic pop/rock genre, and uses strings and flutes. The song was a hit in mainland Europe, though popularity didn't make it to English speaking countries, despite its use of English lyrics. The song was covered several times, most notably by the Gunter Kallmann Orchestra in 1970.
The song takes its melody from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet. It also uses the second theme from the second movement of Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No. 1.
"Daydream" found newfound life, starting in the 1990s, as a source of samples in trip hop, electronica and hip hop music. It has even been (mistakenly) credited as having created the Bristol Sound[citation needed], although the sample that Portishead and Tricky used for "Glory Box" and "Hell Is Round the Corner" respectively is in fact from the similar sounding Isaac Hayes track "Ike's Rap II" from his 1971 album Black Moses.