"Making Our Dreams Come True" | ||||
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Single by Cyndi Grecco | ||||
from the album Making Our Dreams Come True | ||||
B-side | "Watching You" | |||
Released | May 1976 | |||
Recorded | 1976 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:29 | |||
Label | Private Stock Records 45086 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel | |||
Producer(s) | Charles Fox | |||
Cyndi Grecco singles chronology | ||||
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"Making Our Dreams Come True" is a 1976 hit single written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel.[1][2] It was recorded by Cyndi Grecco, then an unknown musician. The title track of her debut album, it was also used as the theme song to the 1976–83 television sitcom Laverne & Shirley (where it was titled "We're Gonna Make It" in the first-season end credits).
"Making Our Dreams Come True" reached number 25 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number 21 on the Cash Box Top 100.[3][4] The song reached number 16 in Canada on the RPM Weekly Top Singles chart.[5] It spent 16 weeks on the U.S. charts, peaking in early July,[6] and also reached number 13 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[7] To date, it is Grecco's lone record to reach any chart.
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Johnny Cash covered the song for a commercial for Nissan, highlighting the Japanese automaker's American workforce.[11] As of 2023, the recording has yet to be officially released.
A country version of the song was used in the game Wasteland 3 for the final boss fight of the second DLC, The Cult of the Holy Detonation.[citation needed]