Met you by surprise, I didn't realize That my life would change forever Saw you standing there, I didn't know I cared There was something special in the air.
Dreams are my reality The only kind of real fantasy Illusions are a common thing I try to live in dreams It seems as if it's meant to be.
Dreams are my reality A different kind of reality I dream of loving in the night And loving seems alright Although it's only fantasy.
If you do exist, honey don't resist Show me a new way of loving Tell me that it's true Show me what to do I feel something special about you.
Dreams are my reality The only kind of reality Maybe my foolishness has past And maybe now at last I'll see how a real thing can be.
Dreams are my reality A wonderous world where I like to be I dream of holding you all night And holding you seems right Perhaps that's my reality.
Met you by surprise, I didn't realize That my life would change forever Tell me that it's true Feelings that are cue I feel something special about you.
Dreams are my reality A wonderous world where I like to be Illusions are a common thing I try to live in dreams Although it's only fantasy.
Dreams are my reality I like to dream of you close to me I dream of loving in the night And loving you seems right Perhaps that's my reality.
"Reality" is a song performed by English singer Richard Sanderson. It was released in 1980 as part of the soundtrack to the popular 1980 French film La Boum, which starred French actress Sophie Marceau (who later starred in popular films such as Academy Award-winning Braveheart and James Bond franchise The World Is Not Enough). It was also served as the theme song to the 2011 Korean film Sunny.
Musically, "Reality" is a ballad, sometimes called an adult-contemporary song, and consists of synthesizers and guitar riffs which cause it to be classified under the soft-rock genre. It was composed by Vladimir Cosma, written by Jeff Jordan and produced by Pierre Richard Muller. Between 1980 and 1982, then in 1987 after its re-release, it became a major hit in Europe and Asia, topping the charts in fifteen countries including Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Finland and Switzerland and selling more than eight million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time.[1][2] The song led Richard Sanderson to stardom, giving him more hits with Cosma such as "Your Eyes", "She's a Lady", and "Sun".
"Reality" was a very popular[citation needed] song in the 1980s, also becoming a popular slow dance hymn. Since its release, the song has been covered many times by various artists, including one singing a Spanish version of the song ("Mi realidad"). On DSDS, the German equivalent of American Idol, the song has been sung multiple times. In the film La Boum, it also appears frequently (usually during the actors' romantic scenes), being the film's main theme song. For the film's 1982 sequel, La Boum 2, the main song was changed to "Your Eyes", performed by Cook da Books. Because "Reality" has the same key as "Go On Forever" (another song played in the last part of the film, from the La Boum soundtrack and sung by Sanderson and Chantal Curtis), both songs are musically linked at the end of the film.
The La Boum soundtrack album, which features the song "Reality", was made available on iTunes in 2009 by Larghetto.[3]