Only in My Dreams
Debbie GibsonReported release: 1986Date needs verification | Recent carryover
Source year-end #26Teenage fantasies and aspirations
View background status5 catalog entries, grouped by year.
Debbie Gibson established herself as a teenage performer who also wrote and produced her own pop material. Only in My Dreams, Foolish Beat and Lost in Your Eyes introduced the combination of singing, songwriting and studio work that shaped her early career. She subsequently developed a substantial musical-theater career, appearing in Les Miserables, Grease, Beauty and the Beast and Cabaret. Later recording projects included The Body Remembers, released through her own Stargirl Records label.
Debbie Gibson - official biography
Read career biography and theater credits. Supports authorship and production of named early songs, stage productions, The Body Remembers and Stargirl Records. Omit changing sales totals, youngest-ever comparisons and scheduled future releases. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
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Reported release: 1986Date needs verification | Recent carryover
Source year-end #26Teenage fantasies and aspirations
View background statusGibson's own experiences with heartbreak
View background statusDebbie Gibson established herself as a teenage performer who also wrote and produced her own pop material. Only in My Dreams, Foolish Beat and Lost in Your Eyes introduced the combination of singing, songwriting and...
View background statusReported release: 1987Date needs verification | Recent carryover
Source year-end #22The joy and energy of young love
View background statusGibson wrote the song about her first love and the intense emotions of teenage romance.
View background status1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.