Dreams 4ever

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Dreams 4ever
Alternative name(s)	La Canción de Alicia and Under The Stars
Artist(s)	Bad Influence
Genre	Psychedelic Rock
Year	2018
Status	Solved
Original poster	Jitomate Triste
Search duration	July 3rd, 2021 - May 16th, 2024
File:Dreams4Ever.mp3

Dreams 4ever (formally known as "La Canción de Alicia" and "Under The Stars") is a solved psychedelic rock song that originated on the Facebook group Lost Media Perdidos Posting.

Background (July 2021)

Sometime before July 3rd, 2021, a Facebook user named Jitomate Triste posts on Facebook, either in his private feed or in a private group, asking for the song's name. A video edit of the song, featuring footage from Disney's animated film Alice in Wonderland, was attached to the post. Jitomate Tristes' posts received little attention and were dismissed.

On July 3rd, 2021, Facebook user Daniel Gutierrez uploaded a screen recording of Jitomate Triste's post on the Facebook group "Lost Media Perdidos Posting", which would be reuploaded on YouTube by user Javk Ani- -ZnKyak on July 4th, 2021.

Previous Leads (September 2021 - May 2024)

The search got traction in September 2021 on the Spanish internet, when it was initially uploaded on r/lostmedia and r/lostwave by users Longjumping-Table819 and GameMonkeyDev respectively. As the community grew, it became widely assumed that the singer was not a native English speaker and most likely had a Spanish accent.

In mid-October 2021, a YouTube user named 'Yo yoyo' suggested that Gin & Tonic could have created the song. The band in question began in Chile, was formed in 2001, and split sometime in 2005. The group only released one album, Free as the Sun, which contained English vocals and had a similar musical style.

In late October, some people contacted Gin & Tonic's vocalist, Ricardo Méndez, who confirmed that the song was not created by him or his band. Later, Méndez would record a cover of "La Cancion De Alicia" on his channel, @richardvox, titled "Under The Stars".

Discovery

On May 16th, 2024, Reddit user JMike_324 shared his discovery of the song, which he found after showing it to a friend at a university, who recognized it as being by Peruvian band "Bad Influence". They linked to a post from November 29th, 2018, in which the band performed the song live; the song's name was revealed to be "Dreams 4ever," and was recorded in November 2018.

The Alice in Wonderland edit was created by the band's guitarist and uploaded to Indie 505's Facebook page, but it was deleted an hour later. This is where Jitomate Triste, a member of the page, downloaded and re-uploaded the video.

The following day, on May 17th, 2024, the studio version was found and posted by JMike_324 on his YouTube channel.

Lyrics

Presumed Lyrics (Verse 1)Last night I could find, something warm

In the middle of the night it calls me

Between the life and death, you decide

A million miles away, it searches me

(Refrain)

When I see your face in the darkness night

I just wanna be the only who change your mind

But my life is real, you're a simple dream

That remember me the love is a mystery

Oh please, let me be this boy, who you never forgot

I won't close my eyes, but somebody wake me up

(Verse 1) Last night I could find, something warm In the middle of the night it calls me

Between the life and death, you decide

A million miles away, it searches me

(Refrain)

When I see your face in the darkness night

I just wanna be the only who change your mind

But my life is real, you're a simple dream

That remember me the love is a mystery

Oh please, let me be this boy, who you never forgot

I won't close my eyes, but somebody will

When I see your face in the darkness night

I just wanna be the only who change your mind

But my life is real, you're a simple dream

That remember me the love is a misery

Oh please, let me be this boy, who you never forgot

I won't close my eyes, but somebody wake me up

(Chorus)

Look at me in the eyes

Are you gonna stay by my side?

Spending nights together, together

Together under the stars

‘Cause nobody knows, you could be the first and the last

I'm sure it last forever, forever

I would make you only mine

Look at me in the eyes

Are you gonna stay by my side?

Spending nights together, together

Together under the stars

(Guitar Solo)

Look at me in the eyes

Are you gonna stay by my side? (Oh, ooh-ooh)

Spending nights together, together (Oh, oh)

Together under the stars (Oh, oh, ooh-oh)

‘Cause nobody knows, you could be the first and the last (Ooh-oh, ooh-oh)

I'm sure it last forever, forever (Ooh-oh)

I would make you only mine

Look at me in the eyes

Are you gonna stay by my side? (Ooh-oh, ooh-oh)

Someday, someday (Zun dada, Zun dada)

'Cause nobody knows, you could be the first and the last (Ooh-oh,ooh-oh, ooh-ooh)

I'm sure it last forever, forever (Ooh-ooh)

I would make you only mine

(Outro)

Baby I’m still dreaming, for what it's worth I can’t

Baby believe me, why we just came back to the beginning?

Baby believe me, for what it's worth I can’t

Baby I’m still dreaming, why we just came back to the beginning?

Yeah!

Personnel

Diego Salcedo – vocals

Jesús Saldaña – lead guitar

Flavio Román – rhythm guitar, backing vocals

Carlos Mendoza – drums

References

• Information Document