"Dreams In My Head" is the lead single from In Swings the Tide

In Swings the Tide

In Swings the Tide is the third studio album by New Zealand Pop recording artist Anika Moa. It was released on 8 October 2007 by EMI Records...

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New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

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Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

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Anika Moa

Anika Rose Moa is a New Zealand pop recording artist. In 2001 she signed to Atlantic Records in the United States and released her debut album, Thinking Room, the album reached the top of the New Zealand Singles Chart and was a commercial success.Moa was raised in Christchurch, New Zealand...

 third studio album. It was released on 8 October 2007.

A New Zealand Herald review of the album said it "soon finds its feet on the lush single Dreams In My Head." The tune was nominated in 2008 for a Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA) Silver Scroll Award.

Chart performance

"Dreams In My Head" entered the New Zealand Singles Chart

Recording Industry Association of New Zealand

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on 15 October 2007, a week after its release, at #17. It peaked at #16. The single remained in the chart for a total of 18 consecutive weeks.