The River of Dreams
~ Recording by Billy Joel
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.8 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | River of Dreams | Billy Joel | Album |
| Sony Records (Japanese imprint) | SRCS 6789 |
| 1.8 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | River of Dreams | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 53003 |
| 1.8 | The River of Dreams | 4:07 | Billy Joel | River of Dreams | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 473872 1 |
| 1.8 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | River of Dreams | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 53003 |
| 1.8 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | River of Dreams | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 473872 2 |
| 1.8 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | River of Dreams | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 473872 2 |
| 1.8 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | River of Dreams | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CT 53003 |
| 1.8 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | River of Dreams | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 01-473872-10, 473872 2, COL 473872 2 |
| 1.8 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | River of Dreams | Billy Joel | Album |
| CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997) | 473872 2, COL 473872 2 |
| 1.8 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | River of Dreams | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CCK 53003 |
| 1.1 | The River of Dreams (album version) | 4:08 | Billy Joel | River of Dreams | Billy Joel | Single |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 659415 1 |
| 1.8 | The River Of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | River of Dreams | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | SMP 3170.2 |
| 1.1 | The River of Dreams (album version) | 4:08 | Billy Joel | The River of Dreams | Billy Joel | Single |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 659543 2 |
| 1.1 | The River of Dreams (album version) | 4:08 | Billy Joel | The River of Dreams | Billy Joel | Single |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 1.1 | The River of Dreams | 4:10 | Billy Joel | The River of Dreams | Billy Joel | Single |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 38K 77086 |
| 1.8 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | A Voyage on the River of Dreams | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 478091 2 |
| 1.14 | The River of Dreams | 4:11 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume III | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 67347 |
| 1.14 | The River of Dreams | 4:11 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume III: 1986-1997 | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 488236 2 |
| 1.14 | The River of Dreams | 4:11 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume III: 1986-1997 | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 488236 2 |
| 1.14 | The River of Dreams | 4:11 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume III | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 67347 |
| 1.14 | The River of Dreams | 4:11 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume III | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | CK 67347, D121801 |
| 1.4 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | Music Works! | Various Artists | Album |
| A 28607 | |
| 3.14 | The River of Dreams | 4:11 | Billy Joel | The Complete Hits Collection: 1973-1997 | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CXK 68007 |
| 3.14 | The River of Dreams | 4:12 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Collection Volume I, II & III - 1998 Australian Tour Commemorative Edition | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 489523.2 |
| 1.8 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | River of Dreams | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 492727.2 |
| 1.8 | The River of Dreams | 4:06 | Billy Joel | River of Dreams | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 69395 |
| 1.8 | The River of Dreams | 4:06 | Billy Joel | River of Dreams | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 491195 2 |
| 2.3 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | The Ultimate Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 4979082 |
| 2.3 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | The Ultimate Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | SONYTV98CD |
| 2.3 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | The Ultimate Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 497908.2 |
| 2.3 | The River of Dreams | 4:07 | Billy Joel | The Ultimate Collection (Japan edition) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 654652 |
| 2.3 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | The Ultimate Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.14 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | C2K 86005 |
| 2.14 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | C2K 86005 |
| 3.14 | The River of Dreams | 4:11 | Billy Joel | The Complete Hits Collection: 1973-1997 | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 504502 2 |
| 4.9 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | Classic Cuts Presents: 90’s Night: The Ultimate DJ Collection: Complete Set | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | SET116 |
| 2.14 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel (BMG Club Edition) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | C2K 86005, D241888 |
| 1.3 | The River of Dreams | 4:03 | Billy Joel | Songs to Make You Feel Good | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar TV | TTVCD3302 |
| 2.3 | The River of Dreams | 4:07 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 513976 |
| 1.6 | The River of Dreams | 4:02 | Billy Joel | The World’s Greatest | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG TV | 82876658592 |
| 1.6 | The River of Dreams | 4:06 | Billy Joel | Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 519018 2 |
| 1.6 | The River of Dreams | 4:05 | Billy Joel | Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.6 | The River of Dreams | 4:06 | Billy Joel | Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CDCOL 6927 |
| 1.6 | The River of Dreams | 4:05 | Billy Joel | Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS walking eye imprint) | MHCP 553 |
| 2.14 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 5097462000 |
| 1.5 | The River of Dreams | 4:06 | Billy Joel | Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.5 | The River of Dreams | 4:06 | Billy Joel | Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 82876817372 |
| 1.5 | The River of Dreams | 4:06 | Billy Joel | Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (fake Columbia label, for bootlegs only) | CDCOL7054 |
| 1.5 | The River of Dreams | 4:06 | Billy Joel | Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697142962 |
| 2.8 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | An Innocent Man / River of Dreams | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | 88697145232 |
| 1.5 | The River of Dreams | 4:06 | Billy Joel | Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 82876823592 |
| 2.14 | The River of Dreams | 4:09 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel (limited edition 3.0) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 8697 29114 |
| 2.3 | The River of Dreams | 4:07 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.19 | The River of Dreams | 4:06 | Billy Joel | The Hits | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 80811 2 |
| 13.8 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | The Complete Albums Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 2.1 | The River of Dreams | 4:01 | Billy Joel | 101 Number Ones | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | |
| 2.1 | The River of Dreams (album version) | 4:01 | Billy Joel | 101 Number Ones | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 4044632, 50999 404463 2 5 |
| 1.8 | The River Of Dreams | 4:06 | Billy Joel | River Of Dreams (24bit/96kHz) | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 4.4 | River of Dreams | 4:01 | Billy Joel | Het beste uit 2500 x Top 40 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88883740062 |
| 1.11 | The River of Dreams | 4:05 | Billy Joel | Magic Summertime | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88883746952 |
| 13.8 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | The Complete Albums Collection (Mastered for itunes) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.8 | The River of Dreams | 4:06 | Billy Joel | River of Dreams (Mastered for iTunes) | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 1.59 | The River of Dreams | 4:05 | Billy Joel | 90 Sweet 90s Hits! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.14 | The River of Dreams | 4:06 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume III: 1986-1997 | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 1.8 | The River of Dreams | 4:03 | Billy Joel | SmoothFM Countdown Favourites | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88985409162 |
| 3.1 | The River of Dreams | 4:02 | Billy Joel | NOW 100 Hits: Forgotten 90s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| NOW (bogus label; use the MusicBrainz Series instead), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music on Demand | CDNNNOW87 |
| 1.41 | The River of Dreams | 4:02 | Billy Joel | NOW 100 Hits: Forgotten 90s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| NOW (bogus label; use the MusicBrainz Series instead) | |
| 1.3 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | Mastermix Presents the 100 Collection: 90s Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | MM10090V1 |
| 2.6 | The River of Dreams | 4:06 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume III | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Friday Music | FRM 67347 |
| 3.10 | The River of Dreams | 4:06 | Billy Joel | NOW That’s What I Call Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 0194398889627, CDNNNOW113 |
| 2.17 | The River of Dreams | 4:03 | Billy Joel | Japanese Singles Collection -Greatest Hits- | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS walking eye imprint) | SICP 31510~2 |
| 1.26 | The River of Dreams | 4:06 | Billy Joel | 50 Years of the Piano Man | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.14 | The River of Dreams | 4:12 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume III: 1986-1997 | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 488236 2 |
| 2.14 | The River of Dreams | 4:05 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation | Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | [none] | |
| 1.32 | The River of Dreams | 4:06 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel (24bit/96kHz) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation | Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | ||
| 2.3 | The River of Dreams | 4:07 | Billy Joel | The Essential Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation | Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697776802 | |
| 1.3 | The River of Dreams | 4:07 | Billy Joel | Top of the Morning With Terry Wogan | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.15 | The River of Dreams | 4:07 | Billy Joel | Remastered | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CSK 41485 |
| 1.9 | The River of Dreams | 4:08 | Billy Joel | Classic Cuts Presents: 90s Night: The Ultimate DJ Collection: 1993 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | CD346 |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.6 | The River of Dreams | 4:04 | Billy Joel | Spotlight on Hits! Pop, Volume 13 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| additional programming: | Jeff Jacobs |
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| co-producer: | Joe Nicolo |
| producer: | Danny Kortchmar |
| mixer: | Joe “The Butcher” Nicolo Phil Nicolo |
| additional bass: | Jef Lee Johnson (from 1992 until 1993) Chuck Treece (from 1992 until 1993) Mike Tyler (from 1992 until 1993) |
| additional percussion: | Andy "Funky Drummer" Kravitz (from 1992 until 1993) |
| bass: | Lonnie D. Hillyer (from 1992 until 1993) |
| drums (drum set): | Zachary Alford (session drummer) (from 1992 until 1993) |
| guitar: | Danny Kortchmar (from 1992 until 1993) Mike Tyler (writer, vocal, guitar) (from 1992 until 1993) |
| Hammond organ, Hammond organ, piano and synthesizer, piano, synthesizer and lead vocals: | Billy Joel (from 1992 until 1993) |
| background vocals: | Wrecia Ford (from 1992 until 1993) Marlon Saunders (from 1992 until 1993) Frank Simms (from 1992 until 1993) George Simms (from 1992 until 1993) Crystal Taliefero (from 1992 until 1993) B. David Whitworth (from 1992 until 1993) |
| vocals: | Billy Joel (from 1992 until 1993) |
| background vocals arranger: | Crystal Taliefero |
| orchestrator: | Ira Newborn |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1993) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1993) |
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| music videos: | The River of Dreams |
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| recording of: | The River of Dreams (from 1992 until 1993) |
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Related works
The River of Dreams
| lyricist and composer: | Billy Joel |
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| publisher: | Impulsive Music (in 1992) Joelsongs (in 1992) |
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