<P> `` Only in My Dreams '' is the debut single for American singer - songwriter - actress Debbie Gibson . Released December 16 , 1986 , as a maxi single ( Atlantic DM 86744 ) , and then in remixed form ( Vocal / 3 : 50 , as described herein ) February 1987 , the song was written by Gibson herself in 1984 , two years before she recorded it . Produced by Fred Zarr and engineered by Don Feinberg for BiZarr Music , Inc. , mixed by `` Little '' Louie Vega and mastered by Herb `` Pump '' Powers , the dance - pop song reached number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the summer of 1987 . Douglas Breitbart for Broadbeard Productions , Inc. served as executive producer ( see also Debbie Gibson ) . </P>
who sings the song only in my dreams
American singer - songwriter - actress Debbie Gibson