▁experiment ing ▁with ▁ideas ▁and ▁music ▁for ▁Care y ' s ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁album ▁Day d ream . ▁ ▁Singles ▁" D ream lo ver " ▁was ▁released ▁as ▁the ▁album ' s ▁first ▁single ▁on ▁July ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁The ▁single ▁deb uted ▁at ▁number ▁th ir teen ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁Hot ▁ 1 0 0 , ▁and ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁massive ▁air play , ▁the ▁song ▁reached ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁Hot ▁ 1 0 0 , ▁stay ing ▁there ▁for ▁eight ▁weeks . ▁Dream lo ver ▁to pped ▁the ▁charts ▁in ▁Canada , ▁and ▁reached ▁the ▁top - ten ▁in ▁many ▁other ▁countries . ▁The ▁song ▁was ▁cert ified ▁Pl atin um ▁by ▁the ▁Rec ording ▁Indust ry ▁Association ▁of ▁America ▁( RI AA ), ▁den oting ▁ship ments ▁of ▁one ▁million ▁copies , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁receiving ▁a ▁Gold ▁cert ification ▁in ▁Australia ▁and ▁New ▁Zealand . ▁The ▁music ▁video ▁for ▁" D ream lo ver " ▁featured ▁" sum mer ▁scen ery ," ▁with ▁scenes ▁of ▁Care y ▁sw imming ▁in ▁a ▁pool ▁by ▁a ▁water fall , ▁lying ▁in ▁a ▁bed ▁of ▁sun flow ers , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁singing ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁hip - h op ▁d anc ers . ▁The ▁video ▁tried ▁to ▁capture , ▁a ▁" home ▁video " ▁feel , ▁adding ▁to ▁the ▁song ' s ▁subt le ▁and ▁air y ▁nature , ▁something ▁that ▁only ▁helped ▁the ▁song ▁domin ate ▁the ▁charts