Reality rilis tahun 1980, menjadi original soundtrack film Prancis 'La Boum' yang salah satunya dibintangi Sophie Marceau, aktris yang belakangan dikenal sebagai salah satu gadis Bond. Sang penyanyi, Richard Sanderson sebetulnya melahirkan tiga hits, Reality, Sun, So Many Ways dan She's a Lady. Tapi tampaknya Reality adalah yang terbaik. Beberapa kali rilis ulang, lagu ini masih saja meraih sukses. Terutama di Eropa dan Asia. Bahkan ada di puncak chart beberapa negara seperti Jerman, Prancis, Italia, Austria, Finlandia, dan Switzerland.
Sejak berkarya di dunia musik tahun 70-an, Richard Sanderson telah melahirkan 13 album studio dan 2 album kompilasi. Selain menyanyi, pria asal Inggris ini juga piawai bermain musik.
Reality
Met you by surprise, I didn't realize
That my life would change forever
Saw you standing there, I didn't know I cared
There was something special in the air.
Dreams are my reality
The only kind of real fantasy
Illusions are a common thing
I try to live in dreams
It seems as if it's meant to be.
Dreams are my reality
A different kind of reality
I dream of loving in the night
And loving seems alright
Although it's only fantasy.
If you do exist, honey don't resist
Show me a new way of loving
Tell me that it's true
Show me what to do
I feel something special about you.
Dreams are my reality
The only kind of reality
Maybe my foolishness has past
And maybe now at last
I'll see how a real thing can be.
Dreams are my reality
A wonderous world where I like to be
I dream of holding you all night
And holding you seems right
Perhaps that's my reality.
Met you by surprise, I didn't realize
That my life would change forever
Tell me that it's true
Feelings that are cue
I feel something special about you.
Dreams are my reality
A wonderous world where I like to be
Illusions are a common thing
I try to live in dreams
Although it's only fantasy.
Dreams are my reality
I like to dream of you close to me
I dream of loving in the night
And loving you seems right
Perhaps that's my reality.
