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==Background and release==

''Maybe I'm Dreaming'' was recorded in February 2008,<ref name="AllMusic"/> in the basement of Young's childhood home.<ref name="MusicRadar">{{cite web|url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/q-a-owl-city-reveals-live-and-studio-setup-i-use-auto-tune-238845|title=Q&A: Owl City reveals live and studio setup: I use Auto-Tune|website=MusicRadar|author=Joe Bosso|date=March 4, 2010|access-date=June 17, 2023}}</ref> Guest musicians on the album include [[Breanne Düren]] and Austin Tofte. Düren is featured on multiple songs on the album, aftermost anotably on the track, "The Saltwater Room". A friend had suggested that she would be perfect to work with Young.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/a14290/breanne-duren-interview/|title=Artist to Know: Breanne Düren|magazine=[[Seventeen (American magazine)|Seventeen]]|date=May 26, 2011|access-date=June 17, 2023}}</ref> Young revealed that he used his uncle's 1969 [[Alvarez Guitars|Alvarez]] guitar on the fourth track, "The Saltwater Room".<ref name="MusicRadar"/> The seventh track, "The Technicolor Phase", is featured on ''[[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'''s compilation album, ''[[Almost Alice]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.altpress.com/archive_almostalicetracklisting/|title=3OH!3, All Time Low, Owl City, more on Alice In Wonderland soundtrack|magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=January 12, 2010|access-date=January 26, 2023}}</ref>

An official music video for the song "Early Birdie" was filmed in March 2008 by Adam Young's childhood friends/bandmates Andy and Anthony Johnson of [[Windsor Airlift]], and then released on January 13, 2011, via [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtVAVLvvXVo |title="Early Birdie" Official Music Video |publisher=YouTube |accessdate=March 24, 2014}}</ref>