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{{Infobox album
| name       = The American Dream
| type       = EP
| artist     = [[Allstar Weekend]]
| cover      = The American Dream EP Cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = July 3, 2012
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = {{flat list|
*[[Pop rock]]
*[[electropop]]}}
| length     = 15:44
| label      = Diggit Records
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[All the Way (Allstar Weekend album)|All the Way]]
| prev_year  = 2011
| next_title = Kevin's Place (cover song EP)
| next_year  = 2013
}}
'''''The American Dream''''' is the second [[Extended play|EP]] by the American [[pop rock]] band [[Allstar Weekend]]. It was self-released under their own label, Diggit Records on July 3, 2012.
==Composition==
The band's member Zachary Porter confirmed that he wrote the song "I Was Born To Die With You" about his parents.
==Singles==
The EP's first single, "Wanna Dance with Somebody" (ASW 2012), was released on February 13, 2012. An official music video was filmed for this song and it was released on March 4, 2012 on their official [[YouTube]] channel, also featuring lyrics of the song. The chorus of the song samples [[Whitney Houston]]'s hit song "[[I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)]]".
The EP's second single, "Life As We Know It", was released on May 30, 2012. A lyric video was made for the song and released on June 20, 2012 on the band's YouTube channel while the official music video was released on June 29, 2012.
On March 18, 2013, the band re-released the track "The Last Time" as a remixed version featuring vocals from [[Kina Grannis]] as a promotional single. This version is available for [[music download|digital download]] on [[iTunes]].
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| total_length= 15:44
| title1      = Life As We Know It
| writer1     = {{flat list|
*Zachary Porter
*[[John Feldmann]]
*[[Martin Johnson (musician)|Martin Johnson]]}}
| length1     = 3:14
| title2      = The American Dream
| writer2     = {{flat list|
*Porter
*JP Clark
*Jayce Levi}}
| length2     = 2:48
| title3      = The Last Time
| writer3     = {{flat list|
*Porter
*Mitchy Collins
*[[Andrew Goldstein]]}}
| length3     = 3:17
| title4      = I Was Born To Die With You
| writer4     = {{flat list|
*Porter
*Levi}}
| length4     = 2:44
| title5      = Wanna Dance With Somebody
| note5       = ASW 2012
| writer5     = {{flat list|
*Porter
*Jean Paul Makhlouf
*Alex Makhlouf
*Collins
*[[Richard Reines]]
*[[George Merrill (songwriter)|George Merrill]]
*[[Shannon Rubicam]]}}
| length5     = 3:41
}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:American Dream}}
[[Category:Allstar Weekend EPs]]
[[Category:2012 EPs]]