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Dreams is still flying high in the Australian music charts 16 weeks after its debut.
But Reigen, the uncredited singer on the dance cover of the Fleetwood Mac classic, produced by Jolyon Petch, says she feels 'so invisible and powerless' after alleging she was denied a rightful credit on the song.
In a post made during Wednesday's ARIA Awards, the 33-year-old singer also claimed to have not been invited to the show despite Dreams having been nominated for Best Dance Release.
Upset: Reigen, the uncredited singer on the dance cover Dreams, says she feels 'so invisible and powerless' after alleging she was denied a rightful credit on the song
Posting a photo of her attending a previous ARIA Awards show, the singer - whose full name is Reigan Derry, wrote 'I should be so excited and proud, but I feel so invisible and powerless.'
'I should be celebrating my only ARIA nomination in my whole life of singing, except the 'artist' Jolyon Petch refuses to credit me.'
'It has now been more than 2 months since I asked Jolyon to acknowledge me and credit me on a song that is solely sung by me.'
Broken Dreams: The popular dance track was produced by Jolyon Petch (left) while vocals were provided by former Australian Idol contestant Reigan Derry (right)
Tit for tat: Petch refuted the allegations and provided a text exchange with Reigan as evidence that she turned down a credit on the track. However Reigan subsequently provided her own, allegedly contrary screen grabs of the conversation (above)
'During a phone conversation before the session, I
