| "Never Had a Dream Come True" | |||||||||
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| Single by S Club 7 | |||||||||
| from the album 7 (re-release) and Sunshine | |||||||||
| B-side | "Perfect Christmas" | ||||||||
| Released | 27 November 2000 | ||||||||
| Format | CD single: Worldwide | ||||||||
| Recorded | London, England for Children in Need | ||||||||
| Genre | Pop, teen pop | ||||||||
| Length | 4:00 | ||||||||
| Label | Polydor | ||||||||
| Writer(s) | Cathy Dennis Simon Ellis |
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| Producer | Cathy Dennis Oskar Paul |
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"Never Had a Dream Come True" is a song by S Club 7, released as a single on 27 November 2000. It was chosen to be the official 2000 BBC Children in Need song.[1] The song was a great success in the UK, where it became the group's second #1 single on the UK Singles Chart and becoming the ninth best-selling single of 2000 in the UK.[2] It was the only single from the group to chart on the United States Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #10.[2] After its huge success, it was added to a re-release of the band's second album, 7 third and final single on 4 December 2000.
The popularity of the song made the group to appear on MTV's TRL in the U.S. early 2001 and the song was added to the track list of the U.S. compilation series Now That's What I Call Music Vol. 7.
The song has sold 630,000 copies in the UK according to the Official UK Charts Company.
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The song is about the aftermath of a breakup. The protagonist says that even though she might date other people, she will always have love for her former boyfriend.
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Never Had a Dream Come True". "Never Had a Dream Come True" was the first single from S Club 7 to only be released on one CD.
| Country | Release date |
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| United Kingdom | 27 November 2000 |
| United States | 24 April 2001 |
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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| Irish Singles Chart | 2 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 31 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 10 |
| UK Singles Chart | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 10 |
| US Hot 100 Airplay | 25 |
| US Hot 100 Singles Sales | 2 |
| US Top 40 Mainstream | 8 |
| Chart (2000-2009) | Peak position |
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| UK Top 100 Songs of the Decade | 43[3] |
| Preceded by "Independent Women Part I" by Destiny's Child |
UK Singles Chart number-one single 3 December 2000 - 10 December 2000 |
Succeeded by "Stan" by Eminem |
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