| "Shattered Dreams" | ||||
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| Single by Johnny Hates Jazz | ||||
| from the album Turn Back the Clock | ||||
| Released | March 1987 (UK) March 1988 (US) |
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| Genre | Sophisti-pop, New Wave, Synthpop | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Writer(s) | Clark Datchler | |||
| Producer | Calvin Hayes / Mike Nocito | |||
| Johnny Hates Jazz singles chronology | ||||
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"Shattered Dreams" is a hit pop song by British pop group Johnny Hates Jazz. Written by the band's lead singer Clark Datchler, the band's major-label debut single was a worldwide hit.
"Shattered Dreams" entered the UK Singles Chart in March 1987 at #92 but gained popularity through extensive radio play and video rotation on MTV and the song quickly climbed the charts and peaked at #5 in May 1987, spending three weeks at the top and a total of 16 weeks in the chart. It went on to become a top five hit throughout Europe and Asia, reaching #2 in Japan.
The song fared even better the following year in the U.S. There, "Shattered Dreams" was released early in 1988 with a totally different music video, shot entirely in black and white and directed by David Fincher. The single peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and topped Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart for one week [1]. A midtempo club remix of the track was released on 12" vinyl.
Billboard magazine ranked "Shattered Dreams" as the #26 song of the year 1988 in their December 31 issue.[2]
Clark Datchler and the group would soon part, and Datchler released an acoustic version of the song as a track on his 1990 Virgin solo single "Crown of Thorns."
The song has been covered by boyband Ultra, on their UK Top 40 eponymous album in 1999; by House artist Jaybee in 2005[3]; by Russian pop star Sergey Lazarev in 2007; and in 2009 by Quentin Elias, former singer for French boyband Alliage and by house artist Vibelicious.
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| Chart (1987/1988) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Singles Chart[4] | 25 |
| Canadian Adult Contemporary Chart[5] | 4 |
| Canadian Singles Chart[6] | 4 |
| Dutch Singles Chart[7] | 26 |
| French Singles Chart[8] | 29 |
| German Singles Chart[9] | 7 |
| Irish Singles Chart[10] | 3 |
| Italian Singles Chart[11] | 12 |
| Japanese Singles Chart | 80 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart[12] | 6 |
| Polish Singles Chart | 6 |
| Swedish Singles Chart[13] | 7 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[14] | 5 |
| UK Singles Chart[15] | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[16] | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart[17] | 1 |
| "Shattered Dreams" | ||||
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| Single by Sergey Lazarev | ||||
| Released | 2006 (Russia) 16 July 2007 (UK) |
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| Genre | Pop, Dance | |||
| Label | ABSOLUTEAMD | |||
| Sergey Lazarev singles chronology | ||||
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In 2006, Russian pop star Sergey Lazarev covered the song with a new arrangement. This was his first solo outing outside the post-Soviet zone and his first international single to be formally released in the UK.
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| "Shattered Dreams" | |
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| Single by Quentin Elias | |
| Released | 2009 |
| Recorded | 2009 |
| Genre | Pop, Dance |
In 2009, French singer Quentin Elias covered the song in a single released on-line at such retailers as iTunes and Amazon.com.[18]
Track listing
| Preceded by "I Don't Want to Live Without You" by Foreigner |
Billboard Adult Contemporary (chart) number-one single 21 May 1988 |
Succeeded by "One More Try" by George Michael |
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