Never Had a Dream Come True (S Club 7 song)


"Never Had a Dream Come True" is a song by British pop group S Club 7, released as a single on 27 November 2000. It was chosen to be the official 2000 BBC Children in Need song. The single peaked at the top of the UK Singles Chart, becoming Britain's ninth best-selling single of 2000. Outside the United Kingdom, it peaked within the top ten of the charts in Ireland, Sweden and the United States, and it was the group's only single to chart in the latter territory, where it peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 2001. It became America's 61st biggest-selling single of 2001.
After its success, it was added to a re-release of the band's second album, 7, and their third album, Sunshine.
The song was certified Platinum in the United Kingdom in 2013 for sales of 600,000.

Content

The song is about the aftermath of a break-up. The protagonist says that even though she might date other people, she will always have love for her former boyfriend. Jo O'Meara sings the lead vocals for the song while the rest of the members are in backup vocals.

Use in media

O'Meara sings the song as a solo in S Club's feature film Seeing Double. The demo version of the song was also used as the opening theme in the television series S Club 7 Go Wild! and the "S Club 7 Christmas Special". The instrumental version of the demo was briefly heard in the earlier special "Artistic Differences".

Track listings

  1. "Never Had a Dream Come True"
  2. "Perfect Christmas"
  3. "Reach"
  4. "Never Had a Dream Come True"
  1. "Never Had a Dream Come True"
  2. "Spiritual Love"
  3. "Stand by You"
  4. "Never Had a Dream Come True"
  1. "Never Had a Dream Come True"
  2. "Perfect Christmas"
  3. "Natural"
  4. "Never Had a Dream Come True"
  1. "Never Had a Dream Come True"
  2. "Spiritual Love"

    Release history

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Chart Position
Europe 81
Sweden 46
UK Singles 116
US Billboard Hot 10061

Decade-end charts

Certifications