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If Wishes Came True#Charts

{{Short description|1990 single by Sweet Sensation}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = If Wishes Came True

| cover = Sweet Sensation if wishes came true US cassette.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Sweet Sensation

| album = Love Child

| B-side = LP Preview

| released = June 1990

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre =

  • Pop rock{{cite news|first= Troy L. |last= Smith |title= Every No. 1 song of the 1990s ranked from worst to best |website= Cleveland.com |date= October 21, 2020 |access-date= January 29, 2023|url= https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2020/10/every-no-1-song-of-the-1990s-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html}}
  • freestyle{{Cite podcast|url=https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2022/07/freestyle-set-the-tempo-for-mid-80s-dance-music|title=Point of No Return Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=Slate|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date=July 16, 2022|access-date=March 30, 2024}}

| length =

  • 5:12 (album version)
  • 4:49 (radio edit)

| label = ATCO

| writer =

  • Deena Charles
  • Robert Steele
  • Russ DeSalvo

| producer = Steve Peck

| prev_title = Love Child

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Each and Every Time

| next_year = 1990

}}

"If Wishes Came True" is a song by American musical trio Sweet Sensation from their second studio album, Love Child (1990). Written by Deena Charles, Robert Steele, and Russ DeSalvo and produced by Steve Peck, it was released as the album's second single in June 1990 by ATCO Records. It is the biggest hit of the group's career, reaching number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in September 1990. The song also peaked within the top 30 in Canada and New Zealand.

According to The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, the members of the group "cried for days" after learning that their song had reached number one.{{cite book|last1=Bronson|first1=Fred|title=The Billboard Book of Number One Hits|date=2003|publisher=Billboard Books|isbn=9780823076772|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PgGqNrqfrsoC&q=The+Billboard+Book+of+Number+One+Hits+sweet+sensation&pg=PT772|language=en}} Billboard named the song number 87 on their list of the "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time".{{cite web|title=100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7857816/100-greatest-girl-group-songs|website=Billboard|access-date=July 11, 2017}}

Composition

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The album version of the song begins with strings and a flamenco guitar, then quickly picks up into a synthesizer line, an electric guitar solo, and the vocal begins soon afterward. The edited version omits the strings-and-guitar intro.

Music video

The video was filmed in New York City and alternates studio shots of the trio singing with outdoor shots of lead singer Betty LeBron walking in the rain and reminiscing, with flashbacks to sunny scenes of better days with her former boyfriend.

Track listings

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  • US 7-inch and cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=If Wishes Came True|author=Sweet Sensation|year=1990|type=US 7-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=ATCO Records|id=7-98953}}{{cite AV media notes|title=If Wishes Came True|author=Sweet Sensation|year=1990|type=US cassette single sleeve|publisher=ATCO Records|id=4-98953}}

: Canadian cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=If Wishes Came True|author=Sweet Sensation|year=1990|type=Canadian cassette single sleeve|publisher=ATCO Records|id=79 89534}}

: Australian 7-inch and cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=If Wishes Came True|author=Sweet Sensation|year=1990|type=Australian 7-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=ATCO Records|id=756798953-7}}{{cite AV media notes|title=If Wishes Came True|author=Sweet Sensation|year=1990|type=Australian cassette single sleeve|publisher=ATCO Records|id=756798953 4}}

  1. "If Wishes Came True" – 5:12
  2. "LP Preview" – 5:24
  • UK and European 7-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=If Wishes Came True|author=Sweet Sensation|year=1990|type=UK 7-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=ATCO Records|id=B 8905, 7567-98905-7}}{{cite AV media notes|title=If Wishes Came True|author=Sweet Sensation|year=1990|type=European 7-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=ATCO Records|id=7567-98905-7}}

:A. "If Wishes Came True" (edit) – 4:15

:B. "Love Child" (original version) – 4:10

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  • UK and European 12-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=If Wishes Came True|author=Sweet Sensation|year=1990|type=UK 12-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=ATCO Records|id=B 8905 T}}{{cite AV media notes|title=If Wishes Came True|author=Sweet Sensation|year=1990|type=European 12-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=ATCO Records|id=7567-96422-0}}

: European maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=If Wishes Came True|author=Sweet Sensation|year=1990|type=European maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=ATCO Records|id=7567-96422-2}}

:A1. "If Wishes Came True" (LP version) – 5:12

:A2. "Love Child" (original version) – 4:10

:B1. "Love Child" (Rock the House) – 6:43

  • Japanese mini-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=If Wishes Came True|author=Sweet Sensation|year=1990|type=Japanese mini-CD single liner notes|publisher=ATCO Records|id=AMDY-5029}}
  1. "If Wishes Came True"
  2. "Bring It Back"

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!scope="col"|Chart (1990–1991)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite Ryan|page=273}}

|68

{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|14|chartid=1286|rowheader=true|access-date=November 16, 2019}}
{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|8|chartid=1295|rowheader=true|access-date=November 16, 2019}}
scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade){{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/tipparade/1990/week-49|title=Tipparade-lijst van week 49, 1990|publisher=Dutch Top 40|language=nl|access-date=March 12, 2023}}

|19

{{single chart|Dutch100|73|artist=Sweet Sensation %5BUS%5D|song=If Wishes Came True|rowheader=true|access-date=November 16, 2019}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|22|artist=Sweet Sensation %5BUS%5D|song=If Wishes Came True|rowheader=true|access-date=November 16, 2019}}
scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1990-09-01/|title=Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=September 1, 1990|access-date=June 25, 2023}}

|1

scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1990-09-22/|title=Adult Contemporary|magazine=Billboard|date=September 1, 1990|url-access=subscription|access-date=June 25, 2023}}

|8

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=Year-end charts=

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!scope="col"|Chart (1990)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM){{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9175&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9175.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9175|title=Top 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks of 1990|magazine=RPM|via=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=April 23, 2020}}

|76

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1990|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1990|access-date=September 15, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706053853/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1990|archive-date=July 6, 2009}}

|25

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Release history

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!scope="col"|Region

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Format(s)

!scope="col"|Label(s)

!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"|United States

|June 1990

|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|cassette}}

|rowspan="2"|ATCO

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scope="row"|Japan

|September 10, 1990

|Mini-CD

|{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/120608/products/40090/1/|title=イフ・ウィッシーズ・ケイム・トゥルー {{!}} ニューヨークス・スイート・センセーション|trans-title=If Wishes Came True {{!}} New York's Sweet Sensation|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=December 26, 2023}}

References

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{{Sweet Sensation}}

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Category:1990 singles

Category:1990 songs

Category:Atco Records singles

Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles

Category:Cashbox number-one singles

Category:Songs written by Russ DeSalvo

Category:Sweet Sensation songs