Never Had a Dream Come True (Stevie Wonder song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Never Had a Dream Come True
| cover = Stevie-Wonder-Never-Had-a-Dream-Come-True.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Stevie Wonder
| album = Signed, Sealed & Delivered
| B-side = Somebody Knows, Somebody Cares; My Girl
| released = February 7, 1970
| format =
| recorded = 1969, Hitsville USA, Detroit, Michigan
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 3:14 (album{{cite web | url=https://www.45worlds.com/vinyl/album/s304 | title=Vinyl Album: Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed and Delivered (1970) }} and 45-rpm single{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFXes07CdTw | title=1970 HITS ARCHIVE: Never Had a Dream Come True - Stevie Wonder (Mono 45) | website=YouTube }} labels show run time of 2:59)
| label = Tamla
| writer = Stevie Wonder
Henry Cosby
Sylvia Moy
| producer = Henry Cosby
| prev_title = Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
| prev_year = 1969
| next_title = Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
| next_year = 1970
| misc = {{External music video|header= Official audio|{{YouTube|cT7pd0Pc2nY|"Never Had a Dream Come True"}}}}
}}
"Never Had a Dream Come True" is a song written by Stevie Wonder and Motown staff songwriters Henry Cosby and Sylvia Moy, released as a single on the Tamla subsidiary in February 1970. Featured on his 12th studio release, Signed, Sealed & Delivered, as the lead single, "Never Had..." was a modest hit in the U.S. upon its release, debuting at No. 67 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week of February 7, 1970,https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1970-02-07 and No. 11 on the R&B chart.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=635}} The song received a boost in the UK where it eventually peaked at No. 6.{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/never-had-a-dream-come-true/ | title=Never had a dream come true | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company | website=Official Charts }}
Background
Cash Box described it as a "gentle ballad bombshell" and an "outstanding offering with across-the-board power."{{cite news|title=CashBox Record Reviews|date=January 24, 1970|page=34|accessdate=2021-12-08|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1970/CB-1970-01-24.pdf|newspaper=Cash Box}} Billboard called it a "driving rock ballad with an infectious beat and good rhythm line."{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|page=79|title=Spotlight Singles|date=January 24, 1970|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1970/Billboard%201970-01-24.pdf|accessdate=2023-04-29}}
Credits
- Lead and background vocals and clavinet by Stevie Wonder
- Instrumentation by the Funk Brothers and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
- Arranged by Paul Riser
Chart performance
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!Chart (1970) !Peak |
| UK Singles (Official Charts Company){{cite web|title=officialcharts.com|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5543/stevie-wonder/|website=officialcharts.com|accessdate=January 20, 2022}}
|align="center"|6 |
| align="left"|U.S. Billboard Easy Listening{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=262}}
|align="center"|31 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{cite book |title= Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=925}}
|align="center"|26 |
| U.S. Best Selling Soul Singles (Billboard)
|align="center"|11 |
References
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=JAgxlUSEovEC&pg=PA19 The Sound of Stevie Wonder: His Words and Music]
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Category:Songs written by Stevie Wonder
Category:Songs written by Henry Cosby
Category:Songs written by Sylvia Moy