Sad Sweet Dreamer
{{Infobox song
| name = Sad Sweet Dreamer
| cover = Sad_Sweet_Dreamer_-_Sweet_Sensation.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Sweet Sensation
| album = Sad Sweet Dreamer
| B-side = Surething, Yes I Do
| released = 1974
| recorded = 1974
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 3:10
| label = Pye
| writer = David Parton
| producer = {{hlist|David Parton|Tony Hatch}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Hide Away from the Sun
| next_year = 1975
}}
"Sad Sweet Dreamer" is a song by Sweet Sensation, which was a number-one single on the UK Singles Chart for one week in October 1974.{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 306}}
The second single from the British soul group, a soaring soul ballad heavily influenced by the Stylistics (and led by lead vocalist Marcel King's falsetto), "Sad Sweet Dreamer" became their first hit. It was written by David Parton and co-produced by Tony Hatch and Parton.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sweet-sensation-mn0001775504|title=Sad Sweet Dreamer Brief Biography|publisher=Allmusic|access-date=2012-07-09}} The song reached No. 14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 the following spring. It charted similarly in Canada.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3948a&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.3948a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3948a|title=Image : RPM Weekly|first=Library and Archives|last=Canada|date=July 17, 2013|website=www.bac-lac.gc.ca}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3942&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.3942.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3942|title=Image : RPM Weekly|first=Library and Archives|last=Canada|date=July 17, 2013|website=www.bac-lac.gc.ca}} Both Hatch and Jackie Trent sang on the track to augment Sweet Sensation. Hatch wanted to work with them after they were discovered on New Faces whilst he was on the judging panel. The song was covered by French singer Joe Dassin as "Carolina (Sad Sweet Dreamer)" in 1975.
The song can be heard in the 2009 UK television series Red Riding. It is also featured in the 2013 film Rush.{{cite web |url=http://www.soundtrack.net/movie/rush-2013/ |title=Rush (2013) |publisher=Soundtrack.net |access-date=2013-09-22}}
Chart history
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| align="left"|Chart (1974)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank |
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| UK {{cite journal |title=Top Selling Singles for 1974 |periodical=Music Week |publisher=Spotlight Publications |location=London, England |page=20 |date=4 January 1975}}
| style="text-align:center;"|39 |
| class="wikitable" |
| align="left"|Chart (1975)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank |
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| Canada {{Cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4057b&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.4057b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4057b|title=Image : RPM Weekly|first=Library and Archives|last=Canada|date=July 17, 2013|website=www.bac-lac.gc.ca}}
| style="text-align:center;"|149 |
| US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual){{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |date=1999 |title=Pop Annual |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |publisher=Record Research Inc. |isbn=0-89820-142-X}}
| style="text-align:center;"|132 |
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References
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Category:Song recordings produced by Tony Hatch
Category:Sweet Sensation (band) songs
Category:UK singles chart number-one singles
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