A Neverending Dream

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"A Neverending Dream"
A Neverending Dream (X-Perience).jpg
Single by X-Perience
from the album Magic Fields
ReleasedAugust 1996 (1996-08)
Recorded1996
Genre Eurodance
Length
  • 3:28 (radio version)
  • 3:45 (album version)
Label WEA/Warner Music
Songwriter(s)
  • Matthias Uhle
  • Alexander Kaiser
Producer(s)
  • Bernd Wendlandt
  • Ingo Politz (Turbobeat Music, Berlin)
X-Perience singles chronology
"Circles of Love"
(1996)
"A Neverending Dream"
(1996)
"Magic Fields"
(1997)

"A Neverending Dream" is a 1996 song by German group X-Perience, released as the second single from their debut album, Magic Fields (1996). It charted in Germany, Hungary and Switzerland and was the band's biggest hit. The song entered the German Singles Chart at number 91, went to number four in October/November 1996, and spent over 18 weeks in the charts. Over 350,000 copies of the singles were sold in Germany and the single was eventually certified Gold. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "A Neverending Dream" peaked at number 29 in December 1996. A music video was also produced to promote the single.

Contents

Critical reception

Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote about the song: "...the uptempo A Neverending Dream, earlier released as a single, is pure pop with a simple synthesizers and dramatic melodies, which is perfect for EHR." [1]

Track listings

  1. "A Neverending Dream" (Radio Version) – 3:28
  2. "A Neverending Dream" (Ambient House Mix) – 4:10
  3. "A Neverending Dream" (Extended Version) – 4:26
  4. "A Neverending Dream" (Eighties Version) – 3:41
  1. "A Neverending Dream" (Dance Hall Radio Edit) – 3:46
  2. "A Neverending Dream" (Small Town Mix) – 4:15
  3. "A Neverending Dream" (Children of the 80's Mix) – 5:52
  4. "A Neverending Dream" (Dance Hall Style) – 5:24

Chart

Other versions and remakes

On the album Magic Fields , the song has a longer interlude between verse 2 and 3, so this version is 3:45 long. During 1996 and 1997 the band played the song on various television shows. For some reasons, they performed a short version of "A Neverending Dream" sometimes which was only approximately 2:30 long (without the 3rd verse and repeated refrain at the end).

In 2006 the band re-recorded the song on their 4th album Lost in Paradise . José Alvarez-Brill remixed the song. The remake is called "A Neverending Dream" (Alvarez Album Edit) – 3:37. An instrumental version of this 2006 version was used to find a new singer, when Claudia Uhle left the band in July 2007. This was released on the 2007-single "I Feel Like You". [7]

A completely new recorded and composed version of "A Neverending Dream" is released on the album "555". This version (3:31) was released as third single of the album "555" on 3 July 2020. [8] The Deluxe Edition of "555" contains the 1994 Original Demo Version of "A Neverending Dream" (3:17), too. [9]

Cascada cover

"A Neverending Dream"
A Neverending Dream (Cascada cover).jpg
Single by Cascada
from the album Everytime We Touch
Released
  • 4 March 2006 (2006-03-04) (Germany)
  • 18 June 2007 (UK)
Recorded2005
Genre
Length3:24
Label Zooland
Songwriter(s)
  • Matthias Uhle
  • Alex Kaiser
Producer(s)
  • Yann Peifer
  • Manuel Reuter
Cascada singles chronology
"Truly Madly Deeply"
(2006)
"A Neverending Dream"
(2006)
"Ready for Love"
(2006)
Alternative cover
A Neverending Dream (2).jpg
UK single cover

In 2006, the song was covered by German dance music act Cascada. This song appears on their 2006 debut album, Everytime We Touch . It was the fifth single released in Germany by Cascada in 2006. It was Cascada's 4th UK single. The video for this song was released on 11 May 2007 on the music channels Fizz and The Box. The music video is strongly themed on Middle Eastern culture with singer Natalie Horler dancing in traditional clothing in front of backdrops like the desert, a typical harem and hammam. Despite a good top 15 position in Ireland, in the UK it charted at #46 on its first week of physical release, a big disappointment considering that all previous singles in the UK had gone top 10.

Track listings

A-side
  1. "A Neverending Dream" [Club Mix] – 4:57
B-side
  1. "A Neverending Dream" [The Real Booty Babes Remix] – 5:58
  2. "A Neverending Dream" [Deepforces Remix] – 6:09
  1. "A Neverending Dream" [Acapella]
  2. "A Neverending Dream" [Deepforces Remix]
  3. "A Neverending Dream" [Dancing DJs Remix]
  4. "A Neverending Dream" [Buzz Junkies Remix]
  5. "A Neverending Dream" [Digital Dog Remix]
  6. "A Neverending Dream" [Frisco Remix]
  7. "A Neverending Dream" [KB Project Remix]
  8. "A Neverending Dream" [Fugitive Radio Mix]
  9. "A Neverending Dream" [Radio Edit]
  10. "A Neverending Dream" [Svenson Goes to Love Parade Mix]
  1. "A Neverending Dream" [Svenson Goes to Love Parade Mix]
  1. "A Neverending Dream"
  2. "Everytime We Touch (Yanou's Candlelight Mix)"
  3. "A Neverending Dream" [Svenson Goes to Love Parade Mix]

All mixes

Charts

Chart (2007)Peak
Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [11] 10
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [12] 5
Ireland (IRMA) [13] 15
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [14] 77
Scotland (OCC) [15] 10
UK Singles (OCC) [16] 46

Other covers

Notes

  1. "New Releases" (PDF). Music & Media . December 14, 1996. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  2. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . December 7, 1996. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  3. "> the official website". X-Perience.De. Retrieved August 19, 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media . February 1, 1997. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  5. Steffen Hung. "X-Perience – A Neverending Dream in Swiss charts". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
  6. "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  7. "X-Perience - I Feel Like You".
  8. "Releases".
  9. ""555 (Deluxe)" von X-Perience". 21 August 2020.
  10. "Cascada - A Neverending Dream". Discogs.com. 2006-03-28. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  11. "Cascada – A Never Ending Dream" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  12. "Cascada: A Never Ending Dream" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat.
  13. "Chart Track: Week 27, 2007". Irish Singles Chart.
  14. "Cascada – A Never Ending Dream" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  15. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  16. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  17. "Various - Dream Dance Vol. 3 (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 1996-11-20. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  18. "Mythos 'N Watergate - A Neverending Dream". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  19. "Cascada - A Neverending Dream (Svenson Goes To The Love Parade Mix)". youtube.com. Retrieved 2018-09-13.[ dead YouTube link ]
  20. "A Brand New Svenson Goes To The Love Parade Mix Cascada - A Never Ending Dream". youtube.com. Retrieved 2018-09-23.[ dead YouTube link ]
  21. "Mr. & Ms. ST. Therese Eco-Modelo 2018 EcoRamp Music On October 25, 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Hall Cascada - A Never Ending Dream (Club Mix)". youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  22. "[EXCLUSIVE] (Official Music Video) (HD) Cascada - A Never Ending Dream (Dancing DJs Edit)". youtube.com. Retrieved 2018-12-26.[ dead YouTube link ]
  23. "New Single On December 26, 2018 Cascada - A Never Ending Dream (Dancing DJs Edit)". youtube.com. Retrieved 2018-12-26.[ dead YouTube link ]
  24. "New Single On March 30, 2020 Cascada - A Never Ending Dream (ScoopHeadz Remix)". youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2020-04-23.

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