If Wishes Came True

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"If Wishes Came True"
Sweet Sensation if wishes came true US cassette.jpg
Single by Sweet Sensation
from the album Love Child
B-side "LP Preview"
ReleasedJune 1990
Genre
Length
  • 5:12 (album version)
  • 4:49 (radio edit)
Label ATCO
Songwriter(s)
  • Deena Charles
  • Robert Steele
  • Russ DeSalvo
Producer(s) Steve Peck
Sweet Sensation singles chronology
"Love Child"
(1990)		"If Wishes Came True"
(1990)		"Each and Every Time"
(1990)

"If Wishes Came True" is a song by American musical trio Sweet Sensation from their second studio album, Love Child (1990). It was released as the album's second single in June 1990 by ATCO Records. It was written by Deena Charles, Robert Steele and Russ DeSalvo, and produced by Steve Peck. 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.

Contents

According to The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, the members of the group "cried for days" after learning that their song had hit number one. [3] Billboard named the song number 87 on their list of "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time". [4]

Composition

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

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesJune 1990
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • cassette
 ATCO
JapanSeptember 10, 1990Mini-CD [26]

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