Never Had a Dream Come True (Stevie Wonder song)

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"Never Had a Dream Come True"
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Single by Stevie Wonder
from the album Signed, Sealed & Delivered
B-side "Somebody Knows, Somebody Cares"
ReleasedFebruary 7, 1970
Recorded1969, Hitsville USA, Detroit, Michigan
Genre Soul, pop, R&B
Length3:14 (album [1] and 45-rpm single [2] labels show run time of 2:59)
Label Tamla
Songwriter(s) Stevie Wonder
Henry Cosby
Sylvia Moy
Producer(s) Henry Cosby
Stevie Wonder singles chronology
"Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday"
(1969)		"Never Had a Dream Come True"
(1970)		"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"
(1970)
Official audio
"Never Had a Dream Come True" on YouTube

"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, [3] and No. 11 on the R&B chart. [4] The song received a boost in the UK where it eventually peaked at No. 6. [5]

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Background

Cash Box described it as a "gentle ballad bombshell" and an "outstanding offering with across-the-board power." [6] Billboard called it a "driving rock ballad with an infectious beat and good rhythm line." [7]

Credits

Chart performance

Chart (1970)Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) [8] 6
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening [9] 31
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [10] 26
U.S. Best Selling Soul Singles (Billboard)11

References

  1. ↑ "Vinyl Album: Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed and Delivered (1970)".
  2. ↑ "1970 HITS ARCHIVE: Never Had a Dream Come True - Stevie Wonder (Mono 45)". YouTube .
  3. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1970-02-07
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 635.
  5. ↑ "Never had a dream come true | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts .
  6. ↑ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. January 24, 1970. p. 34. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  7. ↑ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. January 24, 1970. p. 79. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  8. ↑ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  9. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 262.
  10. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 925.
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