Never Had a Dream Come True (S Club 7 song)


"Never Had a Dream Come True" is a song by British pop group S Club 7, released as a single in the United Kingdom on 27 November 2000. It was chosen to be the official 2000 BBC Children in Need song. The pop ballad peaked atop the UK Singles Chart, becoming Britain's ninth-best-selling single of 2000. Outside the UK, it peaked within the top 10 of the charts in Ireland, Sweden, and the United States—where it reached number 10 and became the group's only single to appear on the Billboard Hot 100. After its success, the song was added to a re-release of the band's second album, 7, and their third album, Sunshine.

Content

The song "Never Had a Dream Come True" is about the aftermath of a break-up. The protagonist says that even though she might date other people, she will always have love for her former boyfriend. Jo O'Meara sings the lead vocals for the song while the rest of the members of S Club 7 perform backup vocals.

Use in media

Jo O'Meara sings the song as a solo in S Club's 2003 feature film, Seeing Double. The demo version of the song was also used as the opening theme in the 2000 television series S Club 7 Go Wild! and the S Club 7 Christmas Special. The instrumental version of the demo was briefly heard in the earlier special Artistic Differences. S Club 7 performed the song in the ITV Panto Aladdin.

Track listings

  1. "Never Had a Dream Come True" – 4:00
  2. "Perfect Christmas" – 4:38
  3. "Reach" – 9:12
  4. "Never Had a Dream Come True"
  • UK standard CD single
  1. "Never Had a Dream Come True" – 4:00
  2. "Spiritual Love" – 3:51
  3. "Stand by You" – 3:03
  4. "Never Had a Dream Come True"
  1. "Never Had a Dream Come True" – 4:00
  2. "Perfect Christmas" – 4:38
  • US CD single
  1. "Never Had a Dream Come True"
  2. "Spiritual Love"
  • Digital EP
  1. "Never Had a Dream Come True" – 4:00
  2. "Spiritual Love" – 3:52
  3. "Stand by You" – 3:04
  4. "Never Had a Dream Come True" – 6:27
  5. "Never Had a Dream Come True" – 3:33

    Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Sunshine album booklet.
Studio
  • Mastered at Transfermation
Personnel

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Chart Position
Canada Radio 45
Europe 81
Ireland 43
Sweden 46
UK Singles 116
US Billboard Hot 10061
US Adult Contemporary 26
US Mainstream Top 40 37

Decade-end charts

Certifications

Release history

Cover versions

Multiple artists have performed covers of the song, some of whom include pop duo Same Difference on series 4 of The X Factor in 2007 and singer Natalie Paris in 2023. In May 2024, Adele performed a brief snippet of the song during a live performance at her Weekends with Adele residency in Las Vegas.
On 26 November 2021, O'Meara released an acoustic version of the song on all digital streaming platforms.