If Wishes Came True

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"If Wishes Came True"
File:Sweet Sensation if wishes came true US cassette.jpg
Single by Sweet Sensation
from the album Love Child
B-side "Love Child"
Released June 14, 1990
Genre Pop rock[1]
Length
  • 5:12 (album version)
  • 4:49 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Deena Charles
  • Robert Steele
  • Russ DeSalvo
Producer(s) Steve Peck
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"Love Child"
(1990)		 "If Wishes Came True"
(1990)		 "Each and Every Time"
(1990)

"If Wishes Came True" is a song recorded by American freestyle/dance trio Sweet Sensation on their 1990 second studio album, Love Child. It was released as the album's second single on June 14, 1990 by Atco Records and Atlantic Records. It was written by Deena Charles, Robert Steele and Russ DeSalvo, and produced by Steve Peck. The song was a different musical direction for the girl group, known primarily for their freestyle hits. It was the biggest hit of their career, reaching number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 on September 1, 1990. The song also became Sweet Sensation's only entry on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, where it reached number eight, and it peaked within the top 30 in Canada and New Zealand.

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.[2] Billboard named the song number 87 on their list of "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time".[3]

Composition

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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 listing

German Maxi single
No. Title Length
1. "If Wishes Came True" (LP Version) 5:12
2. "Love Child" (Original Version) 4:10
3. "Love Child" (Rock the House) 6:43

Charts

References

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  5. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1286." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 1295." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
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  8. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Sweet Sensation %5BUS%5D – If Wishes Came True" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Sweet Sensation %5BUS%5D – If Wishes Came True". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
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