Single Release
There is some speculation that "I Have a Dream" was never originally intended to be a single. There had already been three releases from the Voulez-Vous album and the only other album to have four singles released from it was ABBA in 1975. Including B-sides, "I Have a Dream" was in fact the seventh of the 10 tracks from Voulez-Vous to be issued on single in the UK, and was released eight months after the Voulez-Vous album. Also, the track was not included on Greatest Hits Vol. 2 released just weeks before. It is therefore speculated that this single was an extra release to cash in on both the Christmas sales and the 1979 tour. Furthermore, ABBA did not film a promotional video for the track, even though they had done for the Spanish version, Estoy Soñando. It was rare for ABBA not to film a video for an official single. The Spanish version was filmed in the Polar Music Studios on the same day as the "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" video (and even featured ABBA wearing the same clothes). If "I Have a Dream" had been intended as a single at that point, then presumably they would have filmed that as well. As it stood, a live performance from the tour was used to promote the single, causing some confusion to record buyers who may have been disappointed to discover the studio-recorded version on the record itself.
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