Westlife Version
| "I Have a Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun" | ||||
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| Single by Westlife | ||||
| from the album Westlife | ||||
| Released | 25 December 1999 | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Recorded | PWL Studios, London January 1999 | |||
| Genre | Teen pop | |||
| Length | 4:06 | |||
| Label | BMG | |||
| Writer(s) | Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus | |||
| Producer | David Foster, Pete Waterman | |||
| Certification | Platinum (UK) | |||
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Westlife released a cover of "I Have a Dream" in December 1999, twenty years after ABBA's original release. The song became the group's fourth UK No. 1 single. The release was a double-A-side, also featuring "Seasons in the Sun". The release became the UK's Christmas number-one single of 1999, extending its peak into January 2000 and spending seventeen weeks in the UK chart. The song was the 26th best selling single of 1999 in the UK. In 2001, as part of a UNICEF fund-raising campaign, the song was re-recorded with additional vocals by Indonesian child singer, Sinna Sherina Munaf. The song has received a Platinum sales certification in the UK for over 650 000 copies sold.
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