Shattered Dreams

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For other uses, see Shattered Dreams (disambiguation).
"Shattered Dreams"
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Single by Johnny Hates Jazz
from the album Turn Back the Clock
Released 24 March 1987 (UK)
16 March 1988 (US)
Recorded 1986
Genre Sophisti-pop[1]
Length 3:24
Label Virgin
Writer(s) Clark Datchler
Producer(s) Calvin Hayes / Mike Nocito
Johnny Hates Jazz singles chronology
"Me and My Foolish Heart"
(1986)		 "Shattered Dreams"
(1987)		 "I Don't Want to Be a Hero"
(1987)

"Shattered Dreams" is a song by English group Johnny Hates Jazz. Written by the band's lead singer Clark Datchler, their major-label debut single was a worldwide hit.

"Shattered Dreams" entered the UK Singles Chart in March 1987 at #92 but gained popularity through extensive radio play and video rotation on MTV and quickly climbed the charts, peaking at #5 in May 1987, spending three weeks at that position and a total of 16 weeks in the chart. It went on to become a top 20 hit throughout Europe, and even reached the top 10 in some countries.

The song fared even better the following year in the U.S. There, "Shattered Dreams" was released early in 1988 with a totally different music video, shot entirely in black and white and directed by David Fincher, which Datchler actually preferred.[2] The single peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and topped Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart for one week.[3] A midtempo club remix of the track was released on 12" vinyl.

Billboard magazine ranked "Shattered Dreams" as the #26 song of the year 1988 in their December 31 issue.[4]

Clark Datchler and the group would soon part, and Datchler released an acoustic version of the song as a track on his 1990 Virgin solo single "Crown of Thorns." He later re-recorded a slower version on his 2007 album "Tomorrow" in C minor.

The song has been covered by boyband Ultra, on its UK Top 40 eponymous album in 1999; by House artist Jaybee in 2005;[5] by Russian pop star Sergey Lazarev in 2007; and in 2009 by Quentin Elias, former singer for French boyband Alliage, House artist Vibelicious and by American Idol Season 7 winner David Cook during his Declaration tour.

Chart performance

Chart (1987/1988) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[6] 25
Canadian Adult Contemporary Chart[7] 4
Canadian Singles Chart[7] 4
Dutch Singles Chart[8] 26
French Singles Chart[9] 29
German Singles Chart[10] 7
Irish Singles Chart[11] 3
Italian Singles Chart[12] 12
Japanese Singles Chart[citation needed] 80
Norwegian Singles Chart[13] 6
Polish Singles Chart[citation needed] 6
Swedish Singles Chart[14] 7
Swiss Singles Chart[15] 5
UK Singles Chart[16] 5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[17] 2
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart[18] 1

Sergey Lazarev version

"Shattered Dreams"
Single by Sergey Lazarev
Released 2006 (Russia)
16 July 2007 (UK)
Recorded 2006
Genre Pop, dance
Label ABSOLUTEAMD
Sergey Lazarev singles chronology
"Fake"
(2006)		 "Shattered Dreams"
(2006)		 "Everytime"
(2007)

In 2006, Russian pop star Sergey Lazarev covered the song with a new arrangement. This was his first solo outing outside the post-Soviet zone and his first international single to be formally released in the UK.

Track listing

  1. "Shattered Dreams" [Radio Edit]
  2. "Shattered Dreams" [Metro Edit]
  3. "Shattered Dreams" [Kid 79" Remix]
  4. "Shattered Dreams" [Metro 12 Mix]
  5. "Shattered Dreams" [Groove Brothers Mix]
  6. "Shattered Dreams" [Hardrum Mix]
  7. "Shattered Dreams" [Video]

Quentin Elias version

"Shattered Dreams"
File:Shattered-dreams-quentin-elias.jpeg
Single by Quentin Elias
Released 2009
Recorded 2009
Genre Pop, dance

In 2009, French singer Quentin Elias covered the song in a single released on-line at such retailers as iTunes and Amazon.com.[19]

Track listing

  1. "Shattered Dreams" [Original Die For Me Mix]
  2. "Shattered Dreams" [Deep & Dark Mix]
  3. "Shattered Dreams" [Dalyx's Chill Lounge Mix]
  4. "Shattered Dreams" [Classic House So Divine Bass Mix]
  5. "Shattered Dreams" [Minimal Vocal Beat Dub]
  6. "Shattered Dreams" [Dalyx's Dance Pop Mix]
  7. "Shattered Dreams" [Filter Dat Radio Club Mix]

References

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External links

Preceded by Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single
21 May 1988		 Succeeded by
"One More Try" by George Michael
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