Any Dream Will Do (song)

"Any Dream Will Do" is a popular song written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice for the 1968 musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". It is the closing song of the musical, sung by the title character of Joseph.

It has been sung by numerous performers both on stage and on record including Jason Donovan, Donny Osmond, Andy Gibb, Phillip Schofield, Darren Day and Lee Mead. Joe Cuddy's version was a number one hit in Ireland in 1974. The song was voted Broadway Song of the Year in 1981 and won an Ivor Novello Award in 1991. [cite web | author = BBC Press Office | title = Any Dream Will Do: Did you know... | date = 2007-03-22 | url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/03_march/22/dream_know.shtml | accessdate = 2007-05-22 ]

The song was performed by Jason Donovan, Donny Osmond and Lee Mead at the Concert for Diana on 1st July 2007.

1991 single

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Name = Any Dream Will Do


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Artist = Jason Donovan
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Released = June 1991
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Writer = Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Tim Rice (lyrics)
Producer = Nigel Wright
Last single = "R.S.V.P"
(1991)
This single = "Any Dream Will Do"
(1991)
Next single = "Happy Together"
(1991)
Misc =In 1991, the song was released as a single by Jason Donovan, who was then playing Joseph in the West End production of the musical at the London Palladium. It was number 1 in the UK singles chart for two weeks in June 1991. [cite web | url = http://www.theofficialcharts.com/zoom.php?id=666 | title = All the No. 1's – Any Dream Will Do | author = The Official UK Charts Company | authorlink = The Official UK Charts Company | accessdate = 2007-06-24]

This song was also performed by X-Factor duo, Same Difference, with Jason Donovan, on Saturday 15th December 2007.

"Any Dream Will Do" and the 2007 single

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Name = Any Dream Will Do


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Artist = Lee Mead
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B-side = "Close Every Door", with Keith Jack and Lewis Bradley
Released = 12 June 2007
Format = Digital download, CD
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Label = Polydor / Really Useful Group
Writer = Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Tim Rice (lyrics)
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Misc =In 2007, the BBC One television series "Any Dream Will Do", named after the song, searched for a new, unknown lead to play Joseph in a West End revival of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". The song was performed by the twelve contestants on the programme as the opening number to the first show, and it was performed again by Lee Mead, voted by the public as the winner of the series, as the finale to the series.

After the series, a single was released featuring "Any Dream Will Do", sung by Mead as the winner, and "Close Every Door", another song from "Joseph" which had been used each week as a contestant left the programme. It was performed by Mead along with second-placed Keith Jack and third-placed Lewis Bradley.

The single was released for digital download on 12 June 2007 and entered the UK Singles Chart on 17 June at number 18. [cite web | url = http://www.theofficialcharts.com/top40_singles_archive.php | title = Top 40 Singles Archive | author = The Official UK Charts Company | authorlink = The Official UK Charts Company | accessdate = 2007-06-24] After being released on CD on 18 June, it charted at number two on 24 June. It was held from the #1 spot by Rihanna and Jay-Z with their hit single "Umbrella". Downloads and CD single sales raise funds for the BBC's annual Children in Need charity appeal. [cite web | author = BBC | authorlink = BBC | title = Pudsey Recruits Josephs | date = 2007-06-05 | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/joseph/joseph/news/2007/06/05/45371.shtml | accessdate = 2007-06-09 ]

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