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"If Wishes Came True" is a song recorded by the freestyle/dance trio Sweet Sensation on their 1990 album Love Child. It was the biggest hit of their career and reached number one in the U.S. on September 1, 1990, replacing Mariah Carey's "Vision of Love."

The album version of the song begins with strings and a flamenco guitar, then quickly picks up into a synthesizer line, a powerful electric guitar solo, and the vocal begins soon afterward. (The edited version omits the strings-and-guitar intro.) Released during the power ballad craze that dominated the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the late 1980s and early 1990s, "If Wishes Came True" was a different musical direction for the girl group known primarily for their freestyle hits. Accordingly, the song also became Sweet Sensation's only entry on the Billboard Adult Contemporary singles chart, where it reached number eight.

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. Billboard named the song #87 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.

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

Charts

References

1. Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 9780823076772.
2. "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
3. "Sweet Sensation %5BUS%5D – If Wishes Came True" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
4. "Sweet Sensation %5BUS%5D – If Wishes Came True". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
5. ^ Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved December 14, 2009)
6. "Billboard Top 100 – 1990". Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved September 15, 2009.

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