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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 generally the beginning and the concluding song of the musical, sung by the title character of Joseph.
The song has been sung by numerous performers. In 1969 it was released on the B-side of the 7-inch single We Will Rock You by child singer Christopher. This recording was produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice and arranged by Andrew Lloyd Webber. 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.
The song was performed by Jason Donovan, Donny Osmond and Lee Mead at the Concert for Diana on 1 July 2007.
It was notably parodied by Irish radio personality Mario Rosenstock in 2005 as “José and his Amazing Technicolor Overcoat“, a send-up of then-Chelsea F.C. manager José Mourinho. It was also parodied by a musical duo Amateur Transplants on their first album Fitness to Practice as “Mr Burton”.
Jason Donovan version
| “Any Dream Will Do” | |
|---|---|
| Single by Jason Donovan | |
| B-side | “Close Every Door“ |
| Released | 10 June 1991 |
| Format | 7″, 12″, CD single, cassette single |
| Length | 3:54 |
| Label | Really Useful Group, Polydor |
| Songwriter(s) | Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Tim Rice (lyrics) |
| Producer(s) | Nigel Wright |
| Jason Donovan singles chronology | |
| “R.S.V.P” (1991)”Any Dream Will Do“ (1991)”Happy Together” (1991) |
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. The single topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in June and July 1991; in July, it was certified Gold by the BPI for sales greater than 400,000 copies. In Donovan’s native Australia, “Any Dream Will Do” peaked at number 92 on the ARIA Singles Chart in August 1991. The song was also a number-one hit in Ireland and reached number three in Austria.
The song was also performed by The X Factor duo Same Difference, with Jason Donovan, on 15 December 2007.
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