Any Dream Will Do (song)
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| Single by Jason Donovan | ||||
| Released | 10 June 1991 | |||
| Writer(s) | Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Tim Rice (lyrics) | |||
| Producer(s) | Nigel Wright | |||
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| Single by Lee Mead | |
| B-side | "Close Every Door", with Keith Jack and Lewis Bradley |
| Released | 12 June 2007 |
| Format | Digital download, CD |
| Label | Polydor / Really Useful Group |
| Writer(s) | Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Tim Rice (lyrics) |
"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.
It has been sung by numerous performers. 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 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 in their first album Fitness to Practice as "Mr Burton".
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. "Any Dream Will Do" peaked at number 92 on the Australian ARIA singles chart in August 1991. As of February 2016 it is Donovan's last song to reach the top ten of the UK charts.
The song was also performed by The X Factor duo Same Difference, with Jason Donovan, on 15 December 2007.
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