"Reach for the Stars" | |
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Single by Shirley Bassey | |
B-side | "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" |
Released | 1961 |
Format | 7" 45 rpm |
Recorded | 1961 |
Genre | Pop music |
Label | Columbia Records |
Songwriter(s) | Udo Jürgens |
Producer(s) | Norman Newell |
"Reach for the Stars" is a song made popular by Shirley Bassey, and written by Austrian pop singer/songwriter Udo Jürgens (with English lyrics by Norman Newell). As a double A-side single (b/w "Climb Ev'ry Mountain") it went to No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart for one week in September 1961.
The song, together with its B-side, were the inspiration for the S Club 7 song Reach.