"Never Had a Dream Come True"
Single by Stevie Wonder
from the album Signed, Sealed & Delivered
B-side	"Somebody Knows, Somebody Cares; My Girl"
Released	February 7, 1970
Recorded	1969, Hitsville USA, Detroit, Michigan
Genre	Soul, pop, R&B
Length	3:14 (album[1] and 45-rpm single[2] labels show run time of 2:59)
Label	Tamla
Songwriter(s)	Stevie Wonder Henry Cosby Sylvia Moy
Producer(s)	Henry Cosby
Stevie Wonder singles chronology
"Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" (1969) "Never Had a Dream Come True" (1970) "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (1970)
Official audio
"Never Had a Dream Come True" on YouTube

"Never Had a Dream Come True" is a song written by Stevie Wonder and Motown staff songwriters Henry Cosby and Sylvia Moy, released as a single on the Tamla subsidiary in February 1970. Featured on his 12th studio release, Signed, Sealed & Delivered, as the lead single, "Never Had..." was a modest hit in the U.S. upon its release, debuting at No. 67 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week of Feb. 7, 1970, and No. 11 on the R&B chart.^[3] The song received a boost in the U.K. where it eventually peaked at No. 6.^[4]

Background

Cash Box described it as a "gentle ballad bombshell" and an "outstanding offering with across-the-board power."^[5] Billboard called it a "driving rock ballad with an infectious beat and good rhythm line."^[6]

Credits

• Lead and background vocals and clavinet by Stevie Wonder
• Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
• Arranged by Paul Riser

Chart performance

References

• The Sound of Stevie Wonder: His Words and Music