Any Dream Will Do (song)

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 a number-three hit in Austria. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications ==Any Dream Will Do and Lee Mead version==

In 2007, the BBC One television series Any Dream Will Do, named after the song, searched for a new, unknown lead to play Joseph in a West End revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The song was performed by the twelve contestants on the programme as the opening number to the first show, and it was performed again by Lee Mead, voted by the public as the winner of the series, as the finale to the series. After the series, a single was released featuring "Any Dream Will Do", sung by Mead as the winner, and "Close Every Door", another song from Joseph which had been used each week as a contestant left the programme. It was performed by Mead along with second-placed Keith Jack and third-placed Lewis Bradley. The single was released for digital download on 12 June 2007 and entered the UK Singles Chart on 17 June at number 18. After being released on CD on 18 June, it charted at number two on 24 June. It was held from the number-one spot by Rihanna and Jay-Z with their hit single "Umbrella". Downloads and CD single sales raise funds for the BBC's annual Children in Need charity appeal. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts ==Performances and influences==

• Donny Osmond, who has performed as Joseph in the musical successfully for many years in the 1990s, also recorded the song. His recording of the musical with the Canadian cast has sold 250,000 copies. He was also cast in the role of Joseph in the 1999 film of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. • The songs "Ripple" (1970) by the Grateful Dead and the gospel hymn "Because He Lives" (1971), are both similar musically to "Any Dream Will Do". ==References==