"We Have a Dream" is a song from the first series of German

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'' Deutschland sucht den Superstar'' (''DSDS''). Written and produced by contest judge

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, the song is performed by the first series' final 10 contestants, who are credited by the programme's name for the single release. The 10 vocalists on the song are

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, Stephanie Brauckmeyer, Daniel Küblböck, Andrea Josten, Vanessa Struhler,

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, Nektarios Bamiatzis, Judith Lefeber,

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, and

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. After the finalists performed the song on the show, "We Have a Dream" was released as a single in Germany on 23 December 2002, debuting atop the

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in January 2003 and staying there for six weeks, becoming Germany's highest-selling single of 2003 and the 100th-most-successful single of the 2000s decade. The song was included as the opening track on the finalists' studio album, ''United'', released later the same year. In 2004, the song won an

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for Single of the Year (National).

Background and release

The first series of ''

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'' premiered on RTL in November 2002, and by the end of December, 10 participants remained:

, Stephanie Brauckmeyer, Daniel Küblböck, Andrea Josten, Vanessa Struhler,

, Nektarios Bamiatzis, Judith Lefeber,

, and

. With the final 10 selected, contest judge

quickly recorded and produced a song he had written for the contestants: "We Have a Dream". After the group performed the song on the programme, record label

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issued the song as a

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on 23 December 2002, crediting the final 10 as "Deutschland sucht den Superstar". The single contains three versions of the track: a radio edit, an extended version, and an instrumental.

Chart performance

On 13 January 2003, "We Have a Dream" debuted at number one on the

, staying at the position for six weeks before falling to number two on the chart dated 24 February 2003. The song spent 10 more weeks in the top 100, totalling 17 weeks on the German chart and earning a triple-gold certification from the

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(BVMI) for shipments of over 750,000 copies in Germany alone. At the end of 2003, the song came in at number one on the German year-end chart, one position ahead of contest winner Klaws' " Take Me Tonight". "We Have a Dream" also reached number one in Switzerland, where it topped the Swiss Hitparade for one week and stayed in the top 100 for 16 weeks. It finished 2003 at number 70 on the Swiss year-end chart and was certified platinum for shipping over 40,000 units. In Austria, the single reached number two for five weeks, remained on the chart for 19 weeks, ranked in at number 12 on the 2003 year-end listing, and earned a gold certification, denoting sales of over 15,000. With its combined European sales, "We Have a Dream" peaked at number eight on the Eurochart Hot 100. In 2009, the track was ranked at number 100 on Germany's decade-end chart.

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the CD single liner notes and the ''United'' booklet. Studio * Mixed at Jeopark (

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, Germany) Personnel *

– music, lyrics, production *

– vocals * Stephanie Brauckmeyer – vocals * Daniel Küblböck – vocals * Andrea Josten – vocals * Vanessa Struhler – vocals *

– vocals * Nektarios Bamiatzis – vocals * Judith Lefeber – vocals *

– vocals *

– vocals * Lalo Titenkov – arrangement * Jeo – mixing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Alexander Klaws Deutschland sucht den Superstar 2002 debut singles 2002 songs Alexander Klaws songs English-language German songs Hansa Records singles Number-one singles in Germany Number-one singles in Switzerland Song recordings produced by Dieter Bohlen Songs written by Dieter Bohlen