"A Neverending Dream" is a 1996 Eurodance

Eurodance

Eurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s or early 1990s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements from House, Techno, Hi-NRG and especially Italo-Disco...

 song by X-Perience

X-Perience

X-Perience is a eurodance band from Berlin, Germany. Their music style varies between synthpop, trance and ethnopop. The band members are Manja Wagner , Matthias Uhle and Alexander Kaiser . Singer Claudia Uhle, Matthias' sister, left the band in 2007 and was replaced by Manja.-History:X-Perience...

 from their album Magic Fields. It charted in Germany and Switzerland and was the band's biggest hit.

Track listings

Single

1. "A Neverending Dream" (Radio Version) – 3:28
2. "A Neverending Dream" (Ambient House Mix) – 4:10
3. "A Neverending Dream" (Extended Version) – 4:26
4. "A Neverending Dream" (Eighties Version) – 3:41

Remix-Single

1. "A Neverending Dream" (Dance Hall Radio Edit) – 3:46
2. "A Neverending Dream" (Small Town Mix) – 4:15
3. "A Neverending Dream" (Children of the 80's Mix) – 5:52
4. "A Neveeending Dream" (Dance Hall Style) – 5:24

Chart performance

The song entered German Singles Chart at No. 91 in week 33 and went straight to No. 4 in October/November 1996 and spent over 18 weeks in the charts. All in all, over 350,000 copies of the singles were sold in Germany, and the single was eventually certified Gold.

Chart (1996)	Peak Position
German Singles Chart	4
Swiss Singles Chart	7

Other versions & remakes

On the album Magic Fields, the song has a longer interlude between verse 2 and 3, so this version is 3:45 long. During 1996 and 1997 the band played the song on various television shows. For some reasons, they performed a short version of "A Neverending Dream" sometimes which was only approximately 2:30 long (without the 3rd verse and repeated refrain at the end).

In 2006 the band re-recorded the song on their 4th album Lost in Paradise

Lost in Paradise

Lost in Paradise is the 4th album by German band X-Perience. It was released after a break of six years since their latest album Journey of Life. After touring and promoting the last album, Polydor/Universal released the promotional single "It's a Sin", a cover of the Pet Shop Boys song...

. José Alvarez-Brill remixed the song. The remake is called "A Neverending Dream" (Alvarez Album Edit) – 3:37. An instrumental

Instrumental

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 version of this 2006 version was used to find a new singer, when Claudia Uhle left the band in July 2007.

Cascada cover

In 2006, the song was covered by German

Germany

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 group Cascada

Cascada

Cascada is a German Eurodance act most famous for their hit singles "Everytime We Touch", "What Hurts the Most", and "Evacuate the Dancefloor"...

. This song appears on their 2006 debut album, Everytime We Touch

Everytime We Touch (album)

Sharon Mawer from Allmusic gave the album a mixed review and said the album's songs were for "dancing to" in a "club with lights flashing and people all around" but said that "after an hour of the same repetitive beat, one's senses can become a little jaded." Dom Passantino from Stylus Magazine...

. It was the fifth single released in Germany by Cascada in 2006. It was Cascada's 4th UK

United Kingdom

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 single. The video for this song was released on May 11, 2007 on the music channel 'Fizz' and 'The Box'. The music video is strongly themed on Middle East

Middle East

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ern culture with singer Natalie Horler

Natalie Horler

Natalie Christine Horler is an English-German singer and television presenter born in Bonn, Germany. She is known internationally as the lead singer of Eurodance/Eurotrance group Cascada. She is popular in Europe and America, as well as in several Asian countries. Cascada consists of Horler and...

 dancing in traditional clothing in front of backdrops like the desert, a typical harem

Harem

Harem refers to the sphere of women in what is usually a polygynous household and their enclosed quarters which are forbidden to men...

 and hammam

Hammam

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. Despite a good top 15 position in Ireland

Ireland

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, in the UK it charted at #46, on its first week of physical release, a big disappointment considering that all previous singles in the UK had gone top 10.

Track listings

German 12" maxi single

A-side

1. "A Neverending Dream" [club mix] – 4:57

B-side

1. "A Neverending Dream" [The Real Booty Babes remix] – 5:58
2. "A Neverending Dream" [Deepforces remix] – 6:09

UK single

1. "A Neverending Dream" [Deepforces remix]
2. "A Neverending Dream" [Dancing DJs remix]
3. "A Neverending Dream" [Buzz Junkies remix]
4. "A Neverending Dream" [Digital Dog remix]
5. "A Neverending Dream" [Frisco remix]
6. "A Neverending Dream" [KB Project remix]
7. "A Neverending Dream" [Fugitive radio mix]
8. "A Neverending Dream" [radio edit]

Dutch CD single

1. "A Neverending Dream"
2. "Everytime We Touch (Yanou's Candlelight Mix)"

All mixes

• A Neverending Dream (Buzz Junkies Remix) 6:10
• A Neverending Dream (Clubland 11 Remix) 2:44
• A Neverending Dream (Club Mix) 4:58
• A Neverending Dream (Dancing Djs Remix) 5:55
• A Neverending Dream (Deep Forces Remix) 6:07
• A Neverending Dream (Deep Forces Remix Cut) 3:13
• A Neverending Dream (Digital Dog Remix) 6:28
• A Neverending Dream (Frisco Remix) 5:29
• A Neverending Dream (Fugitive Remix) 2:45
• A Neverending Dream (Ivan Fillini Remix) 5:25
• A Neverending Dream (KB Project Remix) 6:01
• A Neverending Dream (Radio Edit) 3:23
• A Neverending Dream (Real Booty Babes Remix) 5:58
• A Neverending Dream (Real Booty Babes Remix Edit) 2:55
• A Neverending Dream (Sound DJS Remix) 2:40
• A Neverending Dream (Source Remix) 5:50

Chart positions

Chart (2007)	Peak Position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	80
Belgium (Ultratop) (Wallonia)	10
Dutch Top 100	77
Finland Top 20	5
Irish Singles Chart	15
UK Singles Chart	46

Other covers

• Trance-X recorded a version in 1996 called “A Neverending Dream (The Dream Dance Anthem Mix) ” – 3:41. It was released on various compilations like “Dream Dance Vol. 3” and “Dream Nation 1” only.
• Mythos N' Watergate recorded a cover version of “A Neverending Dream” in 2002. A music video was also produced.