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Johnny Hates Jazz "Shattered Dreams"

Shattered Dreams" is a hit pop song by British pop group Johnny Hates Jazz. Written by the band's lead singer, the band's debut single was a worldwide hit. The song entered the UK Singles Chart in March 1987 at a lowly #92 but gained popularity through extensive radio play and video rotation on MTV and the song quickly climbed the charts and peaked at #5 in mid May 1987 and spent 3 weeks there, and the song would spend a total of 16 weeks in the chart. The song fared even better the following year in the U.S. There, "Shattered Dreams" was released early in 1988 with a totally different music video, shot entirely in black and white, and the single peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and went all the way to #1 on the ARC Weekly Top 40 chart. The song also topped Billboard's Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart for one week. A midtempo club remix of the track was released on 12" vinyl. Billboard magazine ranked "Shattered Dreams" as the #26 song of the year 1988 in their December 31 issue.[Wikipedia]