I have a dream - Panflute I Have a Dream is a song by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was featured on the groups sixth studio album Voulez-Vous and released as a single in December 1979. The single became a big hit, topping the charts in many countries and peaking at No.2 in the UK over the Christmas week of 1979. Twenty years later, Irish pop group Westlife released a successful version of the song which reached No.1 in the UK over the Christmas week of 1999. Overview The song was written by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus and was taken from the groups 1979 album, Voulez-Vous. Anni-Frid Lyngstad sang the lead vocals. It was released as a single in December 1979 with a live version of Take a Chance on Me as the B-side. The recording is notable for being the only ABBA song to include vocalists other than the four band members; the final chorus features a childrens choir from the International School of Stockholm. In the UK, I Have a Dream was held off the No.1 spot by Pink Floyds Another Brick in the Wall which also features a childrens choir. I Have a Dream is included on the ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits album, as well as in the Mamma Mia! musical. In the UK, the single was issued in a lavish gatefold sleeve, intended as a souvenir for UK fans who had attended the Wembley concerts (the live recording of Take a Chance on Me being from one of them). The inner gatefold made use of the pyramid/mountain/iceberg designs similar to those used in the inner sleeve of Greatest Hits Vol. 2. The inner gatefold was effectively an advert for ABBAs existing albums released in the UK, but the back cover featured a message from ABBA themselves regarding the Wembley concerts, together with their signatures. The front cover used the same live photo of ABBA as the worldwide release, but artwork and fonts were different. This was only Epics second picture sleeve for an ABBA single. The live version of Take a Chance on Me on the B-side was one of three mixes of the same recording to be issued. Released soon after the concerts, this version is thought to be the genuine recording. A very slightly extended version, featuring spoken introductions from the group, was used as the B-side in Australia. This extended version has been released internationally on the deluxe edition of ABBA: The Album. Finally, a third mix was included on ABBA Live issued in 1986. I Have a Dream is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. on August 28, 1963, in which he calls for an end to racism in the United States. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, the speech was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement.[1] Beginning with a reference to the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed millions of slaves in 1863,[2] King observes that: one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free.[3] Toward the end of the speech, King departed from his prepared text for a partly improvised peroration on the theme I have a dream, prompted by Mahalia Jacksons cry: Tell them about the dream, Martin![4] In this part of the speech, which most excited the listeners and has now become its most famous, King described his dreams of freedom and equality arising from a land of slavery and hatred.[5] Jon Meacham writes that, With a single phrase, Martin Luther King, Jr. joined Jefferson and Lincoln in the ranks of men whove shaped modern America.[6] The speech was ranked the top American speech of the 20th century in a 1999 poll of scholars of public address.[7] https://youtube/watch?v=0Fjeoo7RRQo
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