"If Wishes Came True" is a song recorded by the
R&B/dance group Sweet Sensation on their 1990 album
Love Child. It was the biggest hit of their career and
hit number one in the U.S. on September 1, 1990, replacing
Mariah Carey's "Vision of Love".
The song begins with strings and a flamenco guitar, then
quickly picks up into a synthesizer line and the singing begins
soon afterward. The song reaches its greatest strength at the
chorus. A power ballad, "If Wishes Came True" displayed a
different side to the girl group, primarily known for their
latin freestyle hits. Accordingly, the song also became Sweet
Sensation's only entry on the Billboard Adult Contemporary
singles chart, where it reached number eight.
According to
Billboard Book of Number One Hitsthe members of the
group cried for days after learning that their song had hit
number one.