Have You Ever

For the Brandy song, see Have You Ever? For other uses, see Have You Ever (disambiguation).

"Have You Ever" is a song by British pop group S Club 7, released as a single on 19 November 2001. Following the success of the group's 2000 Children in Need track, "Never Had a Dream Come True", the BBC asked S Club 7 to perform the 2001 track for the charity as well. "Have You Ever" was co-written by Cathy Dennis, Andrew Frampton, and Chris Braide. "Have You Ever" acted as an introduction to S Club 7's third album, Sunshine (2001).

"Have You Ever"
Single by S Club 7
from the album Sunshine
B-side	"Dangerous"
Released	19 November 2001 (2001-11-19)
Genre	Pop
Length	3:20
Label	Polydor 19
Songwriter(s)	Cathy Dennis Andrew Frampton Chris Braide
Producer(s)	Stephen Lipson
S Club 7 singles chronology
"Don't Stop Movin'" (2001) "Have You Ever" (2001) "You" (2002)
Music video
"Have You Ever" on YouTube

The single entered the UK Singles Chart at number one on 25 November 2001, becoming the group's fourth and final UK number one. The Children in Need version of "Have You Ever" is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as having the highest number of people's voices recorded in a single song; as recordings from children in schools across the UK were used in the chorus. The song has sold 380,000 copies in the UK according to the Official UK Charts Company. The photo for the cover of the single was shot in another major architectural landmark of the Los Angeles area: the Sheats Goldstein Residence near Beverly Hills.^{[citation needed]}

Music video

The music video was set inside a large house (which is actually the famous Ennis House in Hollywood Hills), showing each member briefly as they indulge in everyday activities, while O'Meara is the main focus of the video. O'Meara revealed that to film the shot of her crying, they used droplets of water on her cheek, and sped the track up to film it, so when it was mastered it would give the illusion of a real tear. Another interesting note about the video is that it was the last video Paul Cattermole shot for the group as "You", the following single, was intended to be the next release and thus had been recorded previously. The video was shot at the last minute, the day before the band returned to the UK after filming Hollywood 7 as the song was chosen for the Children in Need song.

Children in Need performance

During the performance on Children in Need on 16 November 2001, the group were joined by S Club Juniors which was their first television appearance.

Six live school choirs sang along. These were:

• Hamble School singing from the concert at Castle Field in Portsmouth
• Longcroft School singing from the concert at the Dome Leisure Centre in Doncaster
• Gwauncelyn Junior School sining from the concert in Cardiff
• Auchenback Primary School singing from the concert in Glasgow
• The King John School singing from the concert at the De Montfort Hall in Leicester
• Forge Integrated Primary School singing from the concert in Belfast the link up on the night never went to their performance.

They were joined by 3610 other schools who sent in audio tapes to be included on the chorus.

Track listings

UK CD single[1] "Have You Ever" – 3:20 "Have You Ever" (BBC Children in Need version) – 3:20 "Dangerous" – 3:52 "Have You Ever" (CD-ROM video) UK cassette single[2] "Have You Ever" – 3:20 "Have You Ever" (BBC Children in Need version) – 3:20 European CD single[3] "Have You Ever" – 3:20 "Never Had a Dream Come True" – 4:00

Australian CD single[4] "Have You Ever" – 3:20 "Never Had a Dream Come True" – 4:00 "Dangerous" – 3:52 "Have You Ever" (CD-ROM video) Digital single[5] "Have You Ever" – 3:21 "Dangerous" – 3:54

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Sunshine album booklet.^[6]

Studios

• Vocals recorded at Larrabee Studios (Los Angeles)
• Produced and mixed at The Aquarium (London, England)
• Mastered at Transfermation (London, England)

Personnel

• Cathy Dennis – writing, arrangement
• Andrew Frampton – writing, programming
• Chris Braide – writing
• John Themis – guitars
• Greg Wells – piano, organ
• Dave Stewart – keyboards
• Stephen Lipson – programming, production
• Heff Moraes – mixing, engineering
• Richard Dowling – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2001) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[7] 49 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[8] 49 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[9] 8 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[10] 11 Germany (GfK)[11] 37 Ireland (IRMA)[12] 4 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[13] 20 Romania (Romanian Top 100)[14] 39 Scotland (OCC)[15] 1 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 21 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 40 UK Singles (OCC)[18] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2001) Position Ireland (IRMA)[19] 45 UK Singles (OCC)[20] 21

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[21]	Gold	400,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United Kingdom	19 November 2001	CD cassette	Polydor 19	[22]
Australia		CD		[23]

References

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2. Have You Ever (UK cassette single sleeve). S Club 7. Polydor Records, 19 Recordings. 2001. 5705004.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
3. Have You Ever (European CD single liner notes). S Club 7. Polydor Records, 19 Recordings. 2001. 5705012.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
4. Have You Ever (Australian CD single liner notes). S Club 7. Polydor Records, 19 Recordings. 2001. 5704912.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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6. Sunshine (UK CD album booklet). S Club 7. Polydor Records, 19 Recordings. 2001. 5894612.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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22. "New Releases – For Week Starting November 19, 2001: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 17 November 2001. p. 31. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
23. "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 19 Nov 2001" (PDF). ARIA. 19 November 2001. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2002. Retrieved 18 August 2021.