"Shattered Dreams" is a song by English musical group Johnny Hates Jazz from their debut studio album, Turn Back the Clock (1988).

In the United States, it was released with an alternative music video shot entirely in black and white and directed by David Fincher, which Datchler preferred.

Singer Clark Datchler wrote "Shattered Dreams" in a small studio he had set up in the front room of his parents' house.

But this time, his dad walked in and told him he had written a big hit, and believed in the song's potential when few other people in the music industry did.

[4] On the lyrics, Datchler said: Obviously when I wrote "Shattered Dreams" I had it in mind that it would revolve around divorce, not just a relationship break-up but something a little bit heavier.

The song has been covered by boyband Ultra, on their 1999 eponymous album; by house music artist Jaybee in 2005;[5] by Russian singer Sergey Lazarev on his TV Show album, which was his first solo outing outside the post-Soviet zone and his first international single to be formally released in the United Kingdom, and reached number 19 on the Russian TopHit Top Radio Hits chart;[6] and in 2009 by Quentin Elias, former singer for French boy band Alliage, by American Idol season 7 winner David Cook during his Declaration tour.

Jerry Smith of the Music Week magazine praised "Shattered Dreams" that he described as "an impressive and very catchy number with a smooth Americain style", and underlined its "rich harmonies and a polished sound".