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Not enough in-depth coverage on independent reliable sources to justify WP:SIGCOV, fails WP:GNG as well as WP:NSONG. Vestrian24Bio 14:01, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep – The nomination and delete rationale are based on an incomplete assessment of available sources. The song satisfies both WP:GNG and WP:NSONG through multiple independent, non-trivial avenues of coverage:
  • Significant retrospective coverage: Rolling Stone (2024) included “Dare to Dream” in its feature on the “15 Best Olympic Musical Performances,” with multiple paragraphs of retrospective commentary analysing the song’s cultural impact, legacy, and role in Olympic history. This constitutes non-routine, independent, secondary analysis rather than a passing mention.
  • Awards and commercial significance: “Dare to Dream” is the official Olympic theme and lead track of the Sydney 2000 Olympic album, which achieved 2× Platinum certification (ARIA) and received an ARIA Award nomination for Best Original Soundtrack. As the primary thematic work, the song’s notability is directly tied to the album’s recognised success.
  • Documentary subject coverage: The song’s commissioning, writing, and selection process are treated as a distinct subject of analysis in the 2020 television documentary Towards Tokyo: The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Sydney 2000: Uncovered, providing independent, in-depth contextual coverage.
  • Enduring cultural significance: The song continues to be discussed in secondary sources examining Olympic legacy music, including retrospective Olympic commentary and secondary athlete profiles discussing Olympic legacy music.

Taken individually, several of these points satisfy notability; taken together, they clearly meet the requirements of WP:GNG and WP:NSONG. The coverage is significant, independent, and analytical, and therefore supports article retention. StriderL (talk) 08:58, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Article is sourced almost entirely to artists’ webpages (not independent), UGC like Youtube and Instagram, and listicles that mention the song in passing without any analysis (Rolling Stone piece). Nothing else found. Also, the comment above this one is obviously LLM-generated, woulds someone please collapse? WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 12:18, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]