Song · The Moody Blues
“Your Wildest Dreams” by The Moody Blues
From the album The Other Side of Life (1986)
“Your Wildest Dreams” by The Moody Blues appears on 15 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2014 and 2026. It was first released in 1986 on the album The Other Side of Life. Its best result is #72 on the WMGK Philly 500 (2022).
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"Your Wildest Dreams" reached the world in 1986 as a single, ahead of the Moody Blues album The Other Side of Life, and Justin Hayward wrote it looking back at his first love. He has said the song came from wondering what became of the first girl he truly fell for, and whose heart he broke, and that writing it sent him on a personal trip into his own past that he found both wonderful and unsettling.
The sound marked a sharp turn: Tony Visconti produced and recorded it with glossy synth-pop sheen in place of the band's familiar lush swirl, and Hayward's wistful voice floats over the shimmer like a man paging through old photographs. It went to number nine in America, the band's second biggest hit there, on Polydor.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 348 | Big 100 | BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2019 | 717 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 | 1025 |
| 2021 | 250 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s | 909 |
| 2021 | 349 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) | 1043 |
| 2022 | 72 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2022 | 477 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2023 | 181 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) | 1043 |
| 2023 | 434 | KSHE 95 | KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) | 500 |
| 2023 | 72 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2023) | 500 |
| 2023 | 906 | 101.5 WPDH | WPDH Top 1015 (2023) | 1015 |
| 2024 | 794 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) | 1043 |
| 2024 | 247 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2024) | 500 |
| 2025 | 729 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) | 1043 |
| 2025 | 129 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2025) | 500 |
| 2026 | 109 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2026) | 500 |
Also listed as: In Your Wildest Dreams.
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