Jeff Lynne said working with Roy Orbison was an experience that could not have been better, describing the singer as both his favourite vocalist and “such a lovely guy”. Their collaboration mattered because it paired Lynne’s production and songwriting with Orbison’s distinctive voice during a late-career revival for the American musician.

Lynne co-wrote and produced Orbison’s 1988 single ‘You Got It’, from the album Mystery Girl, after also working with him in the Travelling Wilburys. The song reached the UK top ten and later peaked at number five in the US, but Orbison died of a heart attack in December 1988, shortly before he could see its full chart success. The article presents the track as evidence of Orbison’s enduring vocal power and of Lynne’s effort to reintroduce him to a wider audience.