In 1963, Roy Orbison wrote a song in his sleep. Since then, it has been streamed 94,000,000 times

Roy Orbison said the idea for “In Dreams” came to him while he was half asleep in 1962, and that he wrote the song within 20 minutes of waking. Released in 1963, the ballad became a hit and showed how Orbison could hold an audience with a quiet, emotionally intense performance.

The song reached number seven in the United States and number six in the UK. Its later use in David Lynch’s 1986 film *Blue Velvet* revived interest in Orbison’s music; although he was initially uncomfortable with the scene, he later said it gave the song a new dimension. The headline reports that it has since been streamed 94 million times.