The Wildest Dreams of the Moody Blues

Your Wildest Dreams by the Moody Blues was considered the comeback song for American audiences. America first heard the Moody Blues in the late sixties. They had a big hit with Ride My See-Saw. It's not bluesy actually the song has a hint of feedback, harmony, and a fast going pulsing beat. 

Then the album Days of Future Past came out. It was a mix of late sixties pop with a symphony playing, and it was a concept album. This was the elements of prog rock, but the Moody Blues never got lumped in that label. The concept of the album was about a day. Peak Hour was about noontime. Tuesday Afternoon was about afternoons. The big song was Nights in White Satin about nights. This album was so big that Nights in White Satin wasn't the hit single of the album upon original release. The song was later shortened and released years after the album's original release. 

The Moody Blues continued through the seventies with rock albums and hits in England. They had American top 40 songs, but they didn't penetrate the mainstream the way See Saw or Nights did. 

Mtv is credited with popularizing a lot of terrible artists who had a look or knew good video directors. Mtv also helped some 1960s artists or 1970s artists come back or hit the mainstream. The Moody Blues had a good song. The video had the right lighting and the right images and they had a hit. 

Let's not undersell the 1986 Moody Blues, the song is really good. There's synthesizers but it's not 1980s heavy synth. It's got a groove and harmony. It is definitely one of their best songs. The song can be found on several greatest hits compilations right next to Nights in White Satin or Singer in a Rock n Roll Band.