Any Dream Will Do (song) Scotland, where the song debuted at number one, succeeding "Icky Thump" by The White Stripes. Downloads and CD single sales raise funds for the BBC's annual Children in Need charity appeal. Any Dream Will Do (song) "Any Dream Will Do" is a popular song written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice for the 1968 musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". It is generally the beginning and the concluding song of the musical, sung by the title character of Joseph. The song has been sung by numerous performers. In 1969 it was released on the B-side of the 7-inch
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat came with a 100-guinea advance from Novello. This resulted in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", a retelling of the biblical story of Joseph, in which Lloyd Webber and Rice humorously pastiched a number of pop-music styles. The piece was first presented as a 15-minute pop cantata at Colet Court School in London on 1 March 1968. Lloyd Webber's composer father William arranged for a second performance at his church, Westminster Central Hall, with a revised and expanded 20-minute format; the boys of Colet Court and members of the band Mixed Bag sang at this performance in May 1968. One