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
Michelle Magorian stories. When she was 24 she became interested in children's books, and decided to write one herself. The result was "Goodnight Mister Tom".The idea for the book came from the colours in a song from "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat". She thought of brown as an earthy, old colour and green as a colour of youth. The character of William Beech came into her head because she thought of a beech tree with its slim trunk and it gave her the idea for a slim young boy. Some details for the story came from her mother's tales about her