If I Can Dream (from the NBC Elvis All-Star Tribute)

The hopeful, uplifting "If I Can Dream" marked the rebirth of Elvis' career after he spent most of the 1960s recording mainly soundtracks to the movies he was appearing in. It was the last song he sang on Elvis, his 1968 NBC comeback special in the USA, which was his first live performance in seven years. The song was written at the last minute by the show's musical director, W. Earl Brown, at the request of the producer Steve Binder to replace "I'll Be Home For Christmas." He wrote it as a response to the assassinations of the famous dreamers Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, which had happened a few months previously.

In both the UK and US, this was Elvis' biggest chart hit since "Love Letters" in 1966.

As part of a series of re-releases of Elvis songs in the UK in 2007, "If I Can Dream" re-entered the UK chart at #17.