"Caught in a Dream" is a 1971 song written by Michael Bruce and recorded by his band,

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, on their first major label release album '' Love It to Death''. As the album's second single "Caught in a Dream" was released backed with "Hallowed Be My Name" in May 1971; it peaked in the US at number 94. Coming just before the album's signature hit "

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", "Caught in a Dream" opens ''Love It to Death''. It is a straight-ahead rocker that follows simple hard-rock formulas, trading heavy riffing with guitar fills and solos, "Caught in a Dream" was the album's second single and featured irreverent, tongue-in-cheek lyrics such as "I need everything the world owes me / I tell that to myself and I agree".

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