The verses of 'Daydream' use a I–VI m7–ii–V chord progression and the refrain uses IV–i ☇–I–VI m7. The song employs swing, a rhythmic feel commonly heard in both jazz and blues, though Sebastian later clarified that, like both of the Supremes' songs, the shuffle ' all the way expressed'. Employing a 'trick figure' he had devised months earlier to play Motown songs on guitar, his arrangement of 'Baby Love' for a single guitar transformed into 'Daydream'. Sebastian initially hoped to compose a song like the Supremes' 1964 singles ' Baby Love' and ' Where Did Our Love Go', both of which he thought had a ' straight eighth feel'. While riding the bus to their November 27 show in Greensboro, North Carolina, he composed 'Daydream', finishing the song in around twenty minutes. On a rainy day near the tour's end, Sebastian was feeling particularly depressed and sought to raise his own spirits by writing a song. The Lovin' Spoonful generally enjoyed the experience but found the schedule physically exhausting, and Sebastian additionally missed his wife Loretta 'Lorey' Kaye.

The Lovin' Spoonful served as a support act during the tour for the American girl group the Supremes, and the two groups traveled together on the same bus. John Sebastian composed 'Daydream' in November 1965, during a 19-day tour through the American South. 'Daydream' proved influential, especially among British musicians, directly inspiring the 1966 compositions ' Good Day Sunshine' by the Beatles and ' Sunny Afternoon' by the Kinks. Among the instruments on the finished recording are a honky-tonk piano and four differently textured guitars, one of which uses a volume-control pedal. During a break from their busy touring schedule, the Lovin' Spoonful recorded the song the following month at Bell Sound Studios in New York City. He was initially inspired by the music of the Supremes, with whom the Lovin' Spoonful was then touring, and the final composition relates to his earliest influences in jug band music. Sebastian composed 'Daydream' in November 1965 in an effort to lift his spirits amid a grueling three-week tour of the American South. It was also a major international hit, becoming the band's first single to chart in the United Kingdom and ultimately their most successful there, reaching number two. The song was the Lovin' Spoonful's third consecutive single to enter the top ten in the United States, and their most successful to that point, reaching number two.

Written by John Sebastian, it was issued as a single in February 1966 and was the title track of the band's second album, Daydream, released the following month. ' Daydream' is a song by the American folk rock band the Lovin' Spoonful. ' Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?'

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