"Menatap dalam Mimpi" (Staring in a Dream) is a single by Malaysian artist, Siti Nurhaliza. It is the second bonus track from her live album, Unplugged to serve as a single after "Mikraj Cinta" in 2015. Music for the song is written by Aubrey Suwito while its lyrics are provided by Rozi Sang Dewi. A tribute to her late father, Tarudin Ismail, thematically the lyrics for "Menatap dalam Mimpi" revolves around her longing feelings for him. On 2 November 2016, its final official music video was uploaded to Siti Nurhaliza's official Vevo account after its first music video was retracted in less than 12 hours it was published in August.

In September 2015, "Menatap dalam Mimpi" was nominated for 2015 Anugerah Planet Muzik for Best Female Singer. A year later, on 18 December 2016, the song won two nominations from 2016 Anugerah Industri Muzik for Best Musical Arrangement in a Song and Best Vocal Performance in a Song (Female). "Menatap dalam Mimpi" earned her 13th Best Vocal Performance in a Song (Female) from Anugerah Industri Muzik in total. The song was also nominated for Best Pop Song.

The production of "Menatap dalam Mimpi" began when Siti Nurhaliza decided to include three additional tracks to accompany the release of her 2015 live album, Unplugged—"Engkau", "Menatap dalam Mimpi", and "Mikraj Cinta". According to the composer Aubrey Suwito, the inspiration for him to write the melody to "Menatap dalam Mimpi" came when he read a poem that was written and uploaded by Siti's sister-in-law and personal manager Rozi Abdul Razak on her personal Twitter account. Upon reading the poem, it only took Aubrey 20 minutes to compose the melody. Rozi who is also Siti's personal manager and sister-in-law was tasked by Siti to compose lyrics that best describe about "losing someone that we truly love".

The recording session for "Menatap dalam Mimpi" took place in June 2015. Recorded at Aubrey's personal recording studio, Siti is said to love the melody of the song at its first preview. She admitted that the song's composition is really challenging. She also said, "It possesses the musical elements that require me to diversify the usage of my vocal range. It would not be wrong for me to say, that it is like a musical song that we often heard in films by Walt Disney. According to Siti, her take on this song is that it is describing her feelings when she lost her late father. She described, "The recording process was so challenging because I was swept by emotions. Aubrey gave me a lot of input and I'm proud of how it had turned out."

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