A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes

"A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" is a song written and composed by Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston for the 1950 film "Cinderella". In it Cinderella (Ilene Woods) encourages her animal friends to never stop dreaming, and that theme continues throughout the entire story. It was also nominated for AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, as one of 15 from Disney and one of 17 from an animated movie to be nominated. The ones that eventually made the cut was: "When You Wish Upon A Star" (#7), "Some Day My Prince Will Come" (#19), "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (#36), "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (#47), "Beauty and the Beast" (#62) and "Hakuna Matata" (#99).

Lyrics
Movie Version= A dream is a wish your heart makes When you're fast asleep In dreams you lose your heartaches Whatever you wish for, you keep Have faith in your dreams and someday Your rainbow will come smiling through No matter how your heart is grieving If you keep on believing The dream that you wish will come true

(Speaking) Oh that clock! Killjoy. I hear you, Come on, Get up you say!. Even he bosses me around. Well, there's one thing. They can't order me to stop dreaming. And perhaps someday...

(Singing) The dream that I wish Will Come true

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No Matter How Your heart is grieving If you keep on believing The Dream that you Wish Will Come True. A dream is a wish your heart makes When you're fast asleep In dreams you will lose your heartache Whatever you wish for, you keep
 * -|Linda Ronstadt's Version=

Have faith in your dreams and someday Your rainbow will come smiling through No matter how your heart is grieving If you keep on believing The dream that you wish will come true

A dream is a wish your heart makes When you're feeling small Alone, in the night you whisper Thinking no one can hear you at all

You wake with the morning sunlight To find fortune that is smiling on you Don't let your heart be filled with sorrow For all you know tomorrow The dream that you wish will come true

A dream is a wish your heart makes A dream is a wish your heart makes You wake with the morning sunlight To find fortune that is smiling on you

Don't let your heart be filled with sorrow For all you know tomorrow The dream that you wish will come true No matter how your heart is grieving If you keep on believing The dream that you wish will come true (Feel your dream!)
 * -|Steps in Time Version=

A dream is a wish your heart makes (Yeah!) When you're fast asleep (In your dreams!) In dreams you lose your heartaches Whatever you wish for, you keep (Oh! You know you gotta have faith!) Have faith in your dreams and someday Your rainbow will come shining through (See it shining!) No matter how your heart is grieving If you keep on believing The dream that you wish will come true

(Make your wish!) (Find your dream! Come on!) (Make your wish!) (You gotta dream! Come on!)

So if you have a dream And believe with all your heart Then make a wish and watch the magic start

Have faith in your dreams and someday Your rainbow will come shining through No matter how your heart is grieving (How your heart is grieving!) If you keep on believing (Just keep on believing!) The dream that you wish (Yes the dream!) Whatever you wish (Yes the dream!) Yes the dream that you wish will come true

(Make your wish!) (Find your dream!) (Make your wish!) (Find your dream!)

Cinderella (2015)
In this version, it is sung by Lily James, appearing during the credits of the film.

Twice Charmed
The song appears in the Spin-off musical, aboard Disney Cruise Line's Disney Magic, sung by the Company. It serves as the shows finale, as the Prince and Cinderella get remarried.

Steps in Time
A Latin jazz version sung by Eden Espinosa served as the opening number in the former Hyperion Theater show, Steps in Time. The song, including multiple remixes, has found life in countless Disney events thereafter. It was featured at the grand opening of the Magical Moments Festival, as well as Disneyland's Grad Nite 2006-2009 and California Adventure's New Years Celebration 2006-2009. Alternative tracks without Eden's vocals also showed up at the 2015 Walt Disney Legacy Awards and the finale of Mickey's Showtime.

A pop arrangement was used for Grad Nite 2010, as well as Disneyland's 56th through 59th birthday celebrations. A rock arrangement has been used at Disneyland's Grad Nite from 2011 and California Adventure's Grad Nite 2013 up to the present, though it is usually played in part. Lastly, the Disneyland All-American College Band has performed an instrumental version every summer from 2007 to 2016.