When You Wish Upon a Star

"When You Wish Upon a Star" is a song written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for Walt Disney's 1940 adaptation of Pinocchio. The original version was sung by Jiminy Cricket (Cliff Edwards) and is heard over the opening credits and in the final scene of the film.

The song was universally praised upon its release. With its theme relating to wishes, dreams, and magic—all of which are synonymous with the Disney brand—the song has since become the anthem for the Walt Disney Company, most famously playing alongside the logo of Walt Disney Pictures before a film.

Lyrics
Opening (Full Song)= Male Character (Singing)/Chorus (Vocalizing): When you wish upon a star Makes no difference who you are Anything your heart desires Will come to you

If your heart is in your dream No request is too extreme When you wish upon a star As dreamers do

Chorus (Singing): Fate is kind She brings to those who love The sweet fulfillment of Their secret longing (Vocalizes)

Jiminy Cricket (Singing)/Chorus (Vocalzing): Like a bolt out of the blue Fate steps in and sees you through When you wish upon a star Your dreams come true Jiminy Cricket (Singing)/Chorus (Vocalizing): When your heart is in your dream No request is too extreme
 * -|Ending (Reprise)=

Chorus (Singing): When you wish upon a star Your dreams come true (Vocalizes) You'll find your dreams come true Jimminy Cricket (Singing): When you wish upon a star Makes no difference who you are Anything your heart desires Will come to you
 * -|Vinyl Recording=

If your heart is in your dream No request is too extreme When you wish upon a star As dreamers do

Fate is kind She brings to those who love The sweet fulfillment of Their secret longing

Like a bolt out of the blue Suddenly it comes in view When you wish upon a star Your dreams come true

When a star is born They possess a gift or two One of them is this They have the power to make a wish come true When you wish When you wish When you wish Wish upon a star
 * -|Meaghan Jette Martin Version=

When you wish When you wish When you wish Wish upon a star

When you wish When you wish When you wish Wish upon a star

When you wish upon a star Makes no difference who you are Anything your heart desires Will come to you

When you wish When you wish When you wish Wish upon a star

If your heart is in your dream No request is too extreme When you wish upon a star As dreamers do

When you wish When you wish

Fate is kind She brings to those who love And this sweet, fulfillment of Their secret's longing

Like a bolt out of a blue Fate steps in and sees you through When you wish upon a star Your dreams come true

When you wish When you wish (yeah yeah yeah) When you wish Wish upon a star (your dreams come true)

When you wish When you wish When you wish Wish upon a star (when you wish upon a star)

When you wish When you wish (when you wish) When you wish Wish upon a star (your dreams come true)

When you wish When you wish When you wish Wish upon a star

Fate is kind She brings to those who love And this sweet, fulfillment of Their secret's longing

When you wish upon a star Makes no difference who you are Anything your heart desires Will come to you

When you wish When you wish

When you wish upon a star Your dreams come true

When you wish When you wish When you wish Wish upon a star (wish upon a star)

When you wish When you wish When you wish (when you wish) Wish upon a star Male Character (Singing)/Chorus (Vocalizing): When you wish upon a star Makes no difference who you are Anything your heart desires Will come to you
 * -|"From All of Us to All of You" version=

If your heart is in your dream No request is too extreme When you wish upon a star As dreamers do

Chorus (Singing): Fate is kind She brings to those who love The sweet fulfillment of Their secret longing (Vocalizes)

Jiminy Cricket (Singing)/Chorus (Vocalzing): Like a bolt out of the blue Fate steps in and sees you through When you wish upon a star Your dreams come true

Jiminy Cricket (Speaking): From all of us to all of you, merry Christmas.

Chorus (Singing): When you wish upon a star Your dreams come true (Vocalizes) You'll find your dreams come true

Trivia

 * "When You Wish Upon a Star" is the first Disney song to win an Oscar, earning an Academy Award for Best Song.
 * The American Film Institute ranked "When You Wish Upon a Star" seventh in their 100 Greatest Songs in Film History.
 * In 2009, the song was preserved into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
 * "When You Wish Upon a Star" has received numerous covers and renditions from popular artists over the decades, some of which include Louis Armstrong, Billy Joel, Idina Menzel, and Meaghan Jette Martin.
 * "When You Wish Upon a Star" was heavily featured in Remember... Dreams Come True at Disneyland and Wishes at Magic Kingdom as opening and finale song. It was also heard in Believe... There's Magic in the Stars and Disneyland Forever.
 * "When You Wish Upon a Star" was also performed on The Muppet Show in the Mark Hamill episode as the closing number.