"I'm Wishing" is the first song from Disney's 1937 animated feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and by extension, the first song in the Disney animated features canon. It was written by composer Frank Churchill and lyricist Larry Morey, and performed by Adriana Caselotti as Snow White.
In the song, Snow White expresses her desire to find love as she works in the courtyard of the Queen's castle. The Prince overhears Snow White singing her wishes into the wishing well and listens for a while before climbing over the castle wall to meet her, leading into "One Song".
Lyrics[]
Snow White:
Wanna know a secret?
Promise not to tell?
We are standing by a wishing well
Make a wish into the well, that's all you have to do
And if you hear it echoing
Your wish will soon come true
I'm wishing (I'm wishing)
For the one I love
To find me (To find me)
Today (Today)
I'm hoping (I'm hoping)
And I'm dreaming of
The nice things (The nice things)
He'll say (He'll say)
(vocalizing)
I'm wishing (I'm wishing)
For the one I love
To find me (To find me)
Today
Prince: Today
It's so sad and lonely, Wishing Well,
Longing for someone you never see.
Make him love me only, Wishing Well,
Won't you grant this favor to me?
I'm wishing
For the one I love
To find me
Today.
I'm hoping
And I'm dreaming of
The nice things,
He'll say.
Tell me, Wishing Well,
Will my wish come true?
With your magic spell,
Won't you tell my loved one what to do?
I'm wishing
For the one I love
To find me
Today.
Other usages[]
The song is a music track utilized in Snow White's Scary Adventures at the Disney Parks and is played around the Snow White Grotto where it can be heard coming from a wishing well.
In the Mickey Mouse episode "Wish Upon a Coin", Snow White begins humming the song before Mickey and Minnie sing the song in full, with Goofy and Pete singing parts of the song.
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Trivia[]
- The song "What Good Will Wishing Do?" from My Little Pony: The Movie is an homage to this song and its sequence, with Baby Lickety-Split singing into a well, and it sings back to her, though in this case, it was one of the Flutter Ponies.
- The Beatles' song "Do You Want to Know a Secret" was inspired by this song, specifically the opening lines.
- This song and "One Song" are alluded to in Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep by the Prince, who mentions to Aqua, "It was a song that drew us together..."
- A slightly different version of the song is sung by Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, and Pete in "Wish Upon a Coin".
- In Ralph Breaks the Internet, Snow White mentions to Vanellope that she sang about her dreams in the wishing well.
- The song was replaced with "Waiting on a Wish" in the 2025 live-action remake.
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