When you wish upon a star

When You Wish upon a Star is a song written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington in 1940 . In the version by Cliff Edwards , sung in the film by the Disney character Jiminy Grille , it won the Oscar in the category Best Song for the film song for the Walt Disney film Pinocchio . The American Film Institute voted the song number seven on America's Greatest Music in the Movies list .

In the film, Jiminy Grille first sings the song about making wishes come true and then tells the story of Pinocchio . The song became a Disney signature over the years and was used as the theme song on Disney television shows in the 1950s and 1960s. The song is still used today in the opening credits of Disney films as part of the logo animation.

Connie Francis released the song on her album Connie Francis sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits . Other cover versions are by Guy Lombardo , Horace Heidt , Cliff Edwards and Eels .

The song was covered by swing musicians and orchestras as early as the 1940s. a. by Chick Bullock , Glenn Miller , Will Bradley , Harry James and Red Nichols , in Europe also by Stan Brenders , Svend Asmussen , Putte Wickman , Bernard Peiffer and Charlie and his Orchestra . Over time, the song became a jazz standard and has been recorded by many jazz musicians including Louis Armstrong , Dave Brubeck , Glenn Miller, Joe Pass , Keith Jarrett , Manhattan Transfer , Sun Ra, and Bill Evans . Tom Lord lists 255 cover versions of the title. In Germany, the song (also in the dubbed version by Pinocchio ) became known under the title "When a Star in Dark Night".

Lyrics

Original English text	German transmission
When you wish upon a star Makes no difference who you are Anything your heart desires Will come to you	When a star smiles brightly at you in a dark night , look to the sky and you have three wishes
If your heart is in your dream No request is too extreme When you wish upon a star As dreamers do	If life becomes a burden to you, once you have grief look to the sky and the grief is over
Fate is kind She brings to those who love A sweet fulfillment of their secret longing	If you ca n't buy happiness anywhere, you want to dream of it now and then
Like a bolt out of the blue Fate steps in and sees you through When you wished upon a star Your dreams come true	Just be aware, this world is wonderful, look to the sky and dreams will come true!

Individual evidence

1. ^ America's Greatest Music in the Movies. Retrieved January 4, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Jellycorp®: Disney Intro. September 27, 2009, accessed February 2, 2017 . 
3. ^ Cliff Edwards, When You Wish Upon A Star. Retrieved January 4, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 6, 2014)