High Hopes (1959 song)

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"High Hopes" is a popular song, introduced in the 1959 film A Hole In The Head, winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1959. The music was written by Jimmy Van Heusen, the lyrics by Sammy Cahn. It was recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1959 in a hit version, featuring a children's choir, which was included in a 1961 Sinatra album, All the Way.

A version of the song with different lyrics was used as a theme song[1] for the 1960 Presidential Campaign of John Kennedy.

The High Hopes Fund in support of Joslin Diabetes Center was established in 1993 by Academy Award-winning lyricist Sammy Cahn, who wrote the song “High Hopes” and dedicated it to kids with diabetes. The former Joslin patient and songwriting legend’s goal was to provide hope and encouragement to people with diabetes, while supporting the world-leading diabetes center to fight a disease that affects so many. The High Hopes Fund benefits millions of children and adults who live with diabetes and the millions more at risk for the disease. Joslin gives them high hopes for a world without diabetes.

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The lyrics refer to a "billion kilowatt dam". In truth, there are no terawatt dams-- the most powerful dams produce just one-fiftieth of that amount.
In the film A Goofy Movie, this song was playing in the car before the stereo breaks.
In the film Rocky Balboa, Paulie Pennino uses the Sinatra recording of this song as Rocky's entrance theme.