| "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" from the film Cinderella |
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| Written by | Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston |
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| Published | 1950 |
| Language | English |
| Original artist | Ilene Woods |
"A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" is a song written and composed by Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston for the Walt Disney film Cinderella (1950). In the song Cinderella (as sung by Ilene Woods)[1] encourages her animal friends to never stop dreaming, and that theme continues throughout the entire story. The theme of the song was taken from Franz Liszt's Etude No. 9 "Ricordanza" of the Transcendental Etudes.
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Thematically, the lyrics recall the sentiments expressed in "When You Wish upon a Star" from Pinocchio (1940). In equating a dream with a wish, the song establishes that Cinderella is using the word "dream" in the metaphorical sense of desires that can, as the lyric promises, "come true." "When You Wish upon a Star" makes this same promise, as does other Disney material, such as the fireworks show Remember... Dreams Come True and related promotions.[2] The literal meaning of the word, as something that happens "when you're fast asleep", reappears in another Disney song, "Once Upon a Dream" from Sleeping Beauty (1959).
The original version appears on a CD of the original soundtrack, as well as several compilations. Ilene Woods with Harold Mooney and his Orchestra recorded the song in Hollywood on October 26, 1949. It was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 31-0014B (in USA) and by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalog numbers B 9971, SG 272, HM 2753, JK 2679, SAB 7 and EA 3914.
It has also been recorded by a number of other artists, including Daniel Bedingfield who sang a swing version, Julie Andrews for her album "Julie Andrews Selects Her Favorite Disney Songs" (2005), Nikki Blonsky, Michael Bolton, Ashley Brown, Perry Como, Hilary Duff, Eden Espinosa, Kimberley Locke, Johnny Mathis, Cher, Bette Midler, Linda Ronstadt and Tomiko Van. One studio compilation, Cinderella: Songs from the Classic Fairy Tale (1998) places the song in context with other musical treatments of the Cinderella story, including songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Sergey Prokofiev, Stephen Sondheim and the Sherman Brothers.
Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres' and His Orchestra recorded it in New York City on October 3, 1949. It was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-3607A (in USA)[3] and by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalog numbers B 9961, HM 2730, SAB 8 and IP 615.
The song has also been used as part of the opening titles of several iterations of the Walt Disney anthology series, notably in the medley for The Wonderful World of Disney (1969–1979) and in The Magical World of Disney (1988).
Brian Wilson covered it as a bonus track on his album In the Key of Disney, which was released on October 25, 2011.
Former Mouseketeer Annette Funicello's 1994 autobiography is named after this song from Cinderella. The full title of the book, which was co-written by Patricia Romanowski, is A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: My Story (ISBN 0-7868-8092-9). An abridged version of the book on audio cassette was released the same year. A made-for-TV movie based on the book, A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story, was made in 1995.
The song is heard on board the Disney Dream in various shows and as the ships horn.[4]
| "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" | ||||
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| Single by Disney Channel Circle of Stars | ||||
| from the album DisneyMania 4 | ||||
| Released | November 21, 2006 | |||
| Format | Digital download, CD single | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Dance-pop, R&B[5] | |||
| Length | 3:45 (Single version) 3:39 (Radio edit) |
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| Label | Walt Disney Records | |||
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The song was re-recorded by the Disney Channel Circle of Stars, a group of actors and actresses who have appeared in Disney Channel television series and original movies. The line-up was significantly different from that of their re-recording of "Circle of Life" in 2004. It shot #1 on Disney's singles chart, along with topping several charts around the world. This version has been used to launch the inflight music aboard international flights via Cebu Pacific airlines, starting in December 2010.
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