WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR

"'When You Wish upon a Star'" is a popular song written by Ned Washington and Leigh Harline and introduced in the 1940 Walt Disney movie ''Pinocchio'', where it is sung by Cliff Edwards in the character of Jiminy Cricket, over the opening credits and again in the final scene of the film.
The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song that year, and became a theme song for the Disney company, used in the opening sequences of Disney anthology television series and in Walt Disney Pictures' opening logos.
The American Film Institute ranked it seventh in their 100 Greatest Songs in Film History, the highest ranked Disney song.
In Sweden, Norway and Denmark, the song has become a Christmas song, often referring to the ''Star of Bethlehem''. The Swedish language version is called ''Ser du stjärnan i det blå'', roughly translated: "do you see the star in the blue(sky)", and the Danish title is "''Når du ser et stjerneskud''", which roughly translates as "When you see a falling star".
This song was also covered by Gene Simmons on his Kiss solo album Gene Simmons (album)
The australian singer Kylie Minogue played this song as a short interlude before the song Dreams in her Showgirl Homecoming Tour.

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The Steven Spielberg film ''Close Encounters'' uses the song's melody as the mothership rises.

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★ The Rainbow Connection - A song performed by Kermit the Frog in ''The Muppet Movie'', which has had the same role for The Jim Henson Company.