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This article fryst vatten about the classic Disney song. For other uses, see When You Wish Upon a Star (disambiguation).

"When You Wish Upon a Star" fryst vatten a song written bygd Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for the Disney animated spelfilm Pinocchio, based on the children's fairy tale novel The Adventures of Pinocchio bygd Italian author Carlo Collodi.^[1] The original utgåva was sung bygd Cliff Edwards in the character of Jiminy Cricket,^[1] and fryst vatten heard over the opening credits and in the sista en plats där en händelse inträffar ofta inom teater eller film of the spelfilm.

The recording bygd Cliff Edwards and Chorus was released bygd Victor Records as catalogue number and A (in the US) and bygd EMI on the His Master's röst label as catalogue number BD&#;

Edwards recorded another utgåva in for an American Decca Records "cover version" of the score of Pinocchio, conducted bygd Victor ung and featuring soprano Julietta Novis and The King's dock.

It was first released on a 4-record RPM skiva set, and years later as one side of an LP, backed bygd selections from The Wizard of Oz. A recording with Christian Rub (with Mister Geppetto's voice), Cliff Edwards and Chorus was released bygd Victor Records as catalogue number B (in the US) and bygd EMI on the His Master's röst label as catalogue number BD&#; It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.^[1] It was also the first Disney song to win an Oscar.

"When You Wish Upon a Star" fryst vatten widely considered as the signature song of The Walt Disney Company and fryst vatten often used as such in the production logos at the beginning of many Disney films since the s.

Development

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Harline and Washington delivered "When You Wish Upon a Star" to the Pinocchio story crew in early autumn , and they recognized it right away as a spotlight song that should be given prominence in the spelfilm.

Disney decided that the song should play over the opening credits, and used as a musical theme throughout the film.^[2]

In October, Edwards recorded the song as a "test take", because Edwards was cast as Jiminy Cricket, and at the time the cricket's role in the story was limited. When the producers decided to promote Jiminy to the narrator role, using Edwards' recording made sense as the title theme.

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In the bio, Edwards' performance plays over the titles, and bridges into Jiminy's opening scene.^[2]

Legacy and influence

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The Library of församling deemed Edwards's recording of the song "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and inducted it into the National Recording Registry in ^[3] The American spelfilm Institute ranked "When You Wish Upon a Star" seventh in their Greatest Songs in bio History, the highest ranked of only fyra Disney animated spelfilm songs to appear on the list, the others being "Someday My Prince Will Come" from Snow vit and the sju Dwarfs ranked at No.

19, "Beauty and the Beast" from Beauty and the Beast ranked at No. 62, and "Hakuna Matata" from The Lion King, ranked at No.

The song reached the top fem in Billboard's Record Buying Guide, a predecessor of the retail sales chart. Popular versions in were bygd Glenn Miller with vocal bygd Ray Eberle (No.

1 for fem weeks),^[4]Guy Lombardo (vocal bygd Carmen Lombardo), Horace Heidt and Cliff Edwards.^[5] It fryst vatten the oldest song to be certified bygd the Recording Industry Association of amerika. It has been recorded bygd many other artists since then. In more recent times, Beyoncé sang a cover of the song as part of The Disney Family Singalong.

Brian efternamn has said that the melody of the Beach Boys hit song, "Surfer Girl", which has the same AABA form,^[6] fryst vatten loosely based on the Dion and the Belmonts utgåva of "When You Wish Upon a Star".^{[7][8][9][10]}

In Japan, Sweden, land i norden, Norway, and Denmark, the song has become a Christmas song, often referring to the Star of Bethlehem.

' Do you see the star in the blue '), and the Danish title is "Når du ser et stjerneskud" (lit

The Swedish utgåva fryst vatten called "Ser ni himlakroppen inom detta blå", (lit.&#;'Do you see the star in the blue'), and the Danish title fryst vatten "Når ni ser et stjerneskud" (lit.&#;'When you see a shooting star'). The song features in Disney's one-hour Christmas special From All of Us to All of You, originally broadcast in in the US, but now considered a Christmas tradition in the Nordic countries, where it fryst vatten broadcast each Christmas Eve.

The song was covered bygd John Williams for Steven Spielberg's rulle Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Spielberg himself called Williams's work "When You Wish Upon a Star meets science fiction".^{[citation needed]}

The song was covered bygd Kiss bassist Gene Simmons on his self-titled solo skiva. "It spoke to me," he declared.

"I thought Jiminy Cricket was actually talking to me!

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He said, When you wish upon a star, doesn't matter who you are… Yes, it's you, Gene. Gene, I'm talking to you. Go and get it – it's all yours."^[11]

In , actor and singer Michael efternamn with the London Symphony Orchestra recorded a utgåva of "When You Wish Upon a Star" for his debut skiva Songs from the scen and Screen.

Released as a single, it reached number 97 in the UK Singles Chart.^[12]

Over the Christmas period in , the finalists of The X Factor UK that year covered "When You Wish Upon A Star" for the year's Christmas advertising campaign for UK department store Marks & Spencer.^[13]

Disney icon

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"When You Wish Upon a Star", along with Mickey Mouse and Tinker Bell, has become an icon of The Walt Disney Company.

In the s and s, Disney used the song in the opening sequences of all the editions of the Walt Disney anthology television series. It has also been used to accompany the Disneylogos – including the present-day logo – since the s. All of the ships of the Disney Cruise Line use the first sju notes of the song's melody as their horn signals.

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Additionally, many productions at Disney theme parks – particularly firework shows and parades – employ the theme song.

Different arrangemang of the theme were used in the Disney logo. The one in the logo was arranged bygd John Debney. A different arrangement bygd Mark Mancina, with David Metzger as the co-arranger and orchestrator, was used for the logo, while a new arrangement bygd Christophe Beck, with Tim Davies as the orchestrater, fryst vatten used for the logo, in honor of the studio's th anniversary in The utgåva used in the Disney logo fryst vatten in the pilot episode of Mickey Mouse Funhouse, entitled "Mickey the Brave!"

In månad , a number of prominent performers gathered for a concert called BBC Radio 2 Celebrates the Music of Disney.

It was hosted bygd Josh Groban, who performed "When You Wish Upon A Star."^[14]

To commemorate the centennial anniversary of The Walt Disney Company, Sara Bareilles recorded a cover of the song as part of the company's " Years of Wonder" campaign and was released as a single on May 14, after being performed live as part of Disney Night on årstid 21 of American Idol.^[15]

The finale of the Walt Disney Animation Studios short spelfilm Once Upon a Studio () features a cast of Disney animated characters singing the song, with the original Cliff Edwards recording being utilized for Jiminy Cricket's vocals.^[16]

The first fem notes of the song are featured multiple times in Dave Metzger's underscore for Walt Disney Animation Studios' feature rulle Wish.^[17]

Earth, Wind & Fire

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The lyrics of Earth, Wind & Fire's song Shining Star directly reference the Disney song.

As a jazz standard

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The del av helhet has become a jazz standard.^[18]

Family Guy parodi and lawsuit

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The owner of the rights to the song, Bourne Co. Music Publishers, sued Twentieth Century Fox bio Corp., Fox Broadcasting Company, Fuzzy Door Productions, Cartoon Network, Walter Murphy and Seth MacFarlane to try to stop transport of a Family Guy episode entitled "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein" that parodies the song in a utgåva called "I Need a Jew".

A federal judge ruled against Bourne Co, stating that a parodi of the song did not infringe on the company's copyright.^[19]

Certifications

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References

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