Entertainment Weekly - February 24 - March 3, 2017

THE

GREATEST DISNE

Ever since Snow White warbled into a wishing well in 1937,

Here, EW ranks the studio’s20 most

When

You Wish

Upon

a Star

Among an impossible

field of competitors—

seriously, can anyone

rank these songs without

upsetting friends?—the

opening tune of the

studio’s second animated

feature is a surprisingly

easy pick for the top spot.

Beyond underscoring

the company logo since

the 1950s, there simply is

no song more essentially

Disney in meaning

and melody than “When

You Wish Upon a Star.”

In Cliff Edwards’ sweetly

melancholy vibrato,

Jiminy Cricket introduces

us to the very ethos of

these films. All of the

hope and optimism of

the Disney brand is stated

as plain fact: “When

you wish upon a star,

your dreams come true.”

—KEVIN P. SULLIVAN

WRITTEN BY /

Leigh Harline and

Ned Washington

SUNG BY /

Cliff Edwards

PINOCCHIO

1940

*EDITOR’S NOTE: AS SUNG BY THE PERFORMERS IN THE FILMS