![]() ![]() ![]() "It opens up you heart, and there's this spiritual awareness." This was the inspiration to write something very special for Kermit as well. At the beginning of Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket sings " When You Wish Upon a Star," which the pair felt set the mood for the whole picture. Williams and Ascher had a discussion about a film they both loved, Walt Disney's adaptation of Pinocchio. Knowing they needed an "I am song", they looked at the setting. When Williams and Ascher started work on the songs for The Muppet Movie, they met at Williams' house with Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, and Frank Oz to talk about the direction about the songs. In 2021, the Library of Congress inducted the song into its National Recording Registry. ![]() ![]() The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song in 1979, and was performed at the awards ceremony the following year. The single of this song reached #25 on Billboard's "Hot 100 Singles" chart in 1979 and the American Film Institute named Rainbow Connection the 74th greatest movie song of all time in AFI's 100 Years…100 Songs. ![]()
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