"If You Can Dream" is a song originally written and produced for the Disney Princess franchise. It was first released in the album Disney Princess: Ultimate Song Collection. The song served the purpose of somewhat as a theme song for the Disney Princess franchise and is performed by Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Pocahontas, Mulan, Jasmine and Belle. The song was made prior to the creation of Tiana, Rapunzel, Merida, Anna, and Elsa which is why they were not featured in it.
Singers
Susan Stevens Logan as Cinderella
Christie Houser as Princess Aurora
Jodi Benson as Princess Ariel
Paige O'Hara as Belle
Judy Kuhn as Pocahontas
Lea Salonga as Jasmine and Mulan
Lyrics
(Ariel)
There is a world where hope
And dreams can last for all time
A wounderous place to go
You'll know it when your heart finds
(Jasmine)
Hearing our song as old as rhyme
Hold my hand we're gonna fly
What a magic ride
And just a kiss away
(Chorus)
If you can dream the wish we're making
On a star is coming true
(Pocahontas)
The colors of the wind will lead
My heart right back to you
(Chorus)
Cause if you can dream,
Reflections in a diamond sky,
(Mulan)
Come shining on through
(Aurora)
Romance will always be so new
And love will save the day
If you can dream
(Snow White)
Someday my prince will come
It's certain as the sunrise
(Cinderella)
One day the slipper fits
And you see the love in his eyes
(Belle)
It's the tale as old as time
There's no mountain we can't climb
When you're finally mine
And just a kiss away
(Chorus)
If you can dream the wish we're making
On a star is coming true
(Pocahontas)
The colors of the wind will lead
My heart right back to you
(Chorus)
Cause if you can dream,
Reflections in a diamond sky,
(Mulan)
Come shining on through
(Aurora)
Romance will always be so new
And love will save the day
If you can dream
(Belle)
So the story goes
Never dye the rose
(Jasmine)
There's a whole new world
Waiting there for us
(Chorus)
Waiting just for us
If you can dream the wish we're making
On a star is coming true
(Pocahontas)
The colors of the wind will lead
My heart right back to you
(Chorus)
Cause if you can dream,
Reflections in a diamond sky,
Come shining on through
(Aurora)
Romance will always be so new
(Ariel)
And love will save the day, oh
(Mulan)
Love will save the day
If you can dream
(Ariel)
You can dream
Allusions
- Jasmine ("Hearing our song as old as rhyme") and Belle ("It's the tale as old as time") reference to the song, "Beauty and the Beast" from the animated musical film with the same name.
- Jasmine's line "What a magic ride" references to the magic carpet ride Aladdin took her on in Aladdin.
- Pocahontas' line "The colors of the wind will lead..." references to the song "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas.
- The chorus line "Reflections in a diamond sky" references to the song "Reflection" from Mulan.
- Snow White's line "Someday my prince will come" references to the song "Some Day My Prince Will Come" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- Cinderella's line "One day the slipper fits" references to Prince Charming's quest to find the girl whose foot fit the glass slipper in Cinderella.
- Belle's lines "So the story goes" and "Never die the rose" reference to Belle's interest in reading and the enchanted rose the Beast hid in the West Wing, respectively, from Beauty and the Beast.
Pocahontas, Cinderella and Jasmine Singing
- Jasmine's line "There's a whole new world" references to the song "A Whole New World" from Aladdin.
Trivia
- Despite singing in the song, Snow White wasn't seen singing in the video.
- Special video editing done by Industrial Light & Magic was used to create the video and match the lip-syncing of the princesses.
- This was the first official theme song of the Disney Princesses before The Glow, in which Tiana and Rapunzel are featured.
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