"I Wished on the Moon" is a song composed by Ralph Rainger, with lyrics by Dorothy Parker.
Crosby recorded the song on August 14, 1935[2] with The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra and it reached the charts of the day peaking at No.
[3] At the end of the long recording session, Crosby decided to sing only a single chorus of the song in the middle of an orchestral version instead of the full ballad treatment used in the film.
This led to a long argument between the singer and producer Jack Kapp.
[4] Crosby recorded the song again in 1954 for his album Bing: A Musical Autobiography.