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1	->''"You're sure to do impossible things\
2	If you follow your heart \
3	Your dreams will fly on magical wings\
4	When you follow your heart"''
5	-->-- "Follow Your Heart," ''WesternAnimation/{{Thumbelina\|1994}}''
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7	A song or musical theme, often overlapping with an IWantSong and sometimes becoming a BootstrappedTheme, about the power of following your dreams/your heart/a star and/or making wishes. When done right, will cause even the most jaded badass to cry ManlyTears at the SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic, when done wrong you will want to puke. If the latter, it will become either quickly forgotten or pandemic-level catchy ("Small World" class); if the former, the SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic will become as notable if not [[BreakawayPopHit more]] than the work it premiered in.
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9	See also SomewhereSong.
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11	!!Examples:
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16	* "Follow Your Dreams" from ''Anime/ProjectAKo''
17	* The intro of the Galactic Battles season of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl'' starts "Sometimes it's hard to know which way you're supposed to go, but deep inside you know you're strong. If you follow your heart you can't go wrong
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21	* "When You Wish Upon a Star" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''. Went to being a BootstrappedTheme for the entire Disney empire, as well as (through osmosis via Disney World commercials) Super Bowl victory. Also was sampled by John Williams in the score of ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind''.
22	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'':
23	** "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes".
24	** ''Cinderella II: Dreams Come True'' has a song that bears this trope's name in its title.
25	* "The Second Star To The Right" from ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan''.
26	* "Sweet Dreams" and "The Land of Dreams" from the ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake Sweet Dreams Movie''.
27	* "Follow Your Heart" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Thumbelina\|1994}}''.
28	* "True to Your Heart" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}''.
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32	* "Wishing (Will Make It So)" from ''Love Affair''.
33	* "The Rainbow Connection" from ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'', especially the reprise at the end ("Life's like a movie/Write your own ending...").
34	* "Pure Imagination" from ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' ("Anything you want to, do it/Want to change the world?/There's nothing to it"). It became the BootstrappedTheme for the much-adapted ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' story as a whole when it was used as ClimacticMusic in an otherwise all-new [[Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory stage musical]] in 2013.
35	* [[Film/{{Arthur 1981}} "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"]] is an ExpositoryThemeSong in the verses and this in the chorus because "When you get caught between the moon and New York City/The best that you can do/The best that you can do/Is fall in love", befitting a movie in which the protagonist has to choose between an ArrangedMarriage (and the inheritance that comes with it) and true love.
36	* In ''Film/TheSilenceOfAdultery'', Rachel tells Michael to "listen to your heart" while trying to understand his autistic son Steven. Later, Michael repeats her advice before they have sex.
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40	* "Follow Your Heart (And You Won't Get Lost)" by Brett Dennen.
41	* Pretty much every single ''Series/AmericanIdol'' winner song ever recorded.
42	* "Listen To Your Heart" by Roxette.
43	* "If You Loved Her" by EverythingElse.
44	* "Heartlines" by Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine.
45	* "Follow Your Heart" by Power Quest.
46	* "Against The Grain" by Music/CityAndColour.
47	* "Follow Your Arrow" by Music/KaceyMusgraves.
48	* "Spread Your Wings" by Music/RobbieWilliams.
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52	* "Look To The Rainbow" from ''[[Theatre/FiniansRainbow Finian's Rainbow]]''.
53	* "Follow Your Heart" from ''Plain and Fancy''.
54	* "The Impossible Dream" from ''Theatre/ManOfLaMancha''.
55	* "Follow Your Heart" from ''Theatre/{{Urinetown}}'' is a parody[=/=]LampshadeHanging.
56	* "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''.
57	* "Follow Your Star" from ''Theatre/AClassAct''.
58	* "Use Your Imagination" from ''Out of This World''.
59	* "Find Your Grail" from ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}''.
60	* In ''Theatre/TheMusicalOfMusicalsTheMusical!'', the Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein parody act has Mother Abby singing "Follow Your Dream," which disconcertingly repeats the line "until you die".
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