Released: April 26, 2004

Songwriter: Billie Rae Calvin

Producer: Beyoncé

[Intro]
Whoo
Hoo, hoo
Star (ooh)
I'm wishing (ooh)
Wishing, wishing
On a star (ah)

[Verse 1]
I'm wishing on a star
To follow where you are
I'm wishing on a dream
To follow what it means
And I wish on all the rainbows that I see
I wish on all the people who really dream
And I'm wishing on tomorrow, praying it never comes
And I'm wishing on our love, the things we never done

[Verse 2]
I never thought I'd see
A time when you would be
So far away from home
So far away from me
Just think of all the moments that we've spent
I just can't let you go from me, we were meant
I didn't mean to hurt you, but I know
In the game of love, you reap what you sow (sow)

[Bridge]
I feel it's time we should make up, baby
I feel it's time for us to get back together
And make the best of things, oh baby
When we're together
Whether or never
I feel it's time we should make up, baby
I feel it's time for us to get back together
And make the best of things, oh baby
When we're together (Let's get together, baby)
Whether or never

[Verse 3]
I'm wishing on a star
To follow where you are
I'm wishing on a dream
To follow what it means
And I wish on all the rainbows that I see
I wish on all the people who really dream
I'm hoping all the days to come and days to go
I'm hoping on days of loving, loving you so

[Outro]
Baby, forgive me
Let's make up, I'm sorry
Let's be together
Break up, never
The love we have's been special so far
Till we get back, I'm wishing on (a star)

Beyoncé

In the twenty-first century, no pop star was as poised, as polished, or as generally fierce as Beyoncé. She scored early success with Destiny’s Child, who started out as a sexier and sassier (if less adult) version of TLC, then steadily became more and more of a vehicle for Beyoncé’s operatic vocals and general diva-tude, which may have been the plan all along.

Whether appearing in TV spots, co-starring in films like Dreamgirls, or killing it every night on stadium tours, Beyoncé was omnipresent in the 2000s. Almost everybody, Beygency member or otherwise, loved shiny, hip-hop-fueled hits like “Crazy in Love”, and “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”. Moving into the 2010s, Beyoncé fights on, gaining more and more traction in pop culture with her work and music.

She has made a significant impact upon the music landscape in general with her recent albums 4 and BEYONCÉ, which explored complex themes like motherhood, feminism, marriage, sexuality, and doubt in a greater depth. With Lemonade, she went a step further—the fierce, intimate exploration of marriage, infidelity, and forgiveness was her most personal and musically daring album yet.