When You Believe

“When You Believe” is an Academy Award winning song from the 1997 DreamWorks Animation movie The Prince of Egypt. Within the movie the song is sung by Miriam and Zippora after the Israelites are freed from slavery. It was sung by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey who were the musical voice doubles of Sandra Bullock and Michelle Pfeiffer, who played Miriam and Zippora.

Reception

“When you believe” was generally positively reviewed. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. After DreamWorks Animation made Joseph: King of Dreams there were critics who said that the second movie had more spirituality than the first because the song Joseph sings in prison You Know Better than I was seen as more religious than the song “When you believe” from The Prince of Egypt.