"Swinging On a Star".

OK, boys and girls, back to the 40s: Jimmy Van Heusen got the inspiration for this pop standard from a rebuke by Bing Crosby to one of his children while having dinner at Crosby's home. He co-wrote it with Johnny Burke for the '44 movie "Going My Way". It topped the charts and won the Oscar for Best Original Song. The Williams Brothers Quartet, including a young Andy Williams, sang backup for Bing on the original recording. It also appeared in a Little Lulu cartoon. Covered by Sinatra in'64 and by Tony Bennett in '98. Grammy Hall Of Fame in '02.

Answer: "Swinging on A Star". " Songwriter Jimmy Van Heusen was at Crosby’s house one evening for dinner and to discuss a song for the upcoming movie "Going My Way". During the meal one of the children began complaining about how he didn’t want to go to school the next day. Crosby turned to his son and said to him, “If you don’t go to school, you might grow up to be a mule. Do you wanna do that?”

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