High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "When You Believe" is an Academy Award-winning song by American recording artists Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. The song was written and composed by Stephen Schwartz for the 1998 DreamWorks animated feature The Prince of Egypt. A version of "When You Believe" was produced as a single with additional music by writer-producer Babyface for the film`s soundtrack album. Additionally, the song was featured on Houston`s fourth studio album, My Love Is Your Love and Carey`s first compilation album, Number 1`s. The song was described as a big ballad, with meaningful and inspirational lyrics, describing the ability each person has to achieve miracles when they reach out to God and believe. The original movie version of the song is sung by Sally Dworsky and Michelle Pfeiffer.