# Best Disney love song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 14, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-disney-love-song/376394 "2006-10-14T03:45:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-disney-love-song/376394/1 "2006-10-14T03:45:25Z")
For me it’s a toss-up between “Beauty and the Beast” as sung by the teapot and “Won’t Say I’m In Love” from _Hercules_. The former because it’s very sweet without being sickening, and the latter because, darn it, it’s just a good tune. What’s your favorite and why? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-disney-love-song/376394/2 "2006-10-14T04:18:39Z")
My favorite Disney love song is “A Whole New World” from _Aladdin_, both for the exhilaration of the song and Lea Salonga’s faboo performance. And, of course, the guy to did the singing for Aladdin was also the singing voice for Jonathan in an episode of _Buffy_, so that gets it extra obsure six-degrees points from me. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-disney-love-song/376394/3 "2006-10-14T04:23:40Z")
I would have to agree with the choice of _Won’t Say I’m in Love_. Susan Egan’s throaty performance was absolutely unbelievable. My absolute favorite is still _Part of Your World_, but I guess that’s not a love song. ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-disney-love-song/376394/4 "2006-10-14T04:41:36Z")
“Love Is A Song” from _Bambi_. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-disney-love-song/376394/5 "2006-10-14T05:11:40Z")
It’s a tossup for me: either Beauty and the Beast, or A Whole New World. ---
**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-disney-love-song/376394/6 "2006-10-14T05:51:57Z")
Another vote for _Won’t Say I’m in Love_. Damn good song; damn good vocals. I’d also add _Kiss the Girl_ from _The Little Mermaid_. The flamingo harmonies put it over the top for me. It is possibly my favourite song Disney ever produced. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-disney-love-song/376394/7 "2006-10-14T06:59:38Z")
_Whole New World_ - **Aladdin** _Kiss The Girl_ - **Little Mermaid** _Something There_ - **Beauty and the Beast** ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-disney-love-song/376394/8 "2006-10-14T07:13:56Z")
“Kiss the Girl” “Won’t Say I’m in Love” is a really good song - and I like it a lot. And of course “Once Upon a Dream,” is way up on the list. But “Kiss the Girl” wins. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-disney-love-song/376394/9 "2006-10-14T07:19:34Z")
What a great topic. Disney has really had some lovely music over the years. I’ll definitely cite the two “A Whole New World” and “Beauty and the Beast” nominees. They exemplify the best qualities of Disney songs – simplicity, honesty and charm. I’d also give mention to “Something There,” also from _Beauty_, both for the melody and especially the lyrics. Many Disney love song lyrics feature a character espousing how much they love another character. “Something There” does an admirable job of offering character _and_ plot development – best of all, it shows us a couple falling first in like, then in love, with one another. Kind of cheating here, but I’ve gotta give props to “Once Upon a Dream,” from _Sleeping Beauty_. It’s cheating because of course the music isn’t original, it’s from Tchaikovsky’s ballet, but the music is so awesome I can’t not include it. Plus, Disney’s dream-theme songs are almost all gorgeous and heartfelt. This one is no exception. Finally, if one extends the meaning of ‘love song’, I offer the ultimate tear-jerker: “Baby Mine” from _Dumbo_. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-disney-love-song/376394/10 "2006-10-14T07:49:42Z")
> [@](#): > > I’d also give mention to “Something There,” also from Beauty, both for the melody and especially the lyrics. Many Disney love song lyrics feature a character espousing how much they love another character. “Something There” does an admirable job of offering character and plot development – best of all, it shows us a couple falling first in like, then in love, with one another. I actually brought up BatB in [another thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=391655), but one of the neat things about _Something There_ is that it shares a melody with _Belle_… and the verse in _Belle_ foreshadows what she sings in _Something There_: From Belle: > [@](#): > > Oh, isn’t this amazing? > It’s my fav’rite part because — you’ll see > Here’s where she meets Prince Charming > But she won’t discover that it’s him 'til chapter three! Something There: > [@](#): > > New and a bit alarming > Who’d have ever thought that this could be? > True that he’s no Prince Charming > But there’s something in him that I simply didn’t see! Like I said… a lot of thought went into the music in _Beauty and the Beast_ and it shows. It’s easily my favorite soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-disney-love-song/376394/11 "2006-10-14T11:34:04Z")
[QUOTE=Marlitharn] For me it’s a toss-up between “Beauty and the Beast” as sung by the teapot and “Won’t Say I’m In Love” from _Hercules_. The former because it’s very sweet without being sickening, and the latter because, darn it, it’s just a good tune. What’s your favorite and why? [/QUOTE] “Baby Mine” from “Dumbo” 🙂 VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-disney-love-song/376394/12 "2006-10-14T12:23:22Z")
My daughter votes for “A Whole New World.” 😃 (She’s watched the DVD of Aladdin somewhere around 200 times now, I’d estimate.) ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-disney-love-song/376394/13 "2006-10-14T14:47:33Z")
I can’t watch “Baby Mine” without bawling like, well, a baby. It is a good song. But then, _Dumbo_ is full of good songs; I’m fond of the “Pink Elephant” song and “When I See an Elephant Fly” but they’re not love songs. How could I forget “Kiss the Girl”? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-disney-love-song/376394/14 "2006-10-14T15:21:32Z")
My personal favorite is from _Pete’s Dragon_ - “I’ll be your Candle on the Water.” “Beauty and the Beast” from the movie of the same name is a close second. ---
**Author:** ![BrattiAtti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@BrattiAtti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrattiAtti)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-disney-love-song/376394/15 "2006-10-14T15:41:35Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] My absolute favorite is still _Part of Your World_, but I guess that’s not a love song. [/QUOTE] I think it morphs into a love song when Ariel sings to Eric on the beach after she saves him. That was always my favorite part of the movie, though I couldn’t recite to you the lyrics like I could for the rest of the song. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-disney-love-song/376394/16 "2006-10-14T17:40:09Z")
[QUOTE=Veuve\_ClicquotNJ] “Baby Mine” from “Dumbo” 🙂 [/QUOTE] Hands. Down. Best version, Bonnie Raitt. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-disney-love-song/376394/17 "2006-10-14T17:42:54Z")
Love ‘Kiss the Girl’, but top vote has to go to ‘A Whole New World’. This stuff is _classic_. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-disney-love-song/376394/18 "2006-10-14T21:22:42Z")
[QUOTE=Veuve\_ClicquotNJ] “Baby Mine” from “Dumbo” 🙂 [/QUOTE] I like that one, but I vote for _Kiss the Girl_. I like the Sebastian version the best, especially when he roll his eyes at the seagull’s attempts and says, "If you want somet’ing done right, you have to do it yourself…first, we have to set…_The Mood…"_ It starts out lovely and sweet, then bangs in full steam. Slight hijack, but my favorite Disney song is _Make a Man Out of You_ from **Mulan**. I know it’s not a love song, but the vocals and how Mulan figured out how to get the arrow out of the post just give me chills. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-disney-love-song/376394/19 "2006-10-14T22:15:38Z")
This thread really makes me want to go and watch all the Disney movies again. I really liked “This Is the Night” from Lady and the Tramp. I’d have to see the movies to compare it to the others though. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-disney-love-song/376394/20 "2006-10-15T03:42:12Z")
This thread (and the great new release of _The Little Mermaid_) is really making me miss Howard Ashman. I’ll vote for _Kisss the Girl_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-disney-love-song/376394.md?page=2)