# Favorite Disney movie song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 16, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-movie-song/536312 "2010-04-16T05:54:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-movie-song/536312/1 "2010-04-16T05:54:33Z")
For the longest time, [One Jump Ahead](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPMHbUTcUXE), [I Just Can’t Wait To Be King](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXs8OS6EdAE&NR=1), [I’ll Make A Man Out Of You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSS5dEeMX64&feature=related) and [Eye To Eye](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DVUwWZfzMw&feature=related) all competed in my mind over which was the greatest Disney song evar. I remember seeing the Disney version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame when I was six and, while I liked it, it never stood out as one of the Disney greats in my mind. I never watched it again and I just sort of forgot about it. About an hour or so I saw [Hellfire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRO-M4XyAbM) and… WOW. I just had a miniature emotional response to this song. It’s so fucking dark. So uh, I’ll give it a while, but it might be knocking Eye To Eye off my list. What Disney songs are the best in your mind? If you can blow my mind with a song I’d forgotten about like, like Hellfire, there might even be an e-cookie in it for you. ---
**Author:** ![Tarwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-movie-song/536312/2 "2010-04-16T06:03:06Z")
[I Wanna Be Like You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOcyYyxqN_g) followed closely by [I’ll Make A Man Out Of You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSS5dEeMX64&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-movie-song/536312/3 "2010-04-16T06:07:08Z")
[Stand Out](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSakIqo8yN8) [Part of Your World](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBa9QlzEWA4) ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-movie-song/536312/4 "2010-04-16T06:30:29Z")
Marry Poppins, [Feed the Birds](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHrRxQVUFN4). Toy Story’s [I Will Go Sailing No More](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2l1gHgUjn8&feature=related) Toy Story 2’s [When She Loved Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo2w5HPZTHA&feature=related) Pete’s Dragon, [It’s Not Easy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N_HGEeyyrk), [There’s Room for Everyone](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeIui29QWKg&feature=related), and [Happy Family](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yxYpEbqd6U&feature=related) Bedknobs and Broomstick’s [Portabello Road](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqY1lHJYIgY) ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-movie-song/536312/5 "2010-04-16T06:46:53Z")
Circle of Life Hellfire may be second. Edit to add: Does animation count? Because the animation of the first is what really solidifies it as my choice. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-movie-song/536312/6 "2010-04-16T06:58:57Z")
Notorious even though it never actually made it into the movie; [Eartha Kitt’s “Snuff out the light”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sJ8m80nQJM). One of the best villain songs, _ever_. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-movie-song/536312/7 "2010-04-16T07:05:01Z")
I Wanna Be Like You. Followed by Bear Necessities. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-movie-song/536312/8 "2010-04-16T07:40:19Z")
Perfect Isn’t Easy From Oliver and Company (a great drag queen song) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8NiC8BwJVE) Best Villain songs Gaston [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhG9hKiplfQ) Ursula [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyFVG4VfPmg) And this song is great the Mob Song from Beauty and the Beast [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=917Q8dbpRLE) My personal fav is probably I Wanna Be Like You. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-movie-song/536312/9 "2010-04-16T07:44:50Z")
I also like most of the Aladdin music. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-movie-song/536312/10 "2010-04-16T07:46:22Z")
> [@MostlyClueless](#): > > Notorious even though it never actually made it into the movie; [Eartha Kitt’s “Snuff out the light”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sJ8m80nQJM). One of the best villain songs, _ever_. Really? I… uh… heh, not to diss the late Eartha Kitt… but I disliked it quite a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Bbusyb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bbusyb/32/4580_2.png) [@Bbusyb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bbusyb)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-movie-song/536312/11 "2010-04-16T10:13:53Z")
Oh, got this is going to be hard (Especially as I have 3-4 Disney Compilations currently on my iPod) but here goes The Lion King’s Original Opening of the [Circle Of Life](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX07j9SDFcc) has to be one of my Favourites along with [Hakuna Matata](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejEVczA8PLU) and [Can you Feel the Love tonight](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7XLnxKlYEo). I loved the music from that movie, so much so that I wore out 3 to 4 Cassette Tapes before getting the CD and Making MP3’s After that its a mixture Ranging from [Hercules - I can Go the distance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5jDlLJPz1A) to [Pocahontas - Colours of the Wind](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkV-of_eN2w). Honourable mentions Go to [Beauty and the Beast](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Cvq416zuQ) from the movie of the same name, [A Whole New World](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2CVLWOoNsY) From Aladdin, [Spoonful of Sugar](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5IW9wK_HNg) from Mary Poppins, [The Bare Necessities](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcglnY_xGfc) from The Jungle Book, [You’ve Got a Friend in Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB2gPZRsz0Q) From Toy Story, [He’s A Tramp](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN69gnkNtLo) From Lady and The Tramp, [When I See and Elephant Fly](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOcVkofa1AU) and [Baby Mine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oSdgIDyl6Q) from Dumbo, [He Lives in you](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apEuFdzP5ZU) from The Lion King 2 and[I Believe I can Fly](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yukp49fI8Uk) from Space Jam. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-movie-song/536312/12 "2010-04-16T11:03:25Z")
> [@Bbusyb](#): > > [Pocahontas - Colours of the Wind](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkV-of_eN2w). Yeah, snipped. I love all the other ones you mentioned, but this one always bugged me. I like the music, but I could never understand the main lines: _Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?_ I can only make sense out of them if I reverse them, as mountains have color and the wind has a sound/voice. It seems like profundity without meaning. Oh, and I still remember every word from every song in The Lion King, so you aren’t alone. I actually wound up getting music for them. Plus I sang a medley of them in high school show choir. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-movie-song/536312/13 "2010-04-16T11:52:27Z")
No matter what you think of the movie, [Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Da](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcxYwwIL5zQ)should be up there. No Disney song is more fun to sing. [This](firebird suite fantasia 2000), however, despite not actually being a song, is the best musical sequence Disney ever made. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Kapowzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Super\_Kapowzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Kapowzler)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-movie-song/536312/14 "2010-04-16T12:08:01Z")
Mary Poppins Disney? \*Chim Chiminy \*has such a sad vibe, I love it. \*Step in Time \*rocks and I got the whole soundtrack on my i-pod. Word. ---
**Author:** ![Chum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ab097/32.png) [@Chum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chum)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-movie-song/536312/15 "2010-04-16T12:29:41Z")
Definitely “I’ll Make a Man out of You” from _Mulan_. I love a lot of Disney songs, but there isn’t even a close second to this one. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-movie-song/536312/16 "2010-04-16T12:32:45Z")
Feed the Birds Pink Elephants on Parade Blue Shadows on the Trail I Wanna Be Like You! \*Cruella De Vil, Cruella De Vil If she doesn’t scare you, no evil thing will To see her is to take a sudden chill That’s Cruella, Cruella De Vil. \* ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-movie-song/536312/17 "2010-04-16T12:34:44Z")
We listened to a lot of Disney songs when MilliCal was little (long car trips). Although I grew up on a lot of the older ones, I have to admit I like the newer ones quite a bit: **Part of your World** , **Under the Sea** , and **Le Poisson** from _The Little Mermaid_ **Be Our Guest** from _Beauty and the Beast_ **I Can Show you the World** from _Aladdin_ _Mary Poppins_ had **Chim Chimminee** , **Feed the Birds** , and **A Spoonful of Sugar** And I agree about the rather obscure **Portobello Road** from _Bedknobs and Broomsticks_ (a movie that would have been much better with a ruthless editor), although I prefer the version on the Disney CD to the version they used in the movie. I have to admit that I’ve grown less fond of the older songs, but I still love **When you Wish Upon a Star** from _Pinocchio_, which has rightly become the Disney standard. And **Little April Shower** is a haunting little song from _Bambi_. I did love **The Bare Necessities** when I was a kid. A lot of the Disney music I love is orchestral, so not really a “song”, or from venues other than movies. I have to admit that I really like **Baroque Hoedown** (and its variations) by Perrey and Kingsley, the theme music for the _Main Street Electrical Parade_ (and which Mike Jittlov used as the music for his animated short _Mouse Mania_ for Disney). ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-movie-song/536312/18 "2010-04-16T12:46:31Z")
Part of Your World from The Little Mermaid Just Around the Riverbend from Pocahontas He’s a Tramp and The Siamese Cat Song from Lady and the Tramp But most of all, I Won’t Say I’m in Love from Hercules. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-movie-song/536312/19 "2010-04-16T14:35:20Z")
[Kiss the Girl](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXmLRHnoSAs) from _The Little Mermaid_ is up there. Although I have sent my son into fits of hysterical giggling by singing [Les Poissons](http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/classicdisney/lespoissons.htm) as I was cooking. Regards, Shodan ---
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> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Blue Shadows on the Trail Isn’t that from _The Three Amigos_? Is that even a Disney film? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-movie-song/536312.md?page=2)