# Favorite Disney song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 21, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-song/361586 "2006-06-21T16:05:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-song/361586/1 "2006-06-21T16:05:12Z")
For some odd reason, I was listening to songs off Disney movies. Don’t ask me why, because I don’t know. But I realized, my favorite song is “Gaston” off of Beauty and the Beast. I’m not sure why, but I like it. I think it’s because it’s so ridiculously over the top, you can’t help but love it. My second favorite is “Never Smile at a Crocodile” off of Peter Pan. And yes, it’s perfectly ok for 19 year old men in the military to listen to Disney musicl. Or so I tell myself. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-song/361586/2 "2006-06-21T16:09:36Z")
It’s either _Go The Distance_ from _Hercules_ or the themesong from _Kim Possible_. _I Wanna Be Like You_ from _Jungle Book_ is good stuff, too. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-song/361586/3 "2006-06-21T16:11:58Z")
_In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room_ is my favorite. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-song/361586/4 "2006-06-21T16:15:38Z")
Pretty much everything from Beauty and the Beast, but my favorite is the opening song, _Belle_. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-song/361586/5 "2006-06-21T16:15:54Z")
My favorites are a couple from Mulan: \*\*Honor to us all \*\* and **I’ll make a man out of you** (sung by none other than Donny Osmond) ---
**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:** [June 21, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-song/361586/6 "2006-06-21T16:18:16Z")
Poor Unfortunate Souls from Little Mermaid is good, also I Won’t Say I’m in Love from Hercules. I like a lot of Disney songs but I’ll just stick with those two. I may not have the titles right. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-song/361586/7 "2006-06-21T16:25:23Z")
Philisophically, it’s [Just Around the Riverbend](http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/classicdisney/justaroundtheriverbend.htm) from _Pocahontas_. In fact, I just got goosebumps reading those lyrics. But to sing, it’s [“Part of Your World”](http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/classicdisney/partofyourworld.htm) from _The Little Mermaid_. It’s perfectly in my range - could have been written for my voice, and it sounds great a capella (unlike “Riverbend”, which is beautifully written, but sounds awkward without backup). Interesting that they’re both “I Want” songs, as Joss Whedon calls them. I guess that motif really calls to me. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-song/361586/8 "2006-06-21T16:27:32Z")
There are so many good songs! It’s hard to pick. I agree that **I Wanna Be Like You** is right up near the top. If you like that song you should check out Louis Prima and Keely Smith’s mainstream music. It’s got exactly the same fun and energy. I also have to put in a vote for Walt Disney’s personal favorite, \*\*Feed the Birds \*\* from _Mary Poppins_. It’s so simple and so sweet. It’s not a song, but \*\*The Theme from the Electrical Parade \*\* is a wonderful piece of counterpoint. And finally, for pure lyrical virtuousity I have to vote for \*\*Part of Your World \*\* from _The Little Mermaid_, that contains the following lines: _What would I give if I could live out of these waters? What would I pay to spend a day warm on the sand? Bet’cha on land they understand That they don’t reprimand their daughters Bright young women sick of swimmin’ Ready to stand …_ There’s a huge amount of complicated internal rhyme in these lines, but it rolls forwards effortlessly. That’s really, really hard to pull off. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-song/361586/9 "2006-06-21T16:48:51Z")
Pretty much anything from _Beauty and the Beast_–“Gaston” is clever and fun, the love song (as sung by Anglea Lansbury) is lovely, I could go on. And “Kiss the Girl” from _The Little Mermaid_ was a huge hit when I was in high school, so I have good memories of that song at dances. I haven’t paid attention to Disney movies since _Aladdin_, so I can’t say much for the newer ones. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-song/361586/10 "2006-06-21T16:56:05Z")
Without a doubt, **Feed the Birds**. Great imagery and chord progressions, and a short-but-beautiful message about one’s capacity for love, generosity, and compassion. _All around the cathedral the saints and apostles Look down as she sells her wares. Although you can’t see it, you know they are smiling Each time someone shows that he cares._ For their fully animated films, I gotta go with **When You Wish Upon a Star** , with honorable mentions to “Little April Shower” (_Bambi_), “Belle”, and the aforementioned Louis Prima classic. ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-song/361586/11 "2006-06-21T17:06:12Z")
I like that Kodak theme song from Snow White, “Someday My Prints Will Come”. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-song/361586/12 "2006-06-21T17:08:43Z")
Another vote for that baroque hoe-down, the theme from the _Main Street Electrical Parade_. Great for jogging, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-song/361586/13 "2006-06-21T17:09:08Z")
> [@mack](#): > > My favorites are a couple from Mulan: \*\*Honor to us all \*\* and **I’ll make a man out of you** (sung by none other than Donny Osmond) _I’ll Make A Man Out Of You_ is fantastic. It’s just as good in the Chinese version, sung by Jackie Chan. 😃 I didn’t even think of _I Wanna Be Like You_ until I opened this thread, but that’s a great one too. In terms of most songs liked per movie, I have to go with all of _Aladdin_, as there’s not a single song in it that I dislike. I have to say, though, that my all-time favorite songs come from _Oliver & Company_. It’s nearly all wonderfully upbeat, and I love good music about New York (for reasons unknown even to me 🙂 ). ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-song/361586/14 "2006-06-21T17:10:22Z")
_Rhapsody in Blue_, George Gershwin, used in **Fantasia 2000**. 😉 I love all these songs, but the first one that came to my mind when I opened the thread was… _Under the Sea_. _grooves to calypso beats_ ---
**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:** [June 21, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-song/361586/15 "2006-06-21T17:16:17Z")
We picked up the three CD set of “60 Years of Disney Songs” recently because MilliCal complained that I have nothing to listen to in the car (What? Beethoven Symphonies and Electronic music aren’t good enough?) So I’ve been listening to Disney a _lot_. So has Pepper Mill, who has started tuning it out. Here’s what I find I listen to: **A Whole New World** from Aladdin **Under the Sea** , **Le Poisson** , and Ursula’s song from The Little Mermaid **Provincial Town** , **Be Our uest** and **Gaston** from Beauty and the Beast (I’m Lion Kinged-out, because she’s been lisdtening to LK stage and screen tapes for years, so no favorites there) A hearty second for **Main Street Electrical Parade** by Jean Jacques Perry and that other guy. I like electronic music… Hard cto believe this one (as “Baroque Hoedown”) dates back to 1967. I find I really like the Paul Frees-as-Ludwig von Drake songs **I’m Professor Ludwig von Drake** and **The Spectrum Song**. Frees’ overdone Viennese accent is irresistable and reminds me of Emil Wolf. I _have_ to find an excuse to play the Spectrum Song at some Spectroscopy Lab event. ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-song/361586/16 "2006-06-21T17:17:09Z")
> [@Pochacco](#): > > There are so many good songs! It’s hard to pick. > > [snip] > > And finally, for pure lyrical virtuousity I have to vote for \*\*Part of Your World \*\* from _The Little Mermaid_, that contains the following lines: > > _What would I give if I could live out of these waters? > What would I pay to spend a day warm on the sand? > Bet’cha on land they understand > That they don’t reprimand their daughters > Bright young women sick of swimmin’ > Ready to stand …_ > > There’s a huge amount of complicated internal rhyme in these lines, but it rolls forwards effortlessly. That’s really, really hard to pull off. Thanks for reminding me why I love that song so much. I love the song “One Jump Ahead” from Aladdin for a similar virtuosity. “Better throw my hand in, wish me happy landin’” is my favorite line. I also thoroughly enjoy “Prince Ali”, but that’s in no small part to Robin William’s voice work. ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_And_Candy)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-song/361586/17 "2006-06-21T17:19:12Z")
This was really hard for me, because I can’t remember the last time I saw a _Disney_ film. I’m going to go with _Tale as Old as Time_ sung by Angela Lansbury (AKA, televisions J.B. Fletcher!) I’ve also always been found of _A Spoon Full of Sugar_ and \* Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious\* from _Marry Poppins_. Heh, this has put me into mood to watch it again. I would actually buy the soundtrack for that film-- I don’t think I’d ever listen to it more than once, though. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-song/361586/18 "2006-06-21T17:19:19Z")
**Look for the Bear Necessities** from the Jungle Book That bear was pretty cool. **Mickey Mouse Club March** Love the horns that come in right before the first words. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-song/361586/19 "2006-06-21T17:27:20Z")
I really like **I’ll Make a Man Out of You** from _Mulan_, as well as **Hellfire** from _Hunchback of Notre Dame_. Though, for sheer stick-in-my-head-ness, I can’t beat **One Jump Ahead** from Aladdin. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-song/361586/20 "2006-06-21T17:31:01Z")
No Importa La Distancia (“Go the Distance”) from the Spanish version of Hercules is even more beautiful than the English version. So maybe that. My favorite to just listen to at work or sing in the car? Grim, Grinning, Ghosts from the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland, of course. (And **Rand** knows this, as I make him listen to my “Diosa’s Super-Awesome Disneyland Mix CD” everytime we go to Disneyland). _When the crypt doors creak and the tombstones quake, spools arrive for a swinging wake. Happy haunts materialize And begin to vocalize! Grim, grinning ghosts come out to socialiiiiiiiiize_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-disney-song/361586.md?page=2)