![]() ![]() (That’s likely to change very soon more on that later.) Disney’s sole chart-topper is “A Whole New World,” and it’s not the version of “A Whole New World” that every kid knows.ġ992’s Aladdin was a monster smash. But right now, as I’m writing this, only one song from a Disney movie has ever gone all the way to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Songs from those cartoon musicals have charted, and they’ve sometimes charted high. Those stories might be based on kids’ books or old folk tales, but Disney has essentially made it impossible to imagine experiencing those stories without the songs attached.īut considering just how vastly lucrative the Disney songbook has historically been, those Disney songs haven’t always made much noise on the pop charts. In those remakes, Disney always leaves the songs intact. In recent years, Disney has made piles of money by recycling its own movies, redoing them as CGI-heavy quasi-live-action spectacles. ![]() Every night, there’s big, spectacular fireworks display set to those Disney songs, and that spectacle draws a ton of its power from the instant dopamine-squirt that so many of us feel when something like “Part Of Your World” hits. If you’ve ever spent vast sums of money on Disney theme-park entry, you already know this. ![]() They become a part of your life before you’re able to process them as discrete pieces of art.ĭisney has built an empire on those songs and on the comforting familiarity that they trigger. They’re silly, or they’re romantic, or they’re silly and romantic. You hear these songs for the first time when you’re a small child. © 1992, 2014 Wonderland Music Company, Inc.In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.įor just about anyone who’s interacted with pop culture on any level since the ’30s, the songs from Disney animated movies resonate on some deep molecular level. (BMI) / Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP) JASMINE, ENSEMBLE A HUNDRED THOUSAND THINGS TO SEE ALADDIN, ENSEMBLE HOLD YOUR BREATH IT GETS BETTER JASMINE, ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE I’M LIKE A SHOOTING STAR AH I’VE COME SO FAR AH I CAN’T GO BACK TO WHERE I USED TO BE ALADDIN, ENSEMBLE A WHOLE NEW WORLD JASMINE, ENSEMBLE EV’RY TURN A SURPRISE ALADDIN, ENSEMBLE WITH NEW HORIZONS TO PURSUE JASMINE, ENSEMBLE EV’RY MOMENT, RED-LETTER ALADDIN, JASMINE, ENSEMBLE I’LL CHASE THEM ANYWHERE THERE’S TIME TO SPARE LET ME SHARE THIS WHOLE NEW WORLD WITH YOU ALADDIN, ENSEMBLE A WHOLE NEW WORLD JASMINE, ENSEMBLE A WHOLE NEW WORLD ALADDIN, ENSEMBLE THAT’S WHERE WE’LL BE JASMINE, ENSEMBLE THAT’S WHERE WE’LL BE ALADDIN A THRILLING CHASE JASMINE A WONDROUS PLACE ALADDIN, JASMINE, ENSEMBLE FOR YOU AND ME © 1992, 2014 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. ALADDIN I CAN SHOW YOU THE WORLD SHINING, SHIMMERING, SPLENDID TELL ME, PRINCESS, NOW WHEN DID YOU LAST LET YOUR HEART DECIDE? I CAN OPEN YOUR EYES TAKE YOU WONDER BY WONDER OVER, SIDEWAYS, AND UNDER ON A MAGIC CARPET RIDE A WHOLE NEW WORLD A NEW FANTASTIC POINT OF VIEW ALADDIN, JASMINE NO ONE TO TELL US NO OR WHERE TO GO ALADDIN OR SAY WE’RE ONLY DREAMING JASMINE A WHOLE NEW WORLD A DAZZLING PLACE I NEVER KNEW BUT WHEN I’M WAY UP HERE IT’S CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT NOW I’M IN A WHOLE NEW WORLD WITH YOU ALADDIN, ENSEMBLE NOW I’M IN A WHOLE NEW WORLD WITH YOU JASMINE UNBELIEVABLE SIGHTS INDESCRIBABLE FEELING JASMINE, ENSEMBLE SOARING, TUMBLING, FREEWHEELING THROUGH AN ENDLESS DIAMOND SKY A WHOLE NEW WORLD ALADDIN, ENSEMBLE DON’T YOU DARE CLOSE YOUR EYES (BMI) / Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP) “A Whole New World” Lyric Sheet From Disney’s Aladdin JR.
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