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"I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)" is a song from Walt Disney's 1967 film The Jungle Book. The song was written by songwriters Robert and Richard Sherman, [1] and was performed by singer and musician Louis Prima as King Louie, with Phil Harris providing additional vocals as Baloo the bear.
In 1993, a medley of "I Wan'na Be like You" and "The Bare Necessities" called "The Jungle Book Groove" was released by Disney's Hollywood record label. Credited by the Official Charts Company as being by the artist Jungle Book, the record charted at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart and spent 8 weeks in the UK top 75.
The Shermans were brought onto the film by Walt Disney, who felt that the film in keeping with Rudyard Kipling's book was too dark for family viewing. In a deliberate effort to keep the score light, this song as well as the Sherman Brothers' other contributions to the score generally concern darker subject matter than the accompanying music would suggest.
King Louie is a fictional character introduced in Walt Disney's animated musical film The Jungle Book. He is an orangutan who leads other jungle primates and wants to become more human-like by gaining knowledge of fire from Mowgli. King Louie is an original character not featured in Rudyard Kipling's original works. [1]
"The Bare Necessities" is a jazz song, written by Terry Gilkyson, [1] from Disney's 1967 animated feature film The Jungle Book, sung by Phil Harris as Baloo and Bruce Reitherman as Mowgli. [2] Bill Murray and Neel Sethi, in the same roles, performed the song in the 2016 remake. [3]
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The song was also sung by Thurl Ravenscroft and The Mellomen, originally Terry-Thomas and Disney Chorus. The song was written by Disney staff songwriters, Robert and Richard Sherman. It is written in the spirit of a light commentary on the pointlessness of constant military drilling. [1] A reprise version has the first appearance of Shere Khan.
We've been jamming to "If I Were a Fish," a song that went viral on TikTok for its feel-good message, all year long. Now kids can read the uplifting lyrics in a new book. The earworm was written ...