A Whole New World
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This article is about a single from the soundtrack of Aladdin. For the Katie Price and Peter Andre album, see A Whole New World (album).
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| Single by Brad Kane and Lea Salonga | |
| from the album Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
| B-side | After The Kiss (instrumental) |
| Released | November 5, 1992 |
| Format | CD, Audio cassette, 7" |
| Recorded | 1992 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 4:05 |
| Label | Walt Disney Records |
| Writer(s) | Alan Menken (music) Tim Rice (lyrics)[1] |
"A Whole New World" is the Oscar winning featured pop single from the soundtrack to the 1992 Disney film Aladdin.[1] It was composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Tim Rice.[1] The song is a ballad between the primary characters Aladdin and Jasmine about the new world they are going to discover together. The original version was sung by Brad Kane and Lea Salonga during the film. They also performed the song in their characters at the 65th Academy Awards, where it won Best Song.[1]
A single version of the song was previously released that year and was performed by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle.[1] As the biggest pop hit for each artist, this version peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on March 6, 1993,[2] replacing Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You", which had spent a then record fourteen weeks at the top of the chart. The track peaked at #9 in the UK Singles Chart in 1992.[1]
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[edit] Charts
| Year-end chart (1993) | Position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] | 1 |
[edit] Cover versions
- Girl group Eternal released the song as the B-side to their 1996 single, "Someday", recorded for the Disney film The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
- Hank Marvin did an instrumental version of the song in 1997 on his album Hank Plays the Music of Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber.
- LMNT covered the song for DisneyMania 2, released in 2004.
- Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey covered the song for DisneyMania 3 released in 2005, and on the two-disc Platinum Edition DVD for the Aladdin film.
- The song was covered in 2006 by British glamour model Katie Price (also known as Jordan) and her now ex-husband, Peter Andre. The track is included on their 2006 album of duets A Whole New World.
- J-pop artist Kumi Koda and Peabo Bryson included a cover for Koda's 2006 album Best: Second Session.
- K-Pop boy-band TVXQ recorded the song for their 2007 Japanese album, Five in the Black, as a special track.
- In 2007, Pixar employee Nick Pitera uploaded a video to YouTube where he performs both the male and female characters,[4] earning 26 million views (as of December 12, 2011).
- Saxophonist Dave Koz covered the song on his album At The Movies. The song featured Donna Summer on vocals.[5][6]
- On the 2009 album, Disney's Dream Pop: Tribute to Tokyo, J-pop artist Fukui Mai covers the song.
- Chord Overstreet and Demi Lovato also recorded a cover version.
[edit] Live cover performances
Some notable artists that have covered this song live include:
- Sweetbox, for WOW! DisneyMania in Japan.
- Luther Vandross and Vanessa L. Williams[citation needed]
- Charice Pempengco and Super Junior member Kyuhyun[citation needed]
- Peabo Bryson and Patti LaBelle performed the song along with all 77 contestants at the 1994 Miss Universe Pageant in Manila, Philippines[citation needed]
- Bryson recorded a version of the song with Japanese pop artist Kumi Koda, which appeared as a bonus track on her album BEST ~second session~.
- David Phelps and Sandi Patty performed the song on "Mark Lowry On Broadway" in 2001.
- In the second season of American Idol in 2003, eventual winner Ruben Studdard sang the song on Movie Night. It was noted that season that "A Whole New World" was the most commonly used audition song, and a montage of "A Whole New World" auditions was aired to emphasize it.[citation needed]
- In addition to recording a cover, Peter André and Katie Price performed the song live on Children in Need in 2005.[citation needed]
- K-pop artist BoA and TVXQ member Xiah Junsu performed the song live at the AnyBand Concert in Korea on December 29, 2007.[citation needed]
- Glee's actor Darren Criss performed the song with Lea Salonga, the singing voice of Princess Jasmine on Aladdin at Billboard/Hollywood Reporter TV & Film Music Conference to Alan Menken.[citation needed]
- Girls' Generation member Tiffany and Kwill[citation needed]
- The song is performed during the fountain show World of Color at Disney California Adventure park while LED lights affixed to Mickey's Fun Wheel twinkle in the backdrop, appearing as stars.[citation needed]
[edit] International
Like most Disney's songs, "A Whole New World" was translated and adapted for non-English dubbed releases of the film.
| Country | Title | Translation | Sung by |
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| Brazil | Um mundo ideal | An Ideal World | Kika Tristão and Joseph Carrasso Jr. (film version)
Marcelo Coutinho and Anna Paula Tribucy (credits version) |
| Canada (Québec) | Un nouveau monde | A New World | Joël Legendre and Martine Chevrier |
| People's Republic of China | 萍水相逢 (píng shuǐ xiāng féng) | Meet by chance | Emil Chau & Sarah Chen |
| Croatia | Novi svijet | New World | Dušan Bućan & Zrinka Cvitešić |
| Czech Republic | Svět nádherný | Wonderful World | Jiří Langmajer & Jana Mařasová |
| Egypt | Le dunya foo | To a high world | Mona Zaki |
| Estonia | See maailm uus | This New World | Koit Toome & Hedvig Hanson |
| Finland | Se on kuin yö | It's like the Night | Sami Aarva & Ulla Hakola |
| France | Ce rêve bleu | This Blue Dream | Karine Costa and Daniel Levy (Paolo Domingo in the film) |
| Germany | Ein Traum Wird Wahr | A Dream Comes True | Peter Fessler & Sabine Hettlich |
| Greece | Γλυκιά Ζωή | Sweet Life | Christos Stassinopoulos & Katerina Giamali |
| Hong Kong Macau |
新的世界 (sun dik sai gai) | New World | Emil Chau & Sarah Chen |
| Hungary | Egy új élmény | A New Experience | Zoltán Miller and Kata Janza |
| Iceland | Nýr Heimur | New World | Edda Heiðrún Backman and Felix Bergsson |
| India | Sapno Ka Jahan | The Land of Dreams | Sonu Nigam |
| Indonesia | Dunia Baru | A Whole New World | |
| Israel | עולם חדש (olam hadash) | A New World | Rama Mesinger and Alon Ophir |
| Italy | Il mondo è mio | The World Is Mine | Vincenzo Thoma& Simona Peron aka:Cristina (film & credits) cover version Anna Tatangelo and Gigi D'Alessio |
| Japan | 新しい世界 (Atarashii Sekai) | A New World | Shin-ichiro Miki & Kaori Asoh |
| South Korea | 아름다운 세상 (aleumdaun sesang) | Beautiful World | Gyeongju Nam & Jeonghwa Yi [7] |
| Latin America | Un Mundo Ideal | An Ideal World | Ricardo Montaner and Michelle Demián Bichir & Anali (film) |
| Netherlands and Belgium | Een nieuw begin | A new beginning | Bart Bosch & Laura Vlasblom |
| Norway | En helt ny jord | A New Earth | Trond Teigen & Jannicke Kruse |
| Portugal | Um mundo ideal | An Ideal World | Sofia Escobar & Luís Alves |
| Russia | Волшебный мир | A Magic World | Andrey Kuznetsov & Eugenia Igumnova |
| Spain | Un mundo ideal | An Ideal World | Enrique del Pozo and Michelle [8] Miguel Morant and Ángela Aloy (film) |
| Sweden | En helt ny värld | A whole new world | Peter Jöback and Myrra Malmberg |
| Republic of China (Taiwan) | 新的世界 Xin de Shijie | New World | David Wu & Huang Cho-ying (黃卓穎) |
| Thailand | โลกใหม่สวยงาม (Loke mai suay ngarm) | This new world is beautiful | Thongchai McIntyre and Saowalak Leelabutr |
| Turkey | Gerçek Dünya | The Real World | Arda Aydın & Otilia Radulescu Ipek |
| Poland | Wspaniały świat | Wonderful World | Paweł Tucholski and Katarzyna Skrzynecka |
| Denmark | Et helt nyt liv | A whole new life | Louise Norby and Søren Launbjerg |
[edit] See also
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1993 (U.S.)
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1993 (U.S.)
- List of Mainstream Top 40 number-one hits of 1993 (U.S.)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 137. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of March 06, 1993". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/hot-100?chartDate=1993-03-06. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1993". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1993. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
- ^ Vaziri, Aidin (2011-05-09). "Pixar's Nick Pitera becomes YouTube singing star". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/08/DDJU1JBT8E.DTL. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
- ^ "At The Movies overview". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r948020.
- ^ "Dave Koz - At The Movies". SmoothViews.com. http://smoothviews.com/cdreviews/koz_atthemovies.htm.
- ^ Aladdin Korean Original Soundtrack booklet
- ^ Aladdin Spanish Original Soundtrack booklet
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Categories:
- Disney's Aladdin
- Disney songs
- 1992 singles
- Peter Andre songs
- Peabo Bryson songs
- Best Original Song Golden Globe winning songs
- Best Song Academy Award winning songs
- Grammy Award for Song of the Year
- Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
- Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles
- Billboard Pop Songs number-one singles
- Oricon International Singles Chart number-one singles
- Songs with lyrics by Tim Rice
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- 1990s ballads
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