A Whole New World

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).

"A Whole New World (1992)"
Single by Brad Kane and Lea Salonga (Alternate single by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle)
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
Writer(s)	Alan Menken & Anthony Ryan (music) Tim Rice (lyrics)

"A Whole New World" is the Oscar winning featured pop single from the soundtrack to the 1992 Disney film Aladdin. It was composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Tim Rice. 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.

A single version of the song was previously released that year and was performed by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle. This version is played in the movie's end credits and is referred on the soundtrack as "Aladdin's Theme". As the biggest pop hit for each artist, this version peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on March 6, 1993, 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. The song is the first and, to date, only song from a Disney animated film to top the Billboard Hot 100.

Charts

Chart (1993)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1

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, earning 30 million views (as of January 18, 2013).
• Saxophonist Dave Koz covered the song on his album At The Movies. The song featured Donna Summer on vocals.
• On Disney - Koe no Oujisama album the song was sang by Kenichi Suzumura
• The song was covered in 2013 by Japanese hip-hop/EDM group M-Flo, featuring vocals by Matt Cab, for the album Electronic Disney Music.

Live cover performances

Some notable artists that have covered this song live include:

• Sweetbox, for WOW! DisneyMania in Japan.
• Charice Pempengco and Super Junior member Kyuhyun on Star King in 2007^{[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 artists Ivy and Brian Joo
• 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]}
• Gabe Bondoc a Youtube singer covered the song alone and continuing to play while leaving the instrumental for the viewer to sing. The video has hit over 1 million views.
• 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 K.Will^{[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]}

Pop Culture

• The Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle duet was used as an end song for the Premiership Years 1997/98 season.

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
Brazil	Um mundo ideal	An Ideal World	Kika Tristão and Joseph Carrasso Jr. (film version) Marcelo Coutinho and Anna Paula Tribucy (credits version)
Bulgaria	Един нов свят (Edin nov svyat)	A New World	Todor Georgiev and Ventsislava Stoilova
Canada (Québec)	Un nouveau monde	A New World	Joël Legendre and Martine Chevrier
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	Hesham Noor & 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 Lévi (Paolo Domingo in the film)
Germany	Ein Traum Wird Wahr	A Dream Comes True	Peter Fessler & Sabine Hettlich
Greece	Γλυκιά Ζωή (Glykiá Zo̱í̱)	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	Við höldum vörð	We'll stand guard	Edda Heiðrún Backman and Felix Bergsson
India	Sapno Ka Jahan	The World of Dreams	Sonu Nigam & Suchitra Krishnamoorthi (Movie Version) Pervez Kadir & Kavita Krishnamoorty (End-Credits Version)
Indonesia	Seluruh Dunia	The Whole 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
Latin America	Un Mundo Ideal	An Ideal World	Ricardo Montaner and Michelle Demián Bichir & Anali (film)
Malaysia	Dunia Baru	A New World
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 (Volshebnyĭ mir)	A Magic World	Andrey Kuznetsov & Eugenia Igumnova
Serbia	U Novi Svat	In the new world	Milan Antonić & Mirjana Stojanović
Spain	Un mundo ideal	An Ideal World	Enrique del Pozo and Michelle Miguel Morant and Ángela Aloy (film)
Slovakia	Svet zázrakov	The world of miracles	Pavol Bruchala and Anna Babjaková
Sweden	En helt ny värld	A whole new world	Peter Jöback and Myrra Malmberg
Taiwan (Pop Version)	萍水相逢 (píng shuǐ xiāng féng)	Meet by chance	Emil Chau (周華健) & Sarah Chen (陳淑樺)
Taiwan (Movie Version)	嶄新的世界 Zhan Xin de Shijie	A whole new world	Huang Cho-ying (黃卓穎) & Ma Yu-Fen (馬玉芬)
Thailand	โลกใหม่สวยงาม (Loke mai suay ngarm)	This new world is beautiful	Thongchai McIntyre and Saowalak Leelabutr (film version) Bird Thongchai & Amp Saowaruk (credits version)
Turkey	Gerçek Dünya	The Real World	Arda Aydın & Otilia Radulescu Ipek
Ukraine	Нове життя (Nove zhyttya)	A New World	Arsentij Prymak & Darina Sumskaya
Poland	Wspaniały świat	Wonderful World	Paweł Tucholski and Katarzyna Skrzynecka
Denmark	Et helt nyt liv	A whole new life	Louise Norby and Søren Launbjerg

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.)

External links

• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics