A Whole New World
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"A Whole New World" is a song from Disney's 1992 animated feature film Aladdin, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice.[3] The song is a ballad between the primary characters Aladdin and Jasmine about the new world they are going to discover together while riding on Aladdin's magic carpet. 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 Academy Award for Best Original Song as well as the only Disney song to win a Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the 36th Annual Grammy Awards.[3] In 2014, Adam Jacobs and Courtney Reed performed the song as Aladdin and Jasmine in the film's Broadway adaptation.
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".[3] This version peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on March 6, 1993,[5] replacing Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You", which had spent a then record 14 weeks at the top of the chart. It went gold and sold 600,000 copies domestically.[6][7] The track peaked at number 12 in the UK Singles Chart in 1992.[3] The song is the first and only song from a Disney animated film to top the Billboard Hot 100. The single version was later included on Belle's studio album Passion (1993) and on Bryson's studio album Through the Fire (1994).[8][9] The Latin American rendition of the song, "Un Mundo Ideal", by Ricardo Montaner and Michelle received airplay throughout Latin America.[10] This rendition was later included on Montaner's greatest hits album Éxitos y... Algo Más (1993).[11]
Charts
| Chart (1993) | Position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[12] | 10 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[13] | 14 |
| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[14] | 6 |
| Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[15] | 1 |
| songid field is MANDATORY FOR GERMAN CHARTS | 70 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[16] | 14 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[17] | 11 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[18] | 8 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[19] | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 21 |
| US Billboard Adult Contemporary | 1 |
Other languages
Since its first release, some local TV stations and studios have been dubbing the movie in their local languages, creating some unofficial dubs. Namely: Albanian,[20] Arabic (TV dub),[21] Crimean Tatar, Kannada, Serbian[22] and Slovak (TV dub).[23][24]
Joël Legendre's Aladdin (Canadian French) was so loved by Disney USA that in 1997 he was asked to come back as Hercules.[25]
| "A Whole New World" in other languages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Performer(s) | Title | Translation | |
| Aladdin[23] | Jasmine[24] | |||
| Arabic | هشام نور (Hesham Noor) | نهله الملواني (Nahla Al Malwani) | "دنيا فوق" ("Dunya fo’") | "A world above" |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Joseph Carasso Jr (movie) and
Alexandre Pires (pop) |
Kika Tristão (movie) and
Eliana Michaelichen (pop) |
"Um mundo ideal" | "An ideal world" |
| Bulgarian | Тодор Георгиев (Todor Georgiev) | Венцислава Стоилова (Ventsislava Stoilova) | "Един нов свят" ("Edin nov sviat") | "A whole new world" |
| Canadian French | Joël Legendre | Martine Chevrier | "Un nouveau monde" | "A new world" |
| Cantonese | 潘奇發 (Poon Kei Faat) (movie) and
周华健 (“Zhōu Huá-Jiàn”; Emil Chau) (pop) |
陳美鳳 (“Chan Mei-Fung”; May Chan) (movie) and
陈淑桦 (“Chén Shū-Huà”; Sarah Chen) (pop) |
Unknown (movie) and
"粵語日譯" ("?") (pop) |
? |
| Castilian Spanish | Miguel Morant (movie) and
Enrique del Pozo (pop) |
Ángela Aloy (movie) and
Michelle (pop) |
"Un mundo ideal" | "An ideal world" |
| Croatian | Jacques Houdek | Renata Sabljak | "U novi svijet" | "To a new world" |
| Czech | Vilém Udatný | Sabina Laurinová | "Svět nádherný" | "Gorgeous world" |
| Danish | Søren Launbjerg | Louise Norby | "Et helt nyt liv" | "A whole new life" |
| Dutch | Bart Bosch | Laura Vlasblom | "Een nieuw begin" | "A new beginning" |
| Estonian (pop version only)[26] | Koit Toome | Hedvig Hanson | "See maailm uus" | "This new world" |
| European French | Paolo Domingo (movie) and
Daniel Lévi (pop) |
Karine Costa (movie and pop) | "Ce rêve bleu" | "This blue dream" |
| European Portuguese | Luís Alves | Sofia Escobar | "Um mundo ideal" | "An ideal world" |
| Finnish | Sami Aarva | Ulla Renko | "Se on kuin yö" | "It’s like a night" |
| Georgian (pop version only)[27] | Unknown | Maka Zambaxidze | ? | ? |
| German | Peter Fessler | Sabine Hettlich | "Ein Traum wird wahr" | "A dream comes true" |
| Greek | Χρήστος Στασινόπουλος (Hrístos Stasinópoulos) | Κατερίνα Γιαμαλή (Katerína Yiamalí) | "Γλυκιά ζωή" ("Ylikia zoi") | "Sweet life" |
| Hebrew | אלון אופיר (Alon Ofir) | רמה מסינגר (Rama Messinger) | "עולם חדש" ("Olam chadash") | "A new world" |
| Hindi | सोनू निगम (Sonu Nigam) | सुचित्रा कृष्णमूर्ति (Suchitra Krishnamoorty) | "सपनो का जहां" ("Sapno ka jahaan") | "The world of dreams" |
| Hungarian | Miller Zoltán (movie) and
Bereczki Zoltán (pop) |
Janza Kata (movie) and
Dóra Szinetár (pop) |
"Egy új élmény" | "A new experience" |
| Icelandic | Felix Bergsson (movie) and
Hreimur Örn Heimisson (pop) |
Edda Heiðrún Backman (movie) and
Selma Björnsdóttir (pop) |
"Nýr heimur" | "A new world" |
| Indonesian | Nanang Niskala | Beatrix Renita | "Seluruh dunia" | "The whole world" |
| Italian | Vincent Thoma (movie) and
Gigi D’Alessio (pop) |
Simona Peron (movie) and
Anna Tatangelo (pop) |
"Il mondo è mio" | "The world is mine" |
| Japanese | 石井一孝 (Ishii Kazutaka) | 麻生かほ里 (Asoh Kaori) (movie) and
福井舞 (Mai Fukui) (pop) |
"ア・ホール・ニュー・ワールド" ("A hōru nyū wārudo") | "A whole new world" |
| Korean | 남경주 (Nam Gyeong-Ju) | 이정화 (Lee Jeong-Hwa) | "아름다운 세상" ("Arŭmda-un sesang") | "A beautiful world" |
| Latin American Spanish | Demián Bichir (movie) and
Ricardo Montaner (pop) |
Analí (movie) and
Michelle (pop) |
"Un mundo ideal" | "An ideal world" |
| Malaysian | Unknown | Unknown | "Dunia baru" | "A new world" |
| Norwegian | Trond Teigen | Jannike Kruse | "En helt ny jord" | "A whole new land" |
| Polish | Paweł Tucholski | Katarzyna Skrzynecka | "To nowy świat" | ? |
| Romanian | Mihai Dinu | Simona Nae | "Un nou taram" | "A new land" |
| Russian | Андрей Малышев (Andrey Malyshev) | Анна Позднякова (Anna Pozdnyakova) | "Волшебный мир" ("Volshyebnj mir") | "A magical world" |
| Slovak | Daniel Fischer | Alžbeta Bartošová | "Svet úžasný" | "Awesome world" |
| Swedish | Peter Jöback | Myrra Malmberg | "En helt ny värld" | "A whole new world" |
| Taiwanese Mandarin | 黃卓穎 (Huáng Zhuō-Yǐng) (movie) and
周华健 (“Zhōu Huá-Jiàn”; Emil Chau) (pop) |
马毓芬 (Mǎ Yù-Fēn) (movie) and
陈淑桦 (“Chén Shū-Huà”; Sarah Chen) (pop) |
"崭新世界" ("Kànzhe shìjiè") | "Look at this world" |
| Thai | เดชพัฒน์ อรรถสาร (Detchaphat Atthasan) (movie) and | เนตรนภา หาญโรจนวุฒิ (Netnapa Hanrojanawut) (movie) and | "โลกใหม่สวยงาม" ("Lok mai suai-ngam") (movie)
"เพลง" (?) (pop) |
"The new world is beautiful" (movie) and
"?" (pop) |
| Turkish | Arda Aydın | Otilia Radulescu Ipek | "Gerçek dünya" | "The real world" |
| Ukrainian | Арсентій Примак (Arsentij Prymak) | Дарина Сумська (Daryna Sumsʹka) | "Нове життя" ("Nove zhyttya") | "A new life" |
Cover versions
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- 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.
- Country music artist Collin Raye performed the song for the collaboration album The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney.
- 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,[28] 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.[29][30]
- On Disney - Koe no Oujisama album the song was sung 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.[31]
- Christian pop punk band Stellar Kart featured a cover on their Disney cover EP named after this song.
- Pianist Alex Hardwick has recorded a piano solo version (released online as a single track).
- A cappella singer and YouTube star Peter Hollens performed a portion of the song as part of his "Epic Disney Medley" with fellow singer Alex G. As of March 2016, the video has 6.2 million views.
- A Japanese male vocal-dance group Da-iCE members Sota Hanamura and Yudai Ohno has recorded a cover of this song for their group's latest 8th Single Watch Out (Digital Version).
We Love Disney
The song was covered in different languages for the series We Love Disney by:
- Joyce Jonathan and Olympe for We Love Disney, France in 2013[32]
- Husein and Nowela for We Love Disney, Indonesia in 2015[33]
- Antonino and Emma for We Love Disney, Italy in 2015[34]
- Yuna for We Love Disney, United States in 2015[35]
- Luciano Pereyra for We Love Disney, Latin America in 2016[36]
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 [37]
- 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~.
- Peabo Bryson and Chilean singer Andrea Tessa performed the song on the Viña del Mar International Song Festival in 2001.
- 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]
- 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]
- Sota Hanamura and Yudai Ohno from Da-iCE had recently performed the song on their US debut concert at 2016
FanimeCon in San Jose, California.
- Lea Salonga and Hamilton composer and star Lin-Manuel Miranda sang a cover at the Richard Rogers Theater during a Ham4Ham lottery in 2015.
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.)
References
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi_Ocd9IALc
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/Alan-Menken-Howard-Ashman-Tim-Rice-Aladdin-Special-Edition-Soundtrack/release/986681
- ^ a b c d e Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 137. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/Peabo-Bryson-Regina-Belle-A-Whole-New-World-Aladdins-Theme/release/1423111
- ^ "The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of March 06, 1993". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
- ^ "American certifications – Belle, Regina & Peabo Bryson – A Whole New World". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "Best-Selling Records of 1993". Billboard. 106 (3). BPI Communications: 73. January 15, 1994. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ^ "Passion - Regina Belle". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
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- ^ "Éxitos Y... Algo Mas - Peabo Bryson". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
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- ^ "Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle – A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
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- ^ "At The Movies overview". Allmusic.com.
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- ^ "We Love Disney (Latino) di Various Artists su Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
- ^ "Charice Singing with Kyuhyun in Star King TV Show". 12 September 2012.
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