Love Is an Open Door
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"Love Is an Open Door" is a song written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez for Walt Disney Animation Studios's 53rd animated feature film Frozen (2013). Performed by Kristen Bell and Santino Fontana as Anna and Prince Hans respectively, "Love Is an Open Door" is a romantic duet which takes place during the first act of the film, when Anna meets Hans during the reception of her sister Elsa's coronation. The song was intended by Lopez and Anderson-Lopez to "feel like the perfect first date", inspired by the date depicted in the film The Karate Kid (1984).
Production
The notion of a song that doubled up as a romantic duet and the villain song came to fruition after the writers decided to turn Elsa into a tragic hero rather than a villain, leaving the door open for Hans to become the villain of the film. The first song written for the film, "You're You", was cut from the film, due to Hans interrupting Anna in the song, an act which would have lessened Hans' reveal as a villain later in the film.[2] "Love Is an Open Door" was eventually also recorded by Demi Lovato, but never released.[3]
The song is inspired by the date depicted in the film The Karate Kid (1984), and it is "intended to feel like the perfect first date", according to the songwriters.[2] The line about finishing "each other's sandwiches" originally had nothing to do with the television show Arrested Development.[4] Anderson-Lopez explained she was eating a sandwich at the time she wrote the line, but had not seen the show, and it was not until Lopez's brother pointed out the connection that they realized audience members might hear it as an Arrested Development reference.[4] They tried pitching a couple of alternate versions to Disney, but the line about sandwiches stayed in.[4]
Synopsis
The song is written as an apparent love duet sung by Princess Anna of Arendelle with Prince Hans of the Southern Isles. Anna opens the song by explaining to Hans her loneliness by being shut out from Elsa for years, with Hans promising to never shut her out. As the night goes on, the two gradually find themselves sharing a lot in common, and towards the end of the night, Hans proposes to Anna, and she accepts.
Critical reception
MSN.com said the song "sounds as if it came out of the High School Musical unused-song drawer".[5] NeonTommy wrote "One of my favorite things about Frozen is how ably it toes the line between earnestly telling the story and being cognizant of its heritage. Love is an Open Door is a perfect example of that, putting a quirky spin on a typical lovers duet. Anna is a delightfully odd character (and who wouldn’t be, in her circumstances?), and this song paints a very effective picture of who Anna is".[6]
GeekExchange said it was "a hilarious exploration of the insanity of love at first sight and really catchy".[7] National Catholic Register said the is "one of many forgettable numbers, and, like “Let It Go” is emotionally out of step with the larger drama".[8] Rotoscopers described it as "a quirky, even a little bit cheesy tune that works perfectly in the movie".[9] CraveOnline wrote "Do You Want to Build a Snowman? and Love is an Open Door, are fun to listen to and boast thoughtful, clever lyrics that – unlike most musicals these days (or ever) – often feel like they were genuinely made up on the spot by people who just couldn’t help but sing their feelings.[10] The Atlantic's article How Parents Can Turn Frozen's Big Twist Into a Teachable Moment argues that parents can use the juxtaposition between this song and the big reveal toward the end of the movie to teach their kids about things being too good to be true and being cautious of charmers with ulterior motives.[11]
Other languages
Several other language versions of the song have also been successful. The Japanese-language version called "Tobira Akete" (とびら開けて, "Open the Door") was sung by Sayaka Kanda and Eisuke Tsuda. It appeared on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 in May 2014, peaking at number 36.[12] After five months, the song was certified gold for 100,000 downloads by the RIAJ.[13] The Korean language version, sung by Park Ji-yoon and Yun Seong-guk, reached 131 on the Gaon Singles Chart, being downloaded 14,000 times.[14][15]
Since 2013, some local TV stations have been dubbing the movie in their local languages, creating some unofficial dubs (namely: Albanian,[16] Arabic TV, Karachay-Balkar,[17] Persian[18] and Tagalog[19]).
"Love Is an Open Door" in other languages | ||||
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Language | Performers | Title | Translation | |
Anna[20] | Hans[21] | |||
Arabic | شروق صلاح (Shorouq Salah) | مصطفى رشاد (Mustafa Rashad) | "الحب هو الدار" ("Al-hubu houwa-l-dar") | "Love is the home" |
Brazilian Portuguese | Gabriela Porto | Olavo Cavalheiro | "Vejo uma porta abrir" | "I see a door opening up" |
Bulgarian | Весела Бонева (Vesela Boneva) | Владимир Михайлов (Vladimir Mikhaĭlov) | ? | ? |
Canadian French | Véronique Claveau | Charles Pomerlo | "L’amour est un cadeau" | "Love is a gift" |
Cantonese | 黃山怡 (Kandy Wong) | 杜偉恆 (Do Wai Hang) | "愛是大門開" ("?") | ? |
Castilian Spanish | Carmen López Pascual | Tony Menguiano | "La puerta hacia el amor" | "The door to love" |
Catalan | Paula Ribó | Ivan Labanda | "La porta de l’amor" | "The door of love" |
Chinese Mandarin | 李潇潇 ("Lǐ Xiāo-Xiāo"; Eva Li) | 張江 (Zhāng Jiāng) | "爱的门打开了" ("Ài de mén dǎkāile") | ? |
Croatian | Sementa Rajhard | Nikola Marjanović | "Ljubav je ova dar" | "This love is a gift" |
Czech | Tereza Martinková | Ondřej Brzobohatý | "Otevře láska má" | "My love will open them" |
Danish | Kristine Yde Eriksen | Christian Lund | "Vi lukker døren op" | "We open the door" |
Dutch | Noortje Herlaar | Oren Schrijver | "Liefde geeft ons ruim baan" | "Love gives us free rein" |
Estonian | Hele Kõrve | Andero Ermel | "Armastus muudab kõik" | ? |
European French | Emmylou Homs | Guillaume Beaujolais | "L’amour est un cadeau" | "Love is a gift" |
European Portuguese | Isabel Jacobetty | Diogo Pinto | "A porta é o amor" | "Love is the door" |
Finnish | Saara Aalto | Tuukka Leppänen | "Ovi nyt auki on" | "Door is open now" |
Flemish | Aline Goffin | Jelle Cleymans | "Is liefde een open deur" | "Love is an open door" |
German | Pia Allgaier | Manuel Straube | "Liebe öffnet Tür’n" | "Love’s opening doors" |
Greek | βάσια ζαχαροπούλου (Vássia Zaharopoúlou) | Μπάμπης Αλεξανδρόπουλος (Bábis Alexandópoulos) | "Σε άλλον ουρανό" ("Se állon ouranó") | "In another sky" |
Hebrew | עינת אזולאי (Einat Azulay) | לירון לב (Liron Lev) | "נפתחות דלתות" ("Niftachot dlatot") | "The doors open up" |
Hindi | ऐश्वर्या मजूमदार \ ઐશ્વર્યા મજમુદાર (Aishwarya Majumdar) | Ryan Dias | ? | ? |
Hungarian | Bernadett Vágó | Pál Tamás | "Nyitom a szívem" | ? |
Icelandic | Þórdís Björk Þorfinnsdóttir | Orri Huginn Ágústsson | "Ástin er opnar dyr" | "Love is an open door" |
Indonesian | Nadia Rosyada | Kamal Nasution | "Cinta buka semua" | "Love is opening all" |
Italian | Serena Rossi | Giuseppe Russo | "La mia occasione" | "My chance" |
Japanese | 神田沙也加 (Kanda Sayaka) | 津田英佑 (Tsuda Eisuke) | "とびら開けて" ("Tobira akete") | "Open the door" |
Kazakh | Назерке Серікболова (Nazerke Serikbolova) | Жасұлан Ерболат (Jasulan Erbolat) | ? | ? |
Korean | 박지윤 (Park Ji-Yun) | 윤승욱 (Yun Seong-Uk) | "사랑은 열린 문" ("Sarang-ŭn yŏllin mun") | "Love is an open door" |
Latin American Spanish | Romina Marroquín | Hugo Serrano | "La puerta es el amor" | "Love is the door" |
Latvian | Beāte Zviedre | Juris Jope | ? | ? |
Lithuanian | Neringa Nekrašiūtė | Vytautas Leistrumas | ? | ? |
Malaysian | Amylea Azizan | Lokman Aslam | "Cintamu yang indah" | "Your beautiful love" |
Norwegian | May Kristin Kaspersen | Anders Baasmo Christiansen | "Alt blir en åpen dør" | "Everything is becoming an open door" |
Polish | Magdalena Wasylik | Marcin Jajkiewicz | "Miłość stanęła w drzwiach" | ? |
Romanian | Cătălina Chirţan | “Jorge” George Papagheorghe | "Asta e dragostea" | "This is love" |
Russian | Наталия Быстрова (Natalia Bystrova) | Дима Билан (Dima Bilan) | "Это моя любовь" ("Eto moya lyubov’") | "This is my love" |
Serbian | Lejla Hot | Никола Булатовић (Nikola Bulatović) | "Ljubav je kao otvorena vrata" | ? |
Slovak | Lucia Molnárová Bugalová | Adam Ďurica | ? | ? |
Slovene | Tanja Ravljen | Klemen Slakonja | "S tabo mi je lepo" | ? |
Swedish | Mimmi Sandén | Erik Segerstedt | "Hjärtat slår upp sin dörr" | "Love opens its door up" |
Taiwanese Mandarin | 劉軒蓁 ("Liú Xuān-Zhēn"; Ray Liu) | 謝文德 (Xiè Wén-Dé) | "愛要說出口" ("Ài yào shuō chūkǒu") | ? |
Thai | หนึ่งธิดา โสภณ ("Noona" Nuengthida Sophon) | สุวีระ บุญรอด (Suwira Bunrot) | "รักมาเปิดโลกสดใส" ("?") | ? |
Turkish | Deniz Sujana | Bülent Tekakpınar | "Yol açıldı aşka" | "We beat a path for love" |
Ukrainian | Марія Яремчук (Mariya Yaremchuk) | Артем Кондратюк (Artem Kondratiuk) | "Все одімкне любов" ("Vse odimkne liubov") | "Love opens everything" |
Vietnamese | Võ Ha Trâm | Nguyễn Xuân Lân | "Hát cho tình yêu bừng sáng" | "Sing to make love shine" |
Charts and certifications
Charts
Chart (2013–14) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[22] | 94 |
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[23] | 1 |
South Korea (Gaon International Chart)[24] | 2 |
South Korea (Gaon Chart)[24] | 21 |
UK Singles (OCC)[25] | 56 |
US Billboard Hot 100[26] | 49 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[27] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
United States (RIAA)[29] | Gold | 635,000[28] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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