You Two

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Left to right: Adrian Hall as "Jeremy Potts", Dick Van Dyke as "Caractacus Potts" and Heather Ripley as "Jemima Potts" in the 1968 musical film, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang singing "You Two".

"You Two" is a song from the 1968 film musical, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It also appears in the 2002/2005 stage musical version as well. It was written by Robert and Richard Sherman. The song is sung by a single/widower father ("Caractacus Potts") to his two twin children ("Jeremy" and "Jemima"). An inventor by trade, Potts sings the song against the back drop of his eccentric inventor's workshop.

[edit] The Stage Version

"Them Three" is short reprise of "You Two" that was written for the stage musical. It is sung by "'Grandpa' Potts" and was also authored by the Sherman Brothers nearly thirty five years after the song was originally written. It is not heard in the movie.

"Us Two" is also a short reprise crafted especially for the stage musical and written by the same writers. It is sung in the Vulgarian dungeons by Jeremy and Jemima, just before: "Chitty Prayer" which is a short reprise of the title song. It is also not heard in the movie.

[edit] Trivia

• The song was praised by critics at the time as being demonstrative of the changing family structures of the 1960s.

[edit] External sources

• Sherman, Robert B. Walt's Time: from before to beyond. Santa Clarita: Camphor Tree Publishers, 1998.