A Whole New World
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| Single by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle from the album Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
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| B-side | After The Kiss (instrumental) | |
| Released | November 5, 1992 | |
| Format | CD, Audio Cassette, 7" | |
| Genre | Ballad | |
| Length | 04:05 | |
| Label | Columbia Records | |
| Writer(s) | Alan Menken and Tim Rice | |
"A Whole New World" was the featured pop single from the soundtrack to the 1992 Disney movie 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're going to discover together. The single version was performed by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle and is heard over the end credits. The version heard during the narrative of the film was performed by Brad Kane and Lea Salonga, the singing voices for Aladdin and Princess Jasmine, respectively. They also performed the song in their characters at the 65th Academy Awards.
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[edit] Awards
"A Whole New World" won the 1992 Academy Award for Best Original Song, giving Alan Menken his third win and second consecutive after his 1991 award for "Beauty and the Beast". The song also won the 1992 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, also succeeding "Beauty and the Beast" in the award. It went on to win the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in Grammy Awards of 1994.
[edit] Release and charts
The single was released on November 5, 1992 and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 6, 1993, ending the fourteen-week run of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You". It remained at number one for one week before it was replaced by Snow's "Informer". A Whole New World is also the only Disney song to date to hit # 1 on the US charts. It was included in the album All Time Greatest Movie Songs, released by Sony in 1999.
[edit] Notable performances
Some notable artists that have covered this song include:
- LMNT, released in the second volume of Disneymania
- Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, released in the third volume of DisneyMania and on the two-disc Platinum Edition DVD
- Sweetbox, for WOW! DisneyMania in Japan
- Kelly Clarkson
- Jessica Simpson and Tamil singer Krish
- Luther Vandross and Vanessa L. Williams
- J-pop artist Kumi Koda and Peabo Bryson, recorded for her 2006 album BEST ~second session~
- K-Pop artists DBSK recorded that song on their Japanese album Five in the Black as a special track
- Peter André & Katie Price performed the song live on Children in Need in 2005 and released it both as a single in 2006 and on their duets album.
- K-pop artist BoA and TVXQ member Xiah Junsu performed the song live at the AnyBand Concert in Korea on December 29, 2007. Earlier that year, the group TVXQ had released a cover of the song on their second Japanese album, Five in the Black.
- Peabo Bryson and Dayanara Torres performed the song along with all 77 contestants at the 1994 Miss Universe Pageant in Manila, Philippines
- Charice Pempengco and Cho Kyu Hyun
- Jared Ginnety and Avni Kacker as part of the Benjamin Franklin Charter School's production of Aladdin Jr. These two talented teens made history in local newspapers with their stunning voices.
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. Auditioners continue to use this song to this day, although a lot less than in Season 3.
[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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| Portugal | Um mundo ideal | An Ideal World | Sofia Escobar & Luís Alves | |
| Canada (Québec) | Un nouveau monde | A New World | Joël Legendre and Martine Chevrier | |
| Mainland China | 萍水相逢 (píng shuǐ xiāng féng) | Meet by chance like patches of drifting duckweed | Emil Chau | |
| 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 | |
| Hong Kong Macau Taiwan |
新的世界 | New World | ||
| Hungary | Egy új élmény | A New Experience | Miller Zoltán and Janza Kata | |
| India | Sapno Ka Jahan | The Land of Dreams | Sonu Nigam | |
| Israel | עולם חדש (olam hadash) | A New World | Rama Mesinger and Alon Ophir | |
| Italy | Il mondo è mio | The World Is Mine | Anna Tatangelo and Gigi D'Alessio Vincent Thoma & Cristina (film) |
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| Japan | 新しい世界 (atarashii sekai) | New World | Luke Hedin & Paula Thompson [1] | |
| Latin America | Un Mundo Ideal | An Ideal World | Ricardo Montaner and Michelle Damien Bichir & Anali (film) |
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| Netherlands and Belgium | Een nieuw begin | A new beginning | Bart Bosch & Laura Vlasblom | |
| Spain | Un mundo ideal | An Ideal World | Enrique del Pozo and Michelle [2] | |
| Sweden | En helt ny värld | A whole new world | Peter Jöback and Myrra Malmberg | |
| Thailand | โลกใหม่สวยงาม (Loke mai suay ngarm) | This new world is beautiful |
[edit] References
| Preceded by "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single March 6, 1993 |
Succeeded by "Informer" by Snow |
| Preceded by "Beauty and the Beast" from Beauty and the Beast |
Academy Award for Best Original Song 1992 |
Succeeded by "Streets of Philadelphia" from Philadelphia |
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