Some Day My Prince Will Come
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"Some Day My Prince Will Come" is a popular song from Walt Disney's 1937 animated movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It was written by Larry Morey (lyrics) & Frank Churchill (music), and performed by Adriana Caselotti (Snow White's voice in the movie).
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[edit] Overview
This song first appears 57:56 into the movie, when Snow White sings a bedtime song for the dwarfs after their small party. It later appears in a more formal version when the prince takes Snow White away at the end.
The American Film Institute listed this song at #19 on their list of the 100 greatest songs in movie history. Following "When You Wish Upon A Star" from Pinocchio, this is the second highest ranked song from a Disney movie.
[edit] As a jazz standard
In 1957, the jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, inspired by an anthology of Disney tunes owned by his child, included a version of the song on the album Dave Digs Disney.
The song quickly became popular amongst jazz musicians, who considered its chord sequence to be particularly satisfying. Later versions were recorded by Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Oscar Peterson, and many times by Herbie Hancock, who would use it as the basis for a virtuoso showpiece display.
The recording on the 1961 Miles Davis album Someday My Prince Will Come features a pedal point interlude between choruses that has often been imitated.
The Chet Baker Trio recorded an album called Someday My Prince Will Come in 1979.
[edit] Pop covers
Anastacia covered the song in the DisneyMania compilation.
Ashley Tisdale covered the song in the DisneyMania 4 compilation album with Drew Seeley on backup vocals. Barbra Streisand sings a version with altered lyrics in the Snow White special edition DVD release. In addition, a cover version by J-pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki exists.[1]
The Cheetah Girls covered the song for the DisneyMania 6 compilation.[2]
