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{{Infobox song
| Name = Someday My Prince Will Come
| name = Someday My Prince Will Come
| cover =
| Artist = [[Adriana Caselotti]]
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| alt =
| type = song
| Album = [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (soundtrack)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]
| artist = [[Adriana Caselotti]]
| Recorded = 1937
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| Genre = [[Soundtrack]]
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| Length = 1:53
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| Lyricist = [[Larry Morey]]
| recorded = 1937
| Composer = [[Frank Churchill]]
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| Label = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]
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| label = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]
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| composer = [[Frank Churchill]]
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"'''Someday My Prince Will Come'''" is a song from [[Walt Disney]]'s 1937 animated movie ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|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). It was also featured in the 1979 [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (musical)|stage adaptation]] of the 1937 animated musical movie. In [[American Film Institute|AFI]]'s [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs|100 Years...100 Songs]], it was ranked the 19th greatest film song of all time.


== Production ==
"'''Someday My Prince Will Come'''" is a popular song from [[Walt Disney]]'s 1937 animated movie ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|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). It was also featured in the 1979 [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (musical)|stage adaptation]] of the 1937 animated musical movie. In [[American Film Institute|AFI]]'s [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs|100 Years...100 Songs]], it was ranked as the 19th greatest film song of all time.


==Overview==
=== Conception ===
[[Adriana Caselotti]] was cast in the 1937 film ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' after interrupting a phone conversation her father – a voice coach – was having on the phone with a talent scout. The scout was casting the upcoming film and noted that a previous candidate had sounded like a 30-year-old, so was let go; Caselotti picked up the extension and recommended herself. Only 18 at the time, Disney thought she sounded like a 14-year-old, which is what he wanted, and he offered her the part. She worked on the film for a nominal fee for three years while the film was in production.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/11a142be-42bd-11e6-9b66-0712b3873ae1|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211231247/https://www.ft.com/content/11a142be-42bd-11e6-9b66-0712b3873ae1|archive-date=2022-12-11|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|title=The Life of a Song: 'Someday My Prince Will Come'|last=Pizzichini|first=Lilian|date=2016-07-08|website=Financial Times|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-13}}</ref>
This song first appears 57:40 into the movie, when [[Princess Snow White]] sings a bedtime song for the dwarfs after their small party. It later appears when Snow White is making a pie and once more in a more formal version when the prince takes Snow White away at the end.


=== Composition ===
The [[American Film Institute]] listed this song at #19 on their [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs|list of the 100 greatest songs in movie history]]. Following "[[When You Wish Upon A Star]]" from ''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]'' at #7, this is the second highest ranked song from a Disney movie out of four, with the other two being "[[Beauty and the Beast (Disney song)|Beauty and the Beast]]" from ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' at #62 and "[[Hakuna Matata (song)|Hakuna Matata]]" from ''[[The Lion King]]'' at #99. The song was then briefly sung on the 1971 [[sitcom]] [[All In The Family]] by [[Edith Bunker]] in the episode Archie's Weighty Problem.
Meanwhile, [[Frank Churchill]] was chosen as the film's composer, who was instructed by Walt Disney to write something "quaint" in order to "appeal more than the hot stuff". The song sees Caselotti perform with "piercing top notes" and "mushy vibrato". The chord structure that underpins the melody has an atypical quality, that led it to become popular within jazz circles.<ref name=":0" /> The song is typically played in the key of B-flat major.


==As a jazz standard==
=== Context ===
This song first appears 57:40 into the movie, when [[Snow White (Disney character)|Princess Snow White]] sings a bedtime song about how the prince she met at the castle will someday return for her. Later in the film, Snow White sings a reprise while making a pie and a more formal version with a chorus is heard when the prince and Snow White leave for his castle at the film's end.
Originally written as a waltz, the first interpretation in the jazz form was performed by the "[[Ghetto Swingers]]" at the [[Theresienstadt concentration camp]] in 1943. About that concert the author and musician [[Herbert Thomas Mandl]] tells in his film ''[[Tracks to Terezin]]''. The concert took place in the so-called Coffee House of Theresienstadt and Mandl himself saw and heard it. The original title of the concert was "Music from [[Frank Churchill]]". But the Nazis could see that title as a provocation, so it was changed to "Music from the film 'Snow White" by Walt Disney".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyN-oAby5VI "Tracks to Terezin"], a film with [[Herbert Thomas Mandl]], interviewer and director: [[Herbert Gantschacher]], camera: Robert Schabus, editor: Erich Heyduck. DVD, 2007.</ref>


== Release ==
The song was performed in the 1948 film ''[[Mickey (1948 film)|Mickey]]'' as '''"One Day My Prince Will Come"'''.


=== Aftermath ===
In 1955, jazz pianist [[Jack Pleis]] recorded it for his album, ''Music from Disneyland''.
After the film's release, the song became popular outside the context of the narrative as a jazz standard. The first performance was within the [[Theresienstadt]] concentration camp in 1943, played by a band known as the Ghetto Swingers. After World War II, it was performed by jazz musicians such as Dave Brubeck, who included it on his 1957 album ''Dave Digs Disney''. Another popular recording came from Miles Davis in 1961, who [[Someday My Prince Will Come (Miles Davis album)|named his album after the song]].<ref name=":0" />


=== Critical reception ===
In 1957, 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 ''Financial Times'' wrote that the song "spelt out the tantalising promise of love and nurture".<ref name=":0" />


=== Legacy ===
The song quickly became popular amongst jazz musicians, who considered its chord sequence to be particularly satisfying.{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} Later versions were recorded by [[Bill Evans]], [[Miles Davis]], [[Grant Green]], [[Oscar Peterson]], [[The State of His Art (Clare Fischer album)|Clare Fischer]], [[Leon Spencer|Leon Spencer Jr.]] and many times by [[Herbie Hancock]], who would use it as the basis for a virtuoso showpiece display.
The [[American Film Institute]] listed this song at No. 19 on their [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs|list of the 100 greatest songs in movie history]]. Following "[[When You Wish Upon a Star]]" from ''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]'' at No. 7, this is the second-highest ranked song from a Disney movie out of four, with the other two being "[[Beauty and the Beast (Disney song)|Beauty and the Beast]]" from ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' at No. 62 and "[[Hakuna Matata (song)|Hakuna Matata]]" from ''[[The Lion King]]'' at No. 99. The song was then briefly sung on the 1971 sitcom ''[[All in the Family]]'' by [[Edith Bunker]] in the episode "Archie's Weighty Problem".


== Selected covers ==
The recording on the 1961 [[Miles Davis]] album, ''[[Someday My Prince Will Come (Miles Davis album)|Someday My Prince Will Come]]'', features a [[pedal point]] interlude between choruses that has often been imitated. Pianist [[Wynton Kelly]], who performed on Davis' version, recorded the track as a trio later that year on his own [[Someday My Prince Will Come (Wynton Kelly album)|album of the same name]].
===Jazz covers===
* [[Dave Brubeck]] – ''[[Dave Digs Disney]]'' (1957)<ref name="standards">{{cite book |last1=Gioia |first1=Ted |title=The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire |date=2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York City |isbn=978-0-19-993739-4 |page=381}}</ref>
* [[Bill Evans]] – ''[[Portrait in Jazz]]'' (1960)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Miles Davis]] – ''[[Someday My Prince Will Come (Miles Davis album)|Someday My Prince Will Come]]'' (1961)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Wynton Kelly]] – ''[[Someday My Prince Will Come (Wynton Kelly album)|Someday My Prince Will Come]]'' (1961)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Oscar Peterson]] and [[Milt Jackson]] – ''[[Reunion Blues]]'' (1971)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Herbie Hancock]] – ''[[The Piano (Herbie Hancock album)|The Piano]]'' (1978)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Chick Corea]] - ''[[Chick Corea Akoustic Band|Akoustic Band]]'' (1989)
* [[Enrico Pieranunzi]] – ''Live in Paris'' (2001)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Keith Jarrett]] - ''Up for It'' (2002)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Stanley Clarke]] – ''[[Jazz in the Garden]]''<ref name="Nastos">{{cite web |last1=Nastos |first1=Michael G. |title=Jazz in the Garden |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/jazz-in-the-garden-mw0000804343 |website=AllMusic |access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref> (2009)
*[[Melody Gardot]] - ''[[Bye Bye Blackbird EP]]'' (2009)


===Pop covers===
[[Lena Horne]], in 1976 sang a version with the [[Robert Farnon]] Orchestra and [[Phil Woods]] on ''[[Lena: A New Album|A New Album]]''.
* [[Patricia Paay]] - Patricia Zingt (1966)

* [[Mireille Mathieu]] and [[Peter Alexander (Austrian performer)|Peter Alexander]] - Peter Alexander präsentiert Walt Disney's Welt (1976, in German)
The [[Chet Baker]] Trio recorded an album called ''Someday My Prince Will Come'' in 1979.
* [[Sinéad O'Connor]] and [[Andy Rourke]] - ''[[Stay Awake (Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Disney Films)]]'' (1988)

* [[Barbra Streisand]] – ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Platinum Edition DVD/VHS'' (2001)
[[Keith Jarrett]] released an interpretation with his "Standard Trio" in 1986 on ''[[Still Live (Keith Jarrett album)|Still Live]]'' and later in 2002 on ''[[Up for It]]''.
* [[Ayumi Hamasaki]] – (2002) Never for sale,<ref>[http://www.eneabba.net/ayu/disco/video/12A.Snow_white.htm "Snow White"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> the song was used by [[Disney]] in a promotional video for the re-release of ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' in [[Japan]].<ref>[http://ayu-vogue.net/facts.php Ayu-Vogue.net - a tribute to Ayumi Hamasaki<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207083316/http://ayu-vogue.net/facts.php |date=2009-02-07 }}</ref>

* [[Anastacia]] – ''[[Disneymania]]'' (2002) and ''[[Freak of Nature (Deluxe)]]'' (2002)
[[Sun Ra]]'s 1989 live album ''Second Star to the Right'' includes a version of the song that incorporated both vocals and an extended rubato saxophone solo.
* [[Ashley Tisdale]] and [[Drew Seeley]] – ''[[Disneymania 4]]'' (2006)

* [[The Cheetah Girls (group)|The Cheetah Girls]] – ''[[Disneymania 6]]'' (2008)
[[Al Di Meola]] recorded the song in 1993 on his album ''World Sinfonia II - Heart of the Immigrants'', describing it as a "tribute to Miles Davis".
* [[Tiffany Thornton]] - ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition DVD/Blu-ray'' (2009)

Singer [[Cassandra Wilson]] recorded a jazz version of the popular standard in 1999 for her [[Blue Note Records]] album ''[[Traveling Miles]]''.

Bassist [[Stanley Clarke]] recorded a cover on the album ''[[Jazz in the Garden]]''. The album features [[Lenny White]] on drums.<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1561845|pure_url=yes}}|title=Jazz in the Garden overview|work=[[Allmusic|Allmusic.com]]}}</ref>

Med Flory included the tune on his 2006 album ''Best of [[Supersax]] and the L.A. Voices''.

==Pop covers==
*[[Gracie Fields]] (1937)
*[[Diana Ross & The Supremes]] in 1967 for their proposed, yet unreleased album ''Diana Ross & The Supremes Sing Disney Classics''.
*[[Patricia Paay]], in 1976, released a [[disco]] version.
*[[Sinéad O'Connor]], for the 1988 compilation ''[[Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films]]''.
*[[Tanya Tucker]], on the 1996 compilation album ''[[The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney]]''.
*[[Barbra Streisand]], with altered lyrics in the 2001 DVD/Video [[Platinum Edition]] release of ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs]]''; as part of a Disney medley on the CD "Barbra: The Concert" (Sony, 1994), and a studio recorded version included found on "[[The Essential Barbra Streisand]]" compilation (Sony, 2002).
*[[Anastacia]], on the 2002 ''[[DisneyMania]]'' compilation and on ''[[Freak of Nature|Freak of Nature: Collector's Edition]]''.
*[[Ayumi Hamasaki]], in 2002 as "Someday My Prince Will Come". Never for sale,<ref>[http://www.eneabba.net/ayu/disco/video/12A.Snow_white.htm "Snow White"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> the song was used by [[Disney]] in a promotional video for the re-release of ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' in [[Japan]].<ref>[http://ayu-vogue.net/facts.php Ayu-Vogue.net - a tribute to Ayumi Hamasaki<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207083316/http://ayu-vogue.net/facts.php |date=2009-02-07 }}</ref>
*[[Julie Andrews]], for her 2005 album ''Julie Andrews Selects Her Favorite Disney Songs''.
*[[Ashley Tisdale]], in 2006 for the ''[[DisneyMania 4]]'' compilation album with [[Drew Seeley]] on backup vocals.
*[[The Cheetah Girls (recording artists)|The Cheetah Girls]], in 2008 for the ''[[DisneyMania 6]]'' compilation.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0015HZAPC Amazon.com: Disneymania, Vol. 6: Various Artists: Music]</ref>
*[[Thelma Aoyama]], in 2009 as the [[B-side]] on her single "[[Todoketai.../Kono Mama Zutto]]".
*[[Tiffany Thornton]], for the 2009 DVD/Blu-ray release of Disney's ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]''


==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{YouTube|45r2t1pGGyQ|Disney Sing-Along}} (on Disney's official channel)
* {{YouTube|45r2t1pGGyQ|Disney Sing-Along}} (on Disney's official channel)
* http://mcir.usc.edu/cases/1940-1949/Pages/allenwaltdisney.html - 1941 plagiarism case
* [http://mcir.usc.edu/cases/1940-1949/Pages/allenwaltdisney.html Music Copyright Infringement Resource] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023125054/http://mcir.usc.edu/cases/1940-1949/Pages/allenwaltdisney.html |date=2018-10-23 }} - 1941 plagiarism case.
*{{YouTube|SnO0gFt44YY|"Someday My Prince Will Come (From "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs")"}}
* {{MetroLyrics song|anastacia|someday-my-prince-will-come}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->
*{{YouTube|tR5-WNcElNw|"Someday My Prince Will Come (New 2001 Studio Version)"}}
*{{YouTube|0NKKr-6TSQ4|"Someday My Prince Will Come"}}
*{{YouTube|gWy2lG5oOG8|"Some Day My Prince Will Come"}}
*{{YouTube|PfAfzm4eeZ8|"Some Day My Prince Will Come"}}
*{{YouTube|SPGobe_Irvw|"Someday My Prince Will Come (Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs) {{!}} Official Disney Channel UK"}}


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Latest revision as of 15:54, 19 November 2024

This article is about the song. For other uses, see Someday My Prince Will Come (disambiguation).
"Someday My Prince Will Come"
Song by Adriana Caselotti
from the album Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Recorded1937
GenreSoundtrack
Length1:53
LabelWalt Disney
Composer(s)Frank Churchill
Lyricist(s)Larry Morey

"Someday My Prince Will Come" is a 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). It was also featured in the 1979 stage adaptation of the 1937 animated musical movie. In AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, it was ranked the 19th greatest film song of all time.

Production

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Conception

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Adriana Caselotti was cast in the 1937 film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs after interrupting a phone conversation her father – a voice coach – was having on the phone with a talent scout. The scout was casting the upcoming film and noted that a previous candidate had sounded like a 30-year-old, so was let go; Caselotti picked up the extension and recommended herself. Only 18 at the time, Disney thought she sounded like a 14-year-old, which is what he wanted, and he offered her the part. She worked on the film for a nominal fee for three years while the film was in production.[1]

Composition

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Meanwhile, Frank Churchill was chosen as the film's composer, who was instructed by Walt Disney to write something "quaint" in order to "appeal more than the hot stuff". The song sees Caselotti perform with "piercing top notes" and "mushy vibrato". The chord structure that underpins the melody has an atypical quality, that led it to become popular within jazz circles.[1] The song is typically played in the key of B-flat major.

Context

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This song first appears 57:40 into the movie, when Princess Snow White sings a bedtime song about how the prince she met at the castle will someday return for her. Later in the film, Snow White sings a reprise while making a pie and a more formal version with a chorus is heard when the prince and Snow White leave for his castle at the film's end.

Release

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Aftermath

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After the film's release, the song became popular outside the context of the narrative as a jazz standard. The first performance was within the Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1943, played by a band known as the Ghetto Swingers. After World War II, it was performed by jazz musicians such as Dave Brubeck, who included it on his 1957 album Dave Digs Disney. Another popular recording came from Miles Davis in 1961, who named his album after the song.[1]

Critical reception

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The Financial Times wrote that the song "spelt out the tantalising promise of love and nurture".[1]

Legacy

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The American Film Institute listed this song at No. 19 on their list of the 100 greatest songs in movie history. Following "When You Wish Upon a Star" from Pinocchio at No. 7, this is the second-highest ranked song from a Disney movie out of four, with the other two being "Beauty and the Beast" from Beauty and the Beast at No. 62 and "Hakuna Matata" from The Lion King at No. 99. The song was then briefly sung on the 1971 sitcom All in the Family by Edith Bunker in the episode "Archie's Weighty Problem".

Selected covers

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Jazz covers

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Pop covers

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Pizzichini, Lilian (2016-07-08). "The Life of a Song: 'Someday My Prince Will Come'". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. p. 381. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
  3. ^ Nastos, Michael G. "Jazz in the Garden". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Snow White"
  5. ^ Ayu-Vogue.net - a tribute to Ayumi Hamasaki Archived 2009-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
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