Someday My Prince Will Come
| "Someday My Prince Will Come" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Adriana Caselotti | |
| from the album Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | |
| Recorded | 1937 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 1:53 |
| Label | Walt Disney |
| Composer(s) | Frank Churchill |
| Lyricist(s) | Larry Morey |
"Someday 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). 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.
Overview
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.
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".
As a jazz standard
- Dave Brubeck – Dave Digs Disney (1957)[1]
- Stanley Clarke – Jazz in the Garden[2]
- Miles Davis – Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)[1]
- Bill Evans – Portrait in Jazz (1959)[1]
- Herbie Hancock – The Piano (1978)[1]
- Oscar Peterson and Milt Jackson – Reunion Blues (1971)[1]
- Enrico Pieranunzi – Live in Paris (2001)[1]
Pop covers
- Ayumi Hamasaki – in 2002 as "Someday My Prince Will Come". Never for sale,[3] the song was used by Disney in a promotional video for the re-release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in Japan.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f 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.
- ^ Nastos, Michael G. "Jazz in the Garden". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ^ "Snow White"
- ^ Ayu-Vogue.net - a tribute to Ayumi Hamasaki Archived 2009-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Disney Sing-Along on YouTube (on Disney's official channel)
- http://mcir.usc.edu/cases/1940-1949/Pages/allenwaltdisney.html - 1941 plagiarism case