Ship’s chorus
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Daughters of Triton
Jodi Benson
Samuel E. Wright
Jodi Benson
Pat Carroll
René Auberjonois
Samuel E. Wright
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Disney Chorus
“Part of Your World,” from the 1989 Disney animated film The Little Mermaid, sees the titular character Ariel expressing her desire to learn about and explore the human world as she swims among her collection of human artifacts in her secret grotto.
[Intro]
Maybe he's right, maybe there is something the matter with me
I just don't see how a world that makes such wonderful things could be bad
[Verse 1]
Look at this stuff, isn't it neat?
Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?
Wouldn't you think I'm the girl?
The girl who has everythin'?
Look at this trove, treasures untold
How many wonders can one cavern hold?
Looking around here, you think, "Sure, she's got everythin'"
I've got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty
I've got whozits and whatzits galore
You want thingamabobs? I've got twenty!
But who cares? No big deal
I want more
[Pre-Chorus]
I wanna be where the people are
I wanna see, wanna see 'em dancin'
Walking around on those—, what do you call 'em? Oh, feet
Flippin' your fins, you don't get too far
Legs are required for jumpin', dancin'
Strolling along down a—, what's that word again? Street
[Chorus]
Up where they walk, up where they run
Up where they stay all day in the sun
Wanderin' free
Wish I could be part of that world
[Verse 2]
What would I give if I could live out of these waters?
What would I pay to spend a day warm on the sand?
Bet'cha on land they understand
Bet they don't reprimand their daughters
Bright young women sick of swimmin'
Ready to stand
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm ready to know what the people know
Ask 'em my questions and get some answers
What's a fire and why does it—, what's the word? Burn?
[Chorus]
When's it my turn? Wouldn't I love
Love to explore that shore up above?
Out of the sea
Wish I could be part of that world
Part of Your World (Soundtrack Version) was written by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman.
Part of Your World (Soundtrack Version) was produced by Howard Ashman & Alan Menken & Robert Kraft.
Jodi Benson released Part of Your World (Soundtrack Version) on Fri Oct 13 1989.
The first time that I heard the song was on a cassette player on my Walkman, with (lyricist) Howard [Ashman] signing it and (composer) Alan [Menken] playing it. We were in our apartment, and I popped it in the Walkman and listened to it, before I went to my audition, which was probably a couple of d...
There were screeners, test market screeners with children and Jeffrey Katzenberg was there, he was head of animation at the time. And when children were dropping their popcorn buckets and kind of running up and down the theater pathway they appeared to be restless to him. During the 3 mins and 43 se...
You know, for voice actors, you are only as good as your directors. They give you everything and Howard gave me everything for Ariel and I really just imitated him. I mean, he gave me all the line readings, all the vocals, all the nuance and I just followed him! So, Ariel is really his performance....
One of the things we looked for immediately was something that would reflect water flowing, so we came up with this figure that was: [plays the opening piano chords for “Part of Your World.”]
That movement is intrinsic to the whole Mermaid score. We use very specific musical choices. The movement o...