Bruce Adler
Alan Menken
Brad Kane
Alan Menken
Brad Kane
Robin Williams
Alan Menken
Robin Williams
Lea Salonga & Brad Kane
Alan Menken
Jonathan Freeman
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle
In this reprise of “Prince Ali” from Disney’s 1992 animated film Aladdin, the villain Jafar has just taken over Agrabah and proceeds to expose Aladdin as a fraud and a poor thief, not the rich prince of Ababwa.
In this scene, Jafar sends Aladdin and Abu to the ends of the Earth in a palace tower an...
[JAFAR]
Prince Ali, yes, it is he, but not as you know him
Read my lips and come to grips with reality
Yes, meet a blast from your past
Whose lies were too good to last
Say hello to your precious Prince Ali!
So Ali turns out to be merely Aladdin
Just a con, need I go on? Take it from me
His personality flaws
Give me adequate cause
To send him packing on a one-way trip
So his prospects take a terminal dip
His assets frozen, the venue chosen
Is the ends of the earth, whoopee!
(spoken)
So long!
(sung)
Ex-prince, Ali!
Prince Ali (Reprise) was written by Alan Menken & Tim Rice.
Prince Ali (Reprise) was produced by Disney & Tim Rice & Alan Menken.
Jonathan Freeman released Prince Ali (Reprise) on Sat Oct 31 1992.
Jafar had two other song attempts, one by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman called “Humiliate the Boy” and another with Ashman’s replacement Tim Rice called “Why Me”. Eventually the filmmakers settled on this dark reprise to showcase Jonathan Freeman’s singing.