Honestly, I don’t blame Julia Michaels for the failure of “This Wish”. I mostly blame the executives who gave her nothing but 3 weeks and a barebones summary without letting her rework the song overtime

@BG-be8di

6 ай бұрын

really? If they had given her more time, it would have maybe been a better song "This Wish"

@ashbasher22nerd93

6 ай бұрын

I agree with this. The executives did not give artists and the writers the time to breathe, them along with Bob Iger really need to resign as they are killing the reputation of the company.

@lilac3266

6 ай бұрын

was this wish not wrote before the movie? I thought it was just a song she wrote and disney liked so they asked her to write the soundtrack?

@gdplayer8768

6 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@lilac3266​​⁠​⁠it was written very early in development, and they just never bothered to rewrite it

@lilac3266

6 ай бұрын

@@gdplayer8768 that’s so frustrating I don’t know how “throw caution at every warning sign” slipped past every higher up.

"Part Of Your World" is easily one of the most beautiful and the most influential 'I Want' song in Disney History.

@erikbihari3625

6 ай бұрын

It's no exaggeration to say, that this song pretty mutch saved disney's ass for years to come. I never really bought into the Disney renaissance mockery! Until Wish came Out!

@OpticalSorcerer

6 ай бұрын

Jodi Benson has an amazing voice, and she's an underrated voice actress. I'd be interested in a ranking of Disney princess' voice actors' performances (original movies only; sequels not included).

@BG-be8di

6 ай бұрын

The first time I heard it as a child, Ariel's beautiful voice stuck to me, even though I was too little to follow the lyrics haha

@lessismore8533

6 ай бұрын

SO TRUE

@amyvasquez4268

6 ай бұрын

The fact that it was going to be cut is beyond me…

Although not technically a “true” I want song, I think Esmeralda’s song: God Help the Outcasts should’ve been ranked. It’s a good example of what Disney tried (and failed) to do with the song “This Wish”. Unlike Asha’s song, Esmeralda’s song is a true example of a selfless protagonist. The lyrics are poignant and reflect the very purity of Esmeralda’s soul: “I ask for nothing, I can get by. But I know so many less lucky than I. Please help my people” She’s calling out for divine help but not even for herself (keep in mind at this point in the film Esmeralda is being persecuted by Frollo and prohibited form leaving the church) Yet despite this, she still sings for the outcasts of the society. Strength and selflessness at its finest 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@BG-be8di

6 ай бұрын

mm I think I like it more when the protagonist is selfless, and wishes for others, they just should have expressed it better in the song "This wish"

@SomethingProductions420

6 ай бұрын

Yes! God Help the Outcasts Is one of my favorites it’s so good!!

FUN FACT: Jeffrey Katzenberg almost cut the Part of Your World song from the final cut because he believed children would get bored of it after a kid dropped his box of popcorn during a test screening. Thankfully, Ariel's lead animator: Glen Keane convinced him not to remove it by giving it another chance, but in color. And the rest is history.

@moonsigil

6 ай бұрын

TLM was in black and white at one point??? Wow

@deenadallas2802

6 ай бұрын

Even Howard Ashman convinced Jeffrey to keep the song in the movie because it can make us feel sympathy for Ariel. Disney will never be the same without him.

“Out There” is a beautiful ballad about how selfless Quasimodo is. He just wants one day to live among the people, and he got it. The animation is stellar, Tom Hulce kills the tone of the song perfectly, and it’s just so well contrasted with Frollo’s part at the beginning. Absolutely incredible.

@OpticalSorcerer

6 ай бұрын

The duality they have for the whole film is fantastic.

@Capydapy

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, I would've ranked Out There a bit higher on the list personally, very underrated song.

@jasonparker3925

6 ай бұрын

..and then Hellfire is just Frollo going, "Lemme smash"

@bipedalcynodont962

6 ай бұрын

I love him and his movie so much!!!

@andrewfortmusic

6 ай бұрын

I was honored to be asked to sing the part of Frollo for "Out There" for my dear friend's junior recital, and the performance went super well--he killed the super high tenor notes!!

My fav is probably “Waiting on a Miracle” because it just feels so genuine. Mirabel just spits out all her emotions. Not to mention how smoothly it transitions into her song. It comes at a moment when she is emotionally isolated

@BG-be8di

6 ай бұрын

I also feel it very genuinely, because it's been a long time since I heard a Disney song this penetrating that makes me feel many emotions exploring within Mirabel.

@Commenter839

6 ай бұрын

I heard Mirabel's VA recorded that song while in labor, and if that's true, mad props to her. You could really feel Mirabel's repressed pain and desperation just exploding out in that song, and the visuals are beautiful!

@DORAisD34D

6 ай бұрын

@@BG-be8di yeah

@DORAisD34D

6 ай бұрын

@@Commenter839 props to the VA

@lilac3266

6 ай бұрын

it feels like a diary entry. Like this character is just admitting all her bottled up feelings for the first time and is completely unapologetic about it. The 3/4 waltz time, the beginning acting as a reprise of the opening song, the foreshadowing it’s so underrated!

waiting on a miracle is overshadowed by the other songs in the encanto soundtrack because they’re more upbeat and “fun”. It’s quite a hard hitting emotional song compared to the rest of the soundtrack. I feel like it’s very underrated and quite a complex song when you delve into it

@incrediblymai8362

6 ай бұрын

Yes! Conundrum of an amazing soundtrack, similar to Tightrope from the Greatest Showman

@ot7biasedmashups

6 ай бұрын

Agreed. I ugly cry every single time

@lilac3266

6 ай бұрын

@@ot7biasedmashups people don’t like it because it’s not the most “vocally impressive” but they’re lying if they said it’s not one of the most emotional and heart wrenching songs

I personally love "Go the Distance", "Out There" and "Part of your World". They are my all time favourite I want songs. So mucb emotion and energy.

My favorite "I want" song is definitely reflection. It's the first time as I child that I felt such an emotional connection to a song and it really stuck with me

Part of your world is THE Disney i want song! The Little Mermaid is when Disney pivoted the formula to be more like musical theatre. It’s part of the film’s success and the success of Disney. Go the Distance and Reflections are two of my faves for invoking a lot of emotion

@lessismore8533

6 ай бұрын

POYW is SO iconic!

Waiting on a Miracle is a recent favorite of mine. Wish it was longer.

@DORAisD34D

6 ай бұрын

Same

@viviennemorgan7217

6 ай бұрын

but we can never know the rest of the movie can we?

@lilac3266

6 ай бұрын

I feel like more people would talk about it if it’s longer. Such a beautiful song but overshadowed by more upbeat songs in the soundtrack

I want Disney to make great movies and shows again.

@DORAisD34D

6 ай бұрын

Waiting on a Miracle is recent

@Heretowatchvideos123

6 ай бұрын

@@DORAisD34D encanto was the last good Disney movie

@DORAisD34D

6 ай бұрын

@@Heretowatchvideos123 yeah everyone loves Encanto. It’s a shame that it has been forgotten due to it being surrounded by a lot of mid Disney movies

@reannagordon

6 ай бұрын

I need another Disney princess movie with some type of forbidden romance plot line. They could go the Aladdin route and make the male the main character. Bring back romance movies with actual good songs!

@annien.1727

6 ай бұрын

Me, too!

"Just Around the Riverbend," "Waiting On a Miracle," and "Go the Distance" are some of my favs. I kept comparing "This Wish" to them and wondering what happened for the music in "Wish."

Go The Distance and Out There are my top 2 favorite Disney songs. It's a reason the I Want songs hold so much emotion to me whenever I listen to them

@ashleighcalvert8937

6 ай бұрын

Some of the only ones that can make me emotional

My favorite is actually Aurora's song. "I wonder, I wonder I wonder why each little bird has someone To sing to, sweet things to A gay little love melody I wonder, I wonder If my heart keeps singing, will my song go winging To someone who'll find me And bring back a love song to me" She was kept in isolation much like rapunzel and quazimoto, and coincidentally, her whole life was a lie. Still, she does know that each of her animal friends are partnered up, so where is her match?

You bring up a great point that Cinderella’s “I want song” isn’t really only about HER wants and dreams… she includes her animal friends too. She’s at heart so selfless and character that even her “I Want” song is inclusive. I find this very appropriate for her and this is just one of the reasons why Cinderella is best Disney Princess. (#FightMe) 😂😂🕊️🐁🧹

My fav songs "I want" are: I'm almost there (I like to remember it to like Tiana, encourage me for my goals), Waiting on a miracle (It's so genuinely and penetrating that makes me feel many emotions exploring within Mirabel and her wish of belong), Reflection (Mulan's wish was bring honor to her family, not specific how: since Mulan does not know what awaits her or what she is looking for, at no time did she want to go to war) and Into the Unknow (I love it because of the tone of mystery that surrounds it about who is calling to Elsa, she doesn't know, nor if she wants to follow that calling or where it will lead her)

Even though it’s so short, I’ve always loved One Jump Ahead (Reprise). Aladdin’s voice is what sold it for me. The facetious kid we just watched outrun the authorities sort of breaking down at the end of the day, wishing to just be seen as somebody worth giving a damn about enough to get the chance to be seen for more than a destitute “street rat” just melted my heart. And I come from a family that isn’t very well off, so it deeply resonates with me. I’ve always wished it was longer, even if only to get more vocals of longing because the voice and sentiment are just beautiful to me.

My absolute favorite I want songs is Part of your world and reflection. One is the reason why I love traveling and learing about the world we live in. While the other hits me in a more personal level.

Waiting on a Miracle brings tears to my eyes. It’s so vulnerable and raw

My favorite I want song is actually Anastasia’s “Once Upon a December”. I know, not Disney (or is it? Disney technically owns it now). For Disney it’s The Little Mermaid’s “Part of your World” both because it’s a beautiful song and because I’ve always been a reverse Mermaid who is a human who wishes she could become a mermaid and swim under the sea without unfortunate consequences such as drowning. I think Aladdin’s “One Step Ahead” song suits him well because it expresses that he’s so downtrodden his “want” is simply making sure he has his next meal and not getting caught by the guards. He has so little prospects in life until he finds the Genie that he can’t even dream of a better life the way most Disney protagonists can. Honestly though Genie’s “Friend Like Me” is the standout “I want” song in that movie, even though it’s more about Genie’s desire to grant Aladdin’s wishes out of gratitude for finally being let out of the lamp than Genie’s own wish to be free. Anyway “Friend Like Me” is probably my favorite song in the movie just because of the chaotic randomness Genie brings to everything he does.

@Salvage5681

6 ай бұрын

I totally agree with you on once upon a december. I still play it a lot and have it stuck in my head long after I watched the movie, I was actually searching the comments for it to see if people mentioned it, even though some might not consider it technically Disney

@gabbyalivio5692

2 ай бұрын

omg i love once upon a december 🥹

I can go the distance still slaps. Plus it has my favorite ending to that song as well. It gets so triumphant and goes way harder than it needed to.

The drawing style used for “Almost There” is meant to look like Harlem Renaissance art too, I wanted to add

What about I'm Still Here from Treasure Planet? That song's about Jim Hawkins questioning himself and trying to figure out who he really is. It's about self-discovery and the desire to be the person that you were always meant to. These lyrics perfectly summarize the whole song: "And I want a moment to be real" "Wanna touch things I don't feel" "Wanna hold on and feel I belong" I mean, how could you possibly overlook that?

@cetaceous_rex

6 ай бұрын

nondiagetic song, doesn't count. it's the same reason why there aren't any Tarzan songs on this list.

@lilac3266

6 ай бұрын

not an I want song because the character isn’t singing it I believe?

@cetaceous_rex

6 ай бұрын

@@1992disney if treasure planet were adapted into a stage show and jim actually sang it, maybe. but i don't buy nondiagetic songs as true "i want" songs. potentially similar, but not the same.

@cetaceous_rex

6 ай бұрын

@@1992disney i disagree. the "i want" song stems from theatre tradition, so any nondiagetic soundtrack doesn't really qualify if you ask me. it doesn't mean it doesn't achieve a similar effect, but it's not the same.

@1992disney

6 ай бұрын

@@cetaceous_rex So you're saying that non-musicals that have at least one or two songs like Treasure Planet don't deserve the same amount of recognition as the musicals? That doesn't seem fair at all.

Have you thought about a list of Comic relief songs (songs sung by the companions or friends to the protagonist)? The renaissance era had them in all the movies (that wasn’t a sequel): Under the Sea Be our Guest A friend like me Hakuna Matata Listen with your heart A guy like you One last hope A girl worth fighting for Trashin’ the Camp Others include Heigh-Ho, Give a little Whistle, When I see an Elephant fly, Following the Leader, The Unbirthday Song, The Work Song, Bare Necessities, Gonna Take You There, Got a Dream, In Summer, Lost in the Woods, You’re Welcome, and (last place again) You’re a Star.

@mayaraejohnson

6 ай бұрын

I love this idea

@thezestylime13

6 ай бұрын

i also wanna throw I Got A Dream from tangled into here (tho idk if it fits the criteria) (and i forgot the name of the song too so that might not be right XD)

@cateering

6 ай бұрын

A friend like me is just perfect

@cateering

6 ай бұрын

Also when we’re human and dig a little deeper both from the princess and the frog!

"i want to know" in tarzan was my fave i want song personally. kinda sad it didn't make it in

@vyntarus9618

6 ай бұрын

I don't think it was in consideration as it's not sung by the character.

@cursedcancersurvivor

4 ай бұрын

"Strangers Like Me."

I find "One Jump Ahead" functions much more like an "I am" song, and then this little reprise sets his goals. structure works for me.

Part of Your World: Ariel wants to explore the human work A Whole New World: Aladdin wants to show Jasmine his home & kingdom I Just Cant Wait to Be King: Simba wants to be king Out There: Quasimodo wants to go into the outside world and be excepted Reflection: Mulan wants to join the army to protect China When Will My Life Begin: Rapunzel wants to go out into the world & discover her purpose which ultimately was her being the princess of Corona.

"Out There" is a masterpiece!

As i've gathered, the Disney renaissance heroes sung about"What"they wanted, and"Why", while modern main characters, just sing out loud(and Proud;) how they"Feel"."Coincidence, I think Not"!

@Lahiwe

6 ай бұрын

Both Moana and Encanto both feature the protagonist singing about “what” they “want.” Lin Manuel Miranda brought them back to the formula that works, but they chose a pop song writer for Wish. That’s on them for being greedy, and has nothing to do with what you’re insinuating.

@erikbihari3625

6 ай бұрын

@@Lahiwe. A:"you seen encanto, and know he eventually went the route of pop song smiths. My point still stands. B:"then watch them yourself!

@lilac3266

6 ай бұрын

@@erikbihari3625are the pop songs in encanto in the room with us?

22:17 funny, part of your world is the first song I have memories of singing as a kid lol. It’s been close to my heart ever since

Damn you really did Just Around the Riverbend dirty - just because the message isn't made as obvious (like Disney usually does, spelling everything out letter by letter) doesn't mean it's bad or not there. The music as well just perfectly fits her deep desires for being free and not marrying who her tribe wants her to

@cursedcancersurvivor

4 ай бұрын

Most this list seems to be rated how "on the nose" the want song is.

Aladdin Out Of Thin Air is underrated. I love all the Pocahontas song's...

Buford: I don't want nuthin'...but I am reminded of a song. I WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANT nuthin'. (Phineas and Ferb, Wizard of Odd)

@causal_internetuser

3 ай бұрын

I love that show!

Ranking Out There 11th is a…choice 🫤

We all know the best best "I want Song" is Bufford's from Phineas and Ferb.

As a Samoan, I whooped and hollered by myself in my room when you said you were Polynesian. You don’t see many Polynesian content creators on this platform! Keep doing us proud ✌🏽

Personal #1 is Almost there, Tiana has the most beautiful voice of all the princesses to me

Hot take- I prefer Out There as my favorite song from the Hunchback of Notre Dame over Hellfire

This Wish brought me to tears in the theater. Just remember that this list is simply one person’s opinion, feel free to make your own

PART OF YOUR WORLD AKA THE OG I WANT SONG SHOULD BE FIRST PERIODTT

@lessismore8533

6 ай бұрын

AMEN

Part of your world is by far the best I want song

@lessismore8533

6 ай бұрын

AMEN. it’s got a clear!

My favorite "I Want" songs from this list are Go the Distance, Waiting on a Miracle, Almost There, When Will My Life Begin, and Reflection

Hercules isn't even my fave disney movie but 'go the distance' always gets me teary eyed everytime I hear it. It's not even my favourite I Want song! The sheer sense of wanting to be bigger than who you are in life, so much that it's painful is just... UGH. so moving.

Thank you for putting Belle’s in the top 5! I probably am biased because this was the Disney movie I saw more than any other on repeat.

Almost there is my favorite Disney song I just like the jazzy style

Part of Your World, A Whole New World, I Just Can't Wait To Be King, Out There & If I Can Go The Distance are the best "I Want" songs

@Capydapy

6 ай бұрын

A Whole New World isn't a I Want song though. It's a love song. It's Aladdin giving want Jasmine wants (and he wants), freedom.

Someday My Prince Will Come deserves to be in the top 10 as well as more love. As a grown man, I’ve cried several times whenever I heard it.

Almost There is a song that feels like gets better hearing it as someone that’s older than when I first heard it. It feels like a song for the kids at heart that dare to dream.

i love waiting on a miracle or rapunzel's song in tangled.

@viviennemorgan7217

6 ай бұрын

but i like into the unknown as well.

Rapunzel and tangled are goated

I might be biased from my love of the movie but "Almost There" is one of my favorite I want songs. Tiana's emotion is just everything for me.

Anyone else mad that Jasmine doesn’t have an “I Want” song

@cateering

6 ай бұрын

Me!!

@cursedcancersurvivor

4 ай бұрын

No.

Literally the video I have been looking for for YEARS

You forgot "After Today!" from A Goofy Movie. That song set up Max's entire character arc.

Reflection Go the distance I just can't wait to be king and part of youre world easily one of the best I want songs.

Solid list and fun to hear you draw from your personal experiences.

Part of your world AND Reflection are my 2 favs!! Glad they’re in top 3!!!

Part of your world is just amazing, the animation is flawless and beautifully done, and while listening to it you can really feel Ariel's desire ❤

I absolutely adore "How far I'll go", the "What is wrong with me?" hit so hard. I love, that Moana is a protagonist, who doesn't really WANT to rebel against what she has, but still feels like she have to, because it is in her heart. She wants to be satisfied with the island life, but just can't. And that feels personal to me.

Awww Alice’s song didn’t make the cut :( world of my own is akin to just can’t wait to be king

Is A Whole New World or See the Light an I want song? Aladdin wants to show Jasmine the world which she also wants. While Rapunzel always wanted to see the lights and Flynn gives her what she wants.

@Joell351

6 ай бұрын

When Will My Life Begin is Rapunzel I Want Song! I'm not sure if Aladdin has one!

@reannagordon

6 ай бұрын

@@Joell351 I was thinking maybe One Jump Ahead, based on the lyrics and the scenes in the movie? Maybe not?

@Joell351

6 ай бұрын

​@@reannagordon One Jump Def considered one! Makes sense! I See the Lights & Whole New World aren't I want songs though in answer but are good songs! Most known one in soundtrack!

@reannagordon

6 ай бұрын

@@Joell351 yep those are the only ones I listen too on repeat from their soundtracks on Spotify. And yes I love the live action version of A Whole New World. Just as good as the original one, mainly cause Naomi Scott is an actual singer and carried the song.

Not to self promote, but if you love the songs in this video and wish you could analyze them forever, the multilanguage Disney community is absolutely the place for you. With every film, about 40 different countries pick the perfect actors and singers to redub the whole film and it's fascinating to see which vocalists manage to create the same - or different, or BETTER - sense of nuance and longing. (If you're curious about some of my takes - POTW is best in Hebrew and Japanese, Waiting on a Miracle in Lithuanian and Georgian, How Far I'll Go is best in Maori, and Someday My Prince Will Come touches my heart in Swedish 1938)

I can relate to reflection and how far I go since had brain surgery and I struggle with my emotions and expressions.

"True Love Kiss" from Enchanted

The video was a bit hard to follow since I don’t have all these songs memorised. I enjoyed listening to your opinions on the ones I do know though.

Moana wanted to leave the land and explore the ocean; Ariel wanted to leave the ocean and explore the land

@causal_internetuser

3 ай бұрын

Omg I never thought about this!

Watching this is now getting me in the mood to listen to all of these “I Want” songs (except for This Wish of course)

@lessismore8533

6 ай бұрын

Lol

It's funny to see how different For the First Time is in english and in my mother language (which is how i first heard it). I've never noticed how... odd sounding it was originally because the portuguese version adapts it so well. great video!!

I really love Halle Bailey's "Part of Your World" because of how raw and desperate it felt compared the Jodie Benson's, it really shows how trapped she feels and how much her want drives her later when she does get on land.

actually, i feel that anna is the main character in frozen 2, and elsa is the main one of frozen 1. 2 is more about anna’s psychological fear of abandonment, while 1 is more about elsa learning how to deal with the situation at hand (i.e. love thaws the frozen)

I think Almost There is the best one. Since it's not about what they want or what they fell they are owed, but how they are almost there towards achieving their goals.

Will you cover Disney movie dubs someday? Because the fact that our own country(🇭🇺, infamous for terrible dubbing, insert mlp joke here) done mutch better job!

@Simbala-bq5vy

10 күн бұрын

Same does mine. Greek has most of the time the worst dubs but Wish? WISH?! It nailed it!!

@erikbihari3625

10 күн бұрын

@@Simbala-bq5vy. Can't get worse than hungary. Most female ponies got male voices(babs)!

how about ranking disney's love songs? songs like: I See the Light, I Won't Say (I'm In Love), A Whole New World, Beauty and the Beast, Ma Belle Evangeline, etc.

@causal_internetuser

3 ай бұрын

I see the light is so good!

"Go to the Distance" was my childhood..... 🥲🎼🎵

Part of your World being the top is CORRECT! 😍

"Just around the Riverbend" and "Part of Your World" are my top. I'm biased though, they are my favorite princesses. 😁

This Wish is so relatable to my life. No one is believing you, you just want something for everyone. I mean the line "So I make this wish, to have something more for us than this" is kinda sad.

@mr.darkassassin7997

2 ай бұрын

Good for you tbh some of his Wish rant points are pretty dumb lol

I’m counting Hellfire as an I Want song and I’m putting it at number 1

I wonder how much more you can talk about Disney sidekicks.

I wanna know Can you show me I wanna know about these strangers Iike me

I LOVE almost there

Oh my god NOoo the snippet of the reprise of One Jump Ahead is more memorable to me than many of the songs on this list Edit: okay actually I’m more mad that Out There is so low it’s one of the only I Want songs that actually make me feel the emotion in his longing

go the ditance is still my 1

Ranking “Out There” at 11 is criminal.

Can Waiting in the Wings get an honorable mention 😂

In the words of Martin Luther King Jr " I have a dream " and his day is today. Is it for that specific reason or just a coincidence

@joshualowe959

6 ай бұрын

Today is Martin Luther King Day

Do love songs next

My Favorite I want disney song is This Wish

So I make this wish. That the last song is this wish. And my wish came true :D

Could you do a ranking of sidekick songs?

This is less ranking the songs, and more ranking how well they fit the definition of an “I want” song

I think that the villains' songs are more like "I'm gonna do" songs rather than "I want" songs.

Out There being so low on the list is a crime.

Can you do a video on Yen Sid???

Hey Aldone. Homer Simpson needs his own I Want song. Or it’s gonna be Highway to the Danger Zone

It’s disappointing you didn’t count Strangers like me from Tarzan

No way the Simba one was this high

There is also the song that Alice sings at the beginning of Alice In Wonderland

Into the Unknown slaps