Have you ever been walking through the grocery store and caught yourself not only singing but dancing along to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme song? (That is a darn catchy little tune, isn’t it?)
Or maybe just as you’re taking your seat at a restaurant you hear two completely unrelated sounds that could be the first two notes of a song and you kinda-sorta expect people to start popping up from various parts of the set (yes, now I’m saying my life -in my head- is like living on a set) to make the next few sounds by clinking their glass or sliding a chair across the floor right before a chorus of people burst out of the kitchen singing a Broadway-worthy rendition of “Be Our Guest” in twelve-part harmony? No? Just me?
Okay, well at least tell me that you’ve seen your kids playing together so nicely after a day full of bickering and fighting and started quietly singing, “When you’re the best of friends…having so much fun together…” And get a little teary? Still nothing?
Please tell me that you at least got a lump in your throat when Jessie looks out from under the bed, sad and dejected, at the girls – HER girl, HER Emily – playing with nail polish without even noticing Jessie had slipped away under the bed. Tell me you weren’t at least close to doing the ugly cry by the time Jessie looks out the side of the donation box. Gah! Now I’m crying!
I’ve lost count of the number of times a Disney song has brought me to tears. Sometimes happy tears, sometimes it’s just memories that bubble right up to your eyes and run down your cheeks. I remember when The Disney Channel first came through on satellite TV back in the ’80s and we’d go up to my grandparent’s house to watch. My brother and I would take turns sitting on the little blue stool while we watched cartoons like the one where Goofy tries to learn how to play baseball or fly a plane. (I love that I’ve been able to find those same cartoons and watch my kids laugh at them like Richard and I used to.) Oh! I can’t forget about The Three Little Pigs singing, “Who’s afraid of the big, bad wolf. Big, bad wolf. Big, bad wolf.” And, oh! oh! I remember tapping my toes with the music in “The Country Bear Jamboree”, snuggled up with my Granddaddy all those years ago. And I remember my children snuggling up with my dad just a few years ago to watch the same show. Gosh! So many memories, so little time.
As you can see, so many of my memories are tied to Disney songs and I was thrilled when I had the chance to tell you all about the new Disney Classics box set, which has 4 discs with 94 original recordings: Disney Modern Classics (including songs like Under the Sea from The Little Mermaid and Happy Working Song from Enchanted), Disney Theme Park Classics (with theme songs for some of your favorite part attractions like Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room, Pirates of the Caribbean, and – of course – it’s a small world), Disney Timeless Classics (with songs such as When You Wish Upon a Star and A Spoonful of Sugar), and Disney Television Classics (which has songs ranging from the good old Mickey Mouse March to the Hot Dog! song you hear on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse today as well as from shows such as Lizzie McGuire, Kim Possible, and Duck Tales). I’m telling you. You’ll look through this list of songs and think, “OH! Remember when…” and “I used to LOVE that song when I was little!”
The Disney Classics box set is now available for purchase in Disney Parks and available for pre-order on Amazon.com. The official release day is Tuesday, November 12, 2013, and at that time it will be available for purchase wherever music is sold. You can also enter below for a chance to win one Disney Classics box set!
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Beauty and the Beast is my favorite because it is my favorite Disney movie.
I like Hakuna Matata from Lion King. It is fun and catchy – plus, who wouldn’t love Timon and Pumbaa?? 🙂
I love the Fantasia Mickey wizard song. It’s awesome and always makes me smile.
i loved the theme from beauty and the beast
I love the song “A Whole New World” because I sang it as a duet with my then-boyfriend at the final school concert of my senior year – one of the scariest things I’ve ever done in my life, to get up and sing in front of an auditorium full of people, but I did it!
Under the sea from the little mermaid
I love “Under the Sea” but I also love everything from Aladdin and the Lion King!
I love the song “Be A Man” from Mulan. Mulan is my favorite Disney movie, and I know every word to that song. If it comes on, I have to sing along. 🙂
You’ve Got a Friend in Me is my favorite! Toy Story was my son’s favorite movie as a child and we loved to sing this song together.
I like the song “Hellfire” from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, my fav Disney movie. I appreciated the more adult themes even as a child.
I love “A Whole New World” from “Aladdin”
so hard to pick just one! i love hakuna matata 🙂 or any of the lion king songs
You’ve got a friend in me is my favorite song! I think it’s a catchy song!
I love “when you wish upon a star” because it’s a special song I sing with my daughter. I have just always loved it.
Disney was my life as a kid and I can’t wait to share that with my own family.
A Whole New World!
My fave is “A Whole New World”..it’s just a beautiful song of discovering together
I’ll Make A Man Out Of You from Mulan – because my daughter knew all the words at age 4
I love Part of Your World from The Little Mermaid. It was my favorite and I watched it over and over and sang all of the songs during. I don’t know why, it was just my favorite. Funny and sweet.
Any song from the lion king. When my kids where young, we had this cd and sang it all the time. Good memories.
Reflection from Mulan because it is a beautiful and touching song
My favorite Disney song is Once upon a dream. I love sleeping beauty and that is a really fun song to sing.
I love A Whole New World from Aladdin. I’ve loved it since I was a kid. It’s such a hopeful song.
“when you wish upon a star” because it reminds of childhood and hope.
when you wish upon a star we grew up listening to that one all the time
I like Under the Sea – just like he tune and the words
Colors of the wind… it’s just a beautiful song
I don’t think I can pick one favorite! I love “Bare Necessities” because it’s such a fun, happy song and I also like “Yo ho, Yo ho, It’s a Pirate’s Life” because Pirates of the Caribbean is my favorite ride at Magic Kingdom!
I love The Little Mermaid Under The Sea because its fun!
I have always loved the movie “Beauty and the Beast” , and Be Our Guest has always mesmerized me since I was a child.
When I was a child, my mom worked at Columbia Records in Terre Haute, IN. I remember her bringing us the LP album for The Jungle Book. We LOVED that record. My favorite Disney song will always be I WANNA BE LIKE YOU, from The Jungle Book. And I sure wish I still had that old LP album!
i love kiss the girl because it brings out the romance in me.
I’ve always lived under the sea !
My favorite is “Under the Sea” from the Little Mermaid.
“belle” from beauty and the Beast because my husband always sings the Gaston part in a super creepy voice and it makes me laugh!
I love Under The Sea b/c I love the Little Mermaid. When I won the Diamond Edition I was sooo happy. Thank you 🙂
I really like the one from the beauty and the beast where they are all dancing around with the tea pot and kettle!
Just one?! If I HAD to choose, it’d be Beauty and the Beast. I have fond memories of belting it out with my husband on road trips. Beyond that… I remember the magic of that moment as a child, when Belle and the Beast dance together in the ball room… Warm fuzzies!
its so hard to choose but one of my favorites is kiss the girl
I actually have a lot of favorite Disney songs specially from the songs of the previous Disney Princesses. If I have to pick, I’d pick Part of Your World from the Little Mermaid, A Whole New World from Aladdin and Tale as Old as Time from Beauty and the Beast. 🙂
My favorite Disney song is “Part of Your World” from The Little Mermaid- mostly because that was my favorite movie and I loved singing along!
My favorite is “Under the Sea” because The Little Mermaid was my favorite Disney movie growing up.
My favorite song is Hakuna Matata because it means No Worries as I use in my life.
Under the Sea, because growing up that was always my favorite song. We loved the Little Mermaid!
little mermaid, i want to be where the people are… because while hiking we found a friend who had gotten sidetracked by hearing her sing it!
and la la lu … it was my favorite song as a baby
I like the Mickey Mouse clubhouse song cause I can still picture my toddler dancing along to it
Reflections from the Mulan because my daughter can sing the entire song very well.
This is awesome. I love Under the Sea. I love the Little Mermaid. It is just a fun up beat song.
Oh man, I like so many but but some of them are Someday my prince will come (snow white), A dream is a wish your heart makes from Cinderella and Hakuna Matata from the Lion king. This are also my favorite movies, they make me cry too!
When You Wish Upon A Star, because it makes no difference who you are, anything your heart desires! LOL It’s a great song and I can break it out and sing it any time and feel better automatically!
It’s too difficult to narrow it down to just 1 favorite, but “Under the Sea” is pretty catchy! 🙂
I love almost all disney songs but right now I think I would pick the I see the light from Tangled. It is so pretty and helps put grumpy kids to bed =)
I like the Aladdin songs
Oh Wow, favorite Disney song. How in the world can I narrow that down?!?! well, I really love to sing the duet with Aladin and Jasmine, A whole new world…especially if Chris sings it with me, which he does most times. We are such Disney nuts that it would be perfect to have this set!
You’ve got a friend in me is my favorite song! I think it’s a catchy song!
I would love this! What a great way to introduce the classic movies to the kids too.
The hot dog dance is a big favorite here and the Mickey Mouse clubhouse theme song!
You’ve got a Friend in me is y favorite 🙂
It reminds me of watching Fox and the Hound as kid with my family when we would go to camp.
My favorite Disney song is the Duck Tales (ah-woo-oo!) theme. Maybe. I love them all, really, and I want this set.
M favorite is Baby Mine, I’ve always liked it and I have sang it to both if my children from the time they were born.
I love the songs from Little Mermaid — Kiss the Girl, Under the School, Part of Your World. They are so catchy and always put me in a good mood!
Under the Sea that should say! 🙂
I always loved “Be Our Guest” from Beauty and the Beast. I always have fond memories of singing that in chorus.
I can’t just pick one song, but most Beauty and the Beast songs are my favourite.
Under the Sea because it brings back memories of my childhood.
There are too many songs to say. Big fan of Disney & the music, but one that really sticks out is Reflection from Mulan. I love it because it is so touching.
My favorite Disney song is “A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes” because Cinderella is one of my favorite Disney movies. It’s a song that’s really full of hope.