A Whole New World
"A Whole New World" is a song from Disney's 1992 animated feature film Aladdin, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice.[3] A duet originally recorded by singers Brad Kane and Lea Salonga in their respective roles as the singing voices of the main characters Aladdin and Jasmine, the ballad serves as both the film's love and theme song. Lyrically, "A Whole New World" describes Aladdin showing the confined princess a life of freedom and the pair's acknowledgment of their love for each other while riding on a magic carpet. The song garnered an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 65th Academy Awards.[4] "A Whole New World" also won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the 36th Annual Grammy Awards, the first and so far only Disney song to win in the category for the version sung by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle.[3]
"A Whole New World" | |
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Song by Brad Kane and Lea Salonga | |
from the album Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
Released | October 31, 1992 |
Recorded |
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Genre | Pop |
Length | 2:40 |
Label | Walt Disney |
Composer(s) | Alan Menken |
Lyricist(s) | Tim Rice |
Producer(s) |
International versions
When the movie was first released in 1992, it numbered 22 versions worldwide in 20 languages overall. Over the years, this number has increased to 40 official versions.[5][6] Aladdin was the first movie to be dubbed into Icelandic, Tamil and Telugu; Disney was so satisfied with the Icelandic dubbing that they sent a letter to Stúdíó Eitt, the Icelandic dubbing company that took over the job, stating they had never seen such a good result for a first dubbing of their movies.[7][8][9] Indian singers Mano and Annupamaa sang for Aladdin and Jasmine respectively both in the Tamil and Telugu versions, while Mano also sang the Genie's songs.[10]
Sami Aarva and Ulla Renko (together with the whole Finnish cast) were prized as the best foreign version,[11] while Joël Legendre's Aladdin (Canadian French) was so appreciated by Disney USA that in 1997 he was asked to come back as Hercules.[12]
"A Whole New World" worldwide | ||||
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Language | Performers | Title | Translation | |
Aladdin[5] | Jasmine[6] | |||
Arabic | هشام نور (Hesham Noor) | نهله الملواني (Nahla Al Malwani) | "دنيا فوق" ("Dunya fo’") | "A world above" |
Bulgarian | Тодор Георгиев (Todor Georgiev) | Венцислава Стоилова (Ventsislava Stoilova) | "Един нов свят" ("Edin nov sviat") | "A whole new world" |
Cantonese | 潘奇發 (Poon Kei Faat) | 陳美鳳 (“Chan Mei-Fung”; May Chan) | "新的世界" ("Sun dik se kie") | "A new world" |
Croatian | Jacques Houdek | Renata Sabljak | "U novi svijet" | "To a new world" |
Czech | Vilém Udatný | Sabina Laurinová | "Svět nádherný" | "Gorgeous world" |
Danish | Søren Launbjerg | Louise Norby | "Et helt nyt liv" | "A brand new life" |
Dutch | Bart Bosch | Laura Vlasblom | "Een nieuw begin" | "A new beginning" |
English | Brad Kane | Lea Salonga | "A whole new world" | |
Finnish | Sami Aarva | Ulla Renko | "Se on kuin yö" | "It’s like a night" |
French (Canada) | Joël Legendre | Martine Chevrier | "Un nouveau monde" | "A new world" |
French (Europe) | Paolo Domingo | Karine Costa | "Ce rêve bleu" | "This blue dream" |
German | Peter Fessler | Sabine Hettlich | "Ein Traum wird wahr" | "A dream comes true" |
Greek | Χρήστος Στασινόπουλος (Hrístos Stasinópoulos) | Κατερίνα Γιαμαλή (Katerína Yiamalí) | "Γλυκιά ζωή" ("Ylikia zoi") | "Sweet life" |
Hebrew | אלון אופיר (Alon Ofir) | רמה מסינגר (Rama Messinger) | "עולם חדש" ("Olam chadash") | "A new world" |
Hindi | सोनू निगम (Sonu Nigam) | सुचित्रा कृष्णमूर्ति (Suchitra Krishnamoorty) | "सपनो का जहां" ("Sapno ka jahaan") | "The world of dreams" |
Hungarian | Miller Zoltán | Janza Kata | "Egy új élmény" | "A new experience" |
Icelandic | Felix Bergsson | Edda Heiðrún Backman | "Nýr heimur" | "A new world" |
Indonesian | Nanang Niskala | Beatrix Renita | "Seluruh dunia" | "The whole world" |
Italian | Vincent Thoma | Simona Peron | "Il mondo è mio" | "The world is mine" |
Japanese | 石井一孝 (Ishii Kazutaka) | 麻生かほ里 (Asoh Kaori) | "ア・ホール・ニュー・ワールド" ("A hōru nyū wārudo") | |
Kazakh | Тимур Пиязов (Tīmūr Pīyazov) | Айнұр Бабаева (Aynur Babaeva) | N/A | N/A |
Korean | 남경주 (Nam Gyeong-Ju) | 이정화 (Lee Jeong-Hwa) | "아름다운 세상" ("Arŭmda-un sesang") | "A beautiful world" |
Malay | N/A | N/A | "Dunia baru" | "A new world" |
Mandarin Chinese (China) | N/A | N/A | "新的世界" ("Xīn de shìjiè") | "A new world" |
Mandarin Chinese (Taiwan) | 黃卓穎 (Huáng Zhuō-Yǐng) | 马毓芬 (Mǎ Yù-Fēn) | "嶄新的世界" ("Zhǎnxīn de shìjiè") | "A whole new world" |
Norwegian | Trond Teigen | Jannike Kruse | "En helt ny verden" | "A whole new world" |
Polish | Paweł Tucholski | Katarzyna Skrzynecka | "Wspaniały świat" | "Wonderful world" |
Portuguese (Brazil) | Joseph Carasso Jr | Kika Tristão | "Um mundo ideal" | "An ideal world" |
Portuguese (Europe) | Luís Alves | Sofia Escobar | ||
Romanian | Mihai Dinu | Simona Nae | "Un nou taram" | "A new land" |
Russian | Андрей Малышев (Andrey Malyshev) | Анна Позднякова (Anna Pozdnyakova) | "Волшебный мир" ("Volshyebnj mir") | "A magical world" |
Slovak | Daniel Fischer | Alžbeta Bartošová | "Svet úžasný" | "Awesome world" |
Spanish (Europe) | Miguel Morant | Ángela Aloy | "Un mundo ideal" | "An ideal world" |
Spanish (Latin America) | Demián Bichir | Analí | ||
Swedish | Peter Jöback | Myrra Malmberg | "En helt ny värld" | "A whole new world" |
Tamil | மனோ (Mano) | அனுபமா (Annupamaa) | "வானில் புது உலகம்" | Unknown |
Telugu | మనో (Mano) | అన్నుపమా (Annupamaa) | N/A | N/A |
Thai | เดชพัฒน์ อรรถสาร (Detchaphat Atthasan) | เนตรนภา หาญโรจนวุฒิ (Netnapa Hanrojanawut) | "โลกใหม่สวยงาม" ("Lok mai suai-ngam") | "A beautiful new world" |
Turkish | Arda Aydın | Otilia Radulescu Ipek | "Gerçek dünya" | "The real world" |
Ukrainian | Арсентій Примак (Arsentij Prymak) | Дарина Сумська (Daryna Sumsʹka) | "Нове життя" ("Nove zhyttya") | "A new life" |
2019 live-action version
On its theater release in 2019, the live-action remake numbered 39 dubbings worldwide, a number which rose to 40 when an Indonesian version was released the following year, and the song A Whole New World counting as many versions.[13] Even though no Flemish, Serbian or Vietnamese versions of the original movie has ever been released, a dubbing in these languages was made for the live-action nonetheless, while no Arabic, Cantonese or Icelandic dubbings were made for the live-action, despite the existence of such versions for the original movie.[5][6]
Originally, the two French versions of the animated movie were completely independent, with different casts and lyrics.[14][15] However, in the live-action, the three main characters were voiced in both versions by the same voice-actors in the songs. This means that, while a few lines were identical in the two versions, most of the songs had to be sung twice by the dubbers, with different lyrics. So, French actor Julien Alluguette (Aladdin) and Libanese-Palestinian singer Hiba Tawaji (Jasmine) sang the song A Whole New World twice in French, with different lyrics for the Canadian and European French versions, titled "Un nouveau monde" and "Ce rêve bleu" respectively.[16][17]
"A Whole New World" worldwide | ||||
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Language | Performers | Title | Translation | |
Aladdin[18] | Jasmine[6] | |||
Bulgarian | N/A | Невена Цонева (Nevena Tsoneva) | "Един нов свят" ("Edin nov sviat") | "A whole new world" |
Croatian | Fabijan Pavao Medvešek | Franka Batelić | "U novi svijet" | "To a new world" |
Czech | Petr Ryšavý | Martina Placrová | "Svět nádherný" | "Gorgeous world" |
Danish | Diluckshan Jeyaratnam | Annelie Saemala | "Et helt nyt liv" | "A brand new life" |
Dutch | Jip Bartels | Desi van Doeveren | "Een nieuw begin" | "A new beginning" |
English | Mena Massoud | Naomi Scott | "A whole new world" | |
Finnish | Jon-Jon Geitel | Anni Kajos | "Se on kuin yö" | "It’s like a night" |
Flemish | Jelle Cleymans | Maja Van Honsté | "Een nieuw begin" | "A new beginning" |
French (Canada) | Julien Alluguette | Hiba Tawaji | "Un nouveau monde" | "A new world" |
French (Europe) | "Ce rêve bleu" | "This blue dream" | ||
German | Arne Stephan | Julia Milena Scheeser | "Ein Traum wird wahr" | "A dream comes true" |
Greek | Παναγιώτης Αποστολόπουλος (Panayiótis Apostolópoulos) | Αλεξάνδρα Λέρτα (Alexándra Lérta) | "Γλυκιά ζωή" ("Ylikia zoi") | "Sweet life" |
Hebrew | N/A | משי קלינשטיין (Meshi Kleinstein) | "עולם חדש" ("Olam chadash") | "A new world" |
Hindi | अरमान मलिक (Armaan Malik) | मोनाली ठाकुर (Monali Thakur) | "सपनो का जहां" ("Sapno ka jahaan") | "The world of dreams" |
Hungarian | Miller Dávid | Jenes Kitti | "Egy új élmény" | "A new experience" |
Indonesian | Ihwan Zaid | Miranti Anna Juantara | "Seluruh dunia" | "The whole world" |
Italian | Manuel Meli | Naomi Rivieccio | "Il mondo è mio" | "The world is mine" |
Japanese | 中村倫也 (Tomoya Nakamura) | 木下晴香 (Kinoshita Haruka) | "ア・ホール・ニュー・ワールド" ("A hōru nyū wārudo") | |
Kazakh | Aısultan Jalıev | Shehnaza Qyzyhanova | "Әсем әлем" ("Ásem álem") | Unknown |
Korean | 신재범 (Shin Jae-beom) | 민경아 (Min Kyung-ah) | "아름다운 세상" ("Arŭmda-un sesang") | "A beautiful world" |
Malay | Nabil Zamanhuri | Shila Amzah | "Dunia baru" | "A new world" |
Mandarin Chinese (China) | 徐一鸣 (Xú Yīmíng) | 丁爽 (Dīng Shuǎng) | "新的世界" ("Xīn de shìjiè") | "A new world" |
Mandarin Chinese (Taiwan) | 徐彭雘 (Xú Péng-Wò) | 蔡永淳 (Cài Yǒng-Chún) | "嶄新的世界" ("Zhǎnxīn de shìjiè") | "A whole new world" |
Norwegian | Lasse Vermeli | Maria Haukaas Mittet | "En helt ny verden" | "A whole new world" |
Polish | Marcin Franc | Natalia Piotrowska | "Wspaniały świat" | "Wonderful world" |
Portuguese (Brazil) | Gloria Groove | Lara Suleiman | "Um mundo ideal" | "An ideal world" |
Portuguese (Europe) | Pedro Leitão | Teresa Queirós | "Um mundo ideal" | "An ideal world" |
Romanian | Tiberiu Albu | Alexandra Crăescu | "Un nou taram" | "A new land" |
Russian | Дмитрий Воронин (Dmitriy Voronin) | Ксения Рассомахина (Kseniya Rassomakhina) | "Волшебный мир" ("Volshyebnj mir") | "A magical world" |
Serbian | Дејан Гладовић (Dejan Gladović) | Ирина Арсенијевић (Irina Arsenijević) | "Наш нови свет" ("Naš novi svet") | "Our new world" |
Slovak | Dávid Hartl | Miroslava Partlová | "Svet úžasný" | "Awesome world" |
Spanish (Europe) | David García Llop | Nikki García | "Un mundo ideal" | "An ideal world" |
Spanish (Latin America) | Gerardo Velázquez | Annie Rojas | ||
Swedish | Sam Molavi | Marsha Songcome | "En helt ny värld" | "A whole new world" |
Tamil | கார்த்திக் (Karthik) | Nincy Vincent | "என் வான் வேறா" ("En vaan veraa") | "Is my sky different?" |
Telugu | Anurag Kulkarni | సునీత సారధి (Sunitha Sarathy) | "మరో లోకం" ("Maro lokam") | "Another world" |
Thai | อัศรัญ มะ (Asaran Ma) | ณัฐภัสสร สิมะเสถียร (Natthaphatson Simasathian) | "โลกใหม่สวยงาม" ("Lok mai suai-ngam") | "A beautiful new world" |
Turkish | Harun Can | Nihan Omuz | "Gerçek dünya" | "The real world" |
Ukrainian | Станіслав Мельник (Stanislav Melnyk) | Ольга Жмуріна (Olha Zhmurina) | "Нове життя" ("Nove zhyttya") | "A new life" |
Vietnamese | Huỳnh Phương Hoàng Trí | Ái Phương | "Nhìn ra thế gian" | "Look at the world" |
Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle version
"A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" | |
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Single by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle | |
from the album Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
B-side | "After the Kiss" (instrumental) |
Released | November 5, 1992 |
Recorded | 1992 |
Genre | |
Length | 4:05 |
Label | |
Composer(s) | Alan Menken |
Lyricist(s) | Tim Rice[3] |
Producer(s) | Walter Afanasieff[19] |
A single version of the song was released that same year and was performed by American recording artists Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle. This version is played over the film's end credits and is referred on the soundtrack as "Aladdin's Theme".[3] The version peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on March 6, 1993,[20] replacing Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You", which had spent a then-record 14 weeks at the top of the chart. It went gold and sold 600,000 copies domestically.[21][22] The track peaked at number 12 in the UK Singles Chart in 1993.[23] The song is the first and so far only song from a Disney animated film to top the US Billboard Hot 100. The single version was later included on Belle's studio album Passion (1993) and on Bryson's studio album Through the Fire (1994).[24][25]
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (1992–1994) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[26] | 10 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[27] | 14 |
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[28] | 6 |
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[29] | 1 |
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[30] | 24 |
Germany (Official German Charts)[31] | 70 |
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[32] | 2 |
Ireland (IRMA)[33] | 11 |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[34] | 18 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[35] | 14 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[36] | 8 |
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[23] | 12 |
US Billboard Hot 100[37] | 1 |
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[38] | 1 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[39] | 21 |
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[40] | 1 |
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[41] | 18 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1993) | Position |
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Australia (ARIA)[42] | 50 |
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[43] | 56 |
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[44] | 6 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[45] | 37 |
US Billboard Hot 100[46] | 18 |
Chart (1994) | Position |
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Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[47] | 34 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[48] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^shipments figures based on certification alone |
Cover versions
Lea Salonga and Jose Mari Chan version
"A Whole New World" | ||||
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Single by Lea Salonga and Jose Mari Chan | ||||
from the album Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[49] | ||||
B-side | "A Whole New World" | |||
Released | 1993 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:56 | |||
Label | ||||
Composer(s) | Alan Menken | |||
Lyricist(s) | Tim Rice[3] | |||
Producer(s) | Rey Magtoto | |||
Lea Salonga singles chronology | ||||
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Jose Mari Chan singles chronology | ||||
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In the Philippines, a version of the song performed by Lea Salonga and Jose Mari Chan, both Filipino recording artists, was released as a single through Bell Films (a subsidiary of Universal Records) in 1993,[50] coinciding with the Philippine theatrical release of Aladdin on April 30, 1993.[51]
Other cover versions
- In 1993, a Latin American rendition of the song, "Un Mundo Ideal", by Ricardo Montaner and Michelle received airplay throughout Latin America.[52] This rendition was later included on Montaner's greatest hits album Éxitos y... Algo Más (1993).[53]
- In 2003, LMNT recorded a cover of "A Whole New World", later included on Disneymania 2 in 2004.
- In 2004, 98 Degrees member Nick Lachey and his ex-wife Jessica Simpson covered the song for the Platinum Edition of "Aladdin". Their version of "A Whole New World" was included on Disneymania 3 in 2005.
- In 2006, Peter Andre and his wife Katie Price released the album A Whole New World, which included originally private recordings from them. Their version of the song was also released as the album's lead single a month later.
- In 2007, Pixar employee Nick Pitera uploaded a video to YouTube where he performs both the male and female characters,[54] earning 30 million views by January 2013.
- In 2014, Malaysian singer-songwriter Yuna performed a cover for a commercial promoting Disney's Aulani Hawaiian Resort. The cover was later included as a bonus track on the 2015 album, We Love Disney.
- In 2014, Adam Jacobs and Courtney Reed performed the song as Aladdin and Jasmine in the film's Broadway adaptation.
- In 2015, Indonesian singer, Husein Alatas and Nowela Auparay performed the song "A Whole New World" in Indonesian for We Love Disney Indonesian album
- In 2017, D-Metal Stars created a Heavy Metal cover of the song on the album "Metal Disney" featuring Mike Vescera and Rudy Sarzo
- In 2018, Riff Raff and Jonathan Hay created a hip-hop cover of the song for the album The Hoodlum Ball.[55]
- Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott, as Aladdin and Jasmine respectively, performed the song in Disney's 2019 remake of Aladdin.[56][57]
- Zayn Malik and Zhavia Ward recorded the end credits version of "A Whole New World" for the soundtrack to the 2019 remake of Aladdin.[58]
- Malik's English vocals were also used for two English-Spanish versions of the song, "Un mundo ideal". The Spanish parts were sung for the Latin American market by American singer Becky G and for the Spanish market by Spanish singer Aitana.[59][60][61]
- In 2019, Asian-American singer-songwriter Nadya Sudjaja produced a cover version of the song incorporating eclectic sounds from the Middle-East. The production was led by Ukrainian music producer Oleksiy Shmaniov.
- Another cover version of the song was released in 2019 exclusively for the Philippines. This cover is recorded by The Voice Kids season 1 finalist Darren Espanto and Asia's Phoenix Morissette Amon. It was also heard on several radio stations in the country.
See also
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1993 (U.S.)
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1993 (U.S.)
- List of Mainstream Top 40 number-one hits of 1993 (U.S.)
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