| "The Bare Necessities" | |
|---|---|
| SongbyPhil Harris and Bruce Reitherman | |
| from the album The Jungle Book | |
| B-side | "Trust in Me" (Sterling Holloway) |
| Released | 1967 (1967) |
| Recorded | 1966 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 4:51 |
| Label | Disneyland |
| Songwriter(s) | Terry Gilkyson |
"The Bare Necessities" is a jazz song, written by Terry Gilkyson,[1] from Disney's 1967 animated feature film The Jungle Book, sung by Phil HarrisasBaloo and Bruce ReithermanasMowgli.[2] Bill Murray and Neel Sethi, in the same roles, performed the song in the 2016 remake.[3]
Originally, it was written for an earlier draft of the film that was never produced.[4] The Sherman Brothers, who wrote the other songs of the film, kept this as the only song used from the previous version. A reprise of the song was sung by Sebastian CabotasBagheera and Phil Harris as Baloo at the end of the film. Van Dyke Parks worked on the arrangement.[5]In1967, "The Bare Necessities" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song but lost to "Talk to the Animals" from Doctor Dolittle.[6]Ahip-hop version of the song performed by Lou Rawls was used as the theme song for Jungle Cubs.[7]
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom (BPI)[8] | Gold | 400,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[9] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
That's meant doing "interesting casting" for the main titles and series theme songs: Lou Rawls singing Jungle Cubs' "The Bare Necessities"; rocker Eddie Money singing the Quack Pack main title; Jefferson Starship lead singer Mickey Thomas ...
