The Monkey Song

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The Monkey Song is a lively jazz-style musical number from Disney’s animated film The Jungle Book, sung by King Louie as he tries to learn the secret of becoming human.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
The Monkey Song canonical 2

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
appearsIn The Jungle Book ⓘ
The Jungle Book (1967 film) ⓘ
basedOnCharacterFrom The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling ⓘ
composer Richard M. Sherman ⓘ
Robert B. Sherman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuresCharacter Baloo ⓘ
King Louie ⓘ
Mowgli ⓘ
filmDirector Wolfgang Reitherman ⓘ
genre big band ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
scat singing ⓘ
swing ⓘ
hasInstrumentation brass section ⓘ
rhythm section ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle lively ⓘ
up-tempo ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Richard M. Sherman ⓘ
Robert B. Sherman ⓘ
medium animated film ⓘ
narrativeRole King Louie tries to learn the secret of becoming human ⓘ
originalReleaseFormat feature film soundtrack ⓘ
partOfFranchise Disney’s The Jungle Book franchise ⓘ
performer Baloo ⓘ
King Louie ⓘ
Louis Prima ⓘ
Mowgli ⓘ
Phil Harris ⓘ
productionCompany Walt Disney Productions ⓘ
publisher Walt Disney Music Company ⓘ
linked to: Disney Music Group
recordLabel Walt Disney Records ⓘ
linked to: Disneyland Records
setting ruined temple in the jungle ⓘ
theme desire to become human ⓘ
imitation of humans by animals ⓘ
title I Wan’na Be Like You ⓘ
usedFor characterization of King Louie ⓘ
comic relief in The Jungle Book ⓘ
vocalStyle call and response ⓘ
scat vocals ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

I Wan'na Be Like You → subtitle → The Monkey Song ⓘ
I'm a Bluesman → hasTrack → The Monkey Song ⓘ
subject linked to: album "I'm a Bluesman"