Subscriber Account active since. The empowering song, which wasn't featured in the animated movie, was added to give a much-needed update to one of the most beloved Disney princesses. This version of Princess Jasmine wants to lead Agrabah. Walt Disney Studios. Read more: Aladdin had a mother in the original animated movie. Here's why she was cut. As they saw how the story was evolving for the live-action adaptation, the idea for the song came naturally.

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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. Zayn Malik and Zhavia Ward did their version of the song for the Aladdin film. When the movie was first released in , it numbered 22 versions worldwide in 20 languages overall. Over the years, this number has increased to 40 official versions. On its theater release in , 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. Originally, the two French versions of the animated movie were completely independent, with different casts and lyrics. 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. 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". It went gold and sold , copies domestically.
In a rare instance of a major studio changing a film after its release, the Walt Disney Co. Disney said the change was made only after the studio obtained approval from the estate of the late lyricist Howard Ashman and from his collaborator, composer Alan Menken. The altered lyric, however, did not satisfy Arab groups. In no way would we ever do anything that would be insensitive to anyone. So on reflection, we changed it. The new lyrics will be seen on the home video format, which will be released Oct.
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