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.

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The Monkey Song canonical 2

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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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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"