Winnie the Pooh (song)
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"Winnie the Pooh" is the title song for the franchise of the same name. It is musically emblematic of the most successful branding Disney currently owns and has been used in most merchandising models of the brand since the song's first publication in 1966
in the musical film
featurette
, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
. It is also featured in the Kingdom Hearts series as background music on The Hundred Acre Wood stage. In film, the song is generally utilized in the title sequence. The lyric gives an overview of the characters and the roles each plays in relation to Pooh himself. The song has been used in every theatrically released Pooh film as well as most of the television series. The songwriters are the Sherman Brothers
who have written the grand majority of Winnie the Pooh songs and musical numbers since 1966.
Notably, Tigger
is the only original character from the books (thus does not count Gopher, Kessie or Lumpy) not to be named in this song and is probably the reason why he gets his own introduction song "The Wonderful Thing about Tiggers" when he first appears in Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day. Although, in the 2011 film, "Winnie the Pooh," Tigger is finally named in the song after Kanga
and Roo
by saying, "And Tigger, too."
1966 in music
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in the musical film
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
featurette
Featurette
Featurette is a term used in the American film industry to designate a film whose length is approximately three quarters of a reel, or about 20–44 minutes in running time - thus midway between a short subject and a feature film; thus it is a "small feature"...
, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree is a 1966 animated featurette released by The Walt Disney Company. Based on the first two chapters of the book Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne, it is the is the only Winnie the Pooh production released under the production of Walt Disney before his death later that...
. It is also featured in the Kingdom Hearts series as background music on The Hundred Acre Wood stage. In film, the song is generally utilized in the title sequence. The lyric gives an overview of the characters and the roles each plays in relation to Pooh himself. The song has been used in every theatrically released Pooh film as well as most of the television series. The songwriters are the Sherman Brothers
Sherman Brothers
The Sherman Brothers are an American songwriting duo that specialize in musical films, made up of Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman ....
who have written the grand majority of Winnie the Pooh songs and musical numbers since 1966.
Notably, Tigger
Tigger
Tigger is a fictional tiger-like character originally introduced in A. A. Milne's book The House at Pooh Corner. Like other Pooh characters, Tigger is based on one of Christopher Robin Milne's stuffed animals...
is the only original character from the books (thus does not count Gopher, Kessie or Lumpy) not to be named in this song and is probably the reason why he gets his own introduction song "The Wonderful Thing about Tiggers" when he first appears in Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day. Although, in the 2011 film, "Winnie the Pooh," Tigger is finally named in the song after Kanga
Kanga
Kanga is the name of a recurring fictional character in A. A. Milne's series of books about Winnie-the-Pooh. A female kangaroo, Kanga is Roo's mother and a good friend to Winnie-the-Pooh and all the other residents of the Hundred Acre Wood. She lives with Roo in a house near the Sandy Pit in the...
and Roo
Roo
Roo is a fictional character created in 1926 by A. A. Milne and first featured in the book Winnie-the-Pooh. He is a young kangaroo and his mother is Kanga...
by saying, "And Tigger, too."
Some films that feature this song
- The Book of Pooh: Stories from the HeartThe Book of Pooh: Stories from the HeartThe Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart is a direct-to-video animated film, based on the Disney Channel television series The Book of Pooh....
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the PoohThe Many Adventures of Winnie the PoohThe Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is the 22nd full-length animated film produced by Walt Disney Productions and first released on March 11, 1977....
- Piglet's Big MoviePiglet's Big MoviePiglet's Big Movie is a 2003 American animated film produced by DisneyToon Studios, and released by Walt Disney Pictures on March 21, 2003. It is based upon the characters in the Winnie-the-Pooh books written by A. A. Milne...
- Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher RobinPooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher RobinPooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin is a 1997 direct-to-video film from Walt Disney's The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh. The film follows Pooh and his friends on a journey to find and rescue their friend Christopher Robin from the "Skull"...
- Pooh's Heffalump Halloween MoviePooh's Heffalump Halloween MoviePooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie is a Winnie the Pooh movie which was released direct to video as the sequel to Pooh's Heffalump Movie. It features the segment, Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh....
- Pooh's Heffalump MoviePooh's Heffalump MoviePooh's Heffalump Movie is a 2005 Winnie-the-Pooh film, released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film runs at 68 mins., This was the shortest feature-length Pooh film to be released in theaters until The 2011 Film at 63 mins.- Plot :...
- The Tigger MovieThe Tigger MovieThe Tigger Movie is a 2000 animated comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Jun Falkenstein. Part of the Winnie-the-Pooh series, this film features Pooh's friend Tigger in his search for his family tree and other Tiggers like himself...
- Winnie the Pooh and FriendsWinnie the Pooh and FriendsWinnie the Pooh and Friends is a compilation video released in 1984 from Walt Disney Home Video featuring the following 4 cartoon shorts:* Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore: a 1983 cartoon short where it's Eeyore's birthday and nobody has noticed...
- Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too!Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too!Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too is a 1974 animated feature from Disney released as a double feature with The Island at the Top of the World. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, but lost to Closed Mondays. It was later added as a segment to the 1977 film The Many...
- Winnie the Pooh and a Day for EeyoreWinnie the Pooh and a Day for EeyoreWinnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore is a Disney Winnie the Pooh animated featurette, based on two chapters from the books Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, originally released theatrically on March 11, 1983, before the 1983 re-issue of The Sword in the Stone...
- Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery DayWinnie the Pooh and the Blustery DayWinnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day is a 1968 animated featurette based on stories from the Winnie-the-Pooh books by A. A. Milne. The featurette was produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution on December 20, 1968 before The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit. This was...
(instrumental only) - Winnie the Pooh and the Honey TreeWinnie the Pooh and the Honey TreeWinnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree is a 1966 animated featurette released by The Walt Disney Company. Based on the first two chapters of the book Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne, it is the is the only Winnie the Pooh production released under the production of Walt Disney before his death later that...
- Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of GivingWinnie the Pooh: Seasons of GivingSeasons of Giving is a direct-to-video Winnie the Pooh film released in 1999. It included A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving, and two episodes from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh...
- Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with RooWinnie the Pooh: Springtime with RooSpringtime with Roo is a direct-to-video animated film, featuring characters from Disney's Winnie-the-Pooh franchise.-Plot:An adaptation of the Charles Dickens's classic, A Christmas Carol. An overexcited Roo, along with Pooh, Piglet, Tigger and Eeyore, pay Rabbit a visit to celebrate Easter...
- Winnie the Pooh
External links
- http://www.coveringthemouse.com/search/label/winnie%20the%20pooh - Cover versions of "Winnie the Pooh"