Part of Your World Lyrics

“Part Of Your World” Trivia

• Jodi Benson sang the song in the dark to get that “under the sea” feeling.
• Jodi Benson sang the song when she received her Disney Legend award in 2011.
• This was the first proper Disney chorus since Robin Hood in 1973, and the filmmakers stated in the DVD commentary that they were unsure of using a Disney chorus out of the fear that it would be deemed “cheesy.” This chorus would be repeated for the majority of the Renaissance until Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1996.
• Before the finalized version was made, an alternate version of the reprise was made into a Demo sung by Alan Menken. In this version, Ariel sings of how much she longs to be with Eric but realizes that they can’t be together and gives him a kiss before diving back under the waves. This version was removed because the filmmakers had written Ariel as being so lovesick after the storm that it was considered inappropriate for the song to be so tragic.
• Alan Menken and Howard Ashman discovered that the song shared contextual and rhythmic similarities with another one of their songs: “Somewhere That’s Green” from Little Shop of Horrors, leading them to humorously call it “Somewhere That’s Dry.”
• The song was nearly cut because Jeffrey Katzenberg felt that it was “boring” and was too far over the heads of the children for whom it was intended. It was only through the insistence of Howard Ashman and Glen Keane that it was included in the movie.
• During the finale, Sebastian and Chef Louis were originally going to become friends, but Jeffery Katzenberg preferred them as enemies and asked for the scene to be changed where Chef Louis gets his comeuppance.
• A brief allusion to the original tale was made in the lyrics nearing the end, as Ariel says “When’s it my turn? Wouldn’t I love, love to explore that shore up above?” (in the original tale, mermaids were allowed to go up to the surface at age 15).
• The part where Ariel reaches through the hole in the roof was the final shot to be completed for the film. It took four tries to get its optical effects right.
• In early prints of the Diamond Edition release, after Ariel sings “Out of the sea…”, the next two shots of her floating back down and Flounder’s sad face when she sang “Wish I could be…” were swapped. This had been fixed for later printings of the Diamond Edition and remained fixed for the Signature Collection release.
• When filming a reference for the scene where Ariel rises from the rocks, Glen Keane would act out the scene as a way to give Sherri Lynn Stoner an idea of how the scene should play out.
• The Swedish dub features Sissel Kyrkjebø, the Swedish voice of Ariel, singing over the top of the chorus as Ariel, holding her final note through the chorus, vocalizing until Eric and Ariel kiss.
• The scene where Ariel sings the last verses of the song (in particular her causing a wave to crash behind her) was parodied in The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning with Marina Del Rey, who adopts a similar pose, only to be slammed down by the wave before threatening Scuttle.
• An instrumental version of part of the song was heard while Giselle observed a fish tank in, just before interacting with Enchanted Sam, a character portrayed by Jodi Benson herself.
• The song was included on the tape Disney Sing Along Songs: Circle of Life
• In, it is sung at the end by country singer Chely Wright. The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
• It is featured in the episode “Once Upon a Time Poor Unfortunate Soul”, sung by Ursula.
• In, a parody of the song is seen on Zootopia Judy Hopps’ music player playlist under the name “Part of Your Wool”.
• In the episode “Duck Tales: The Lost Harp of Mervana!” Webby directly references the song by saying, “Look at this stuff, isn’t it neat?”
• Ariel is now one of the most popular ‘Disney Princesses.’
• In 2021, Apple Inc. used the song in a commercial.