<Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> Disneyland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Terry Gilkyson </Td> </Tr> <P> "The Bare Necessities" is a song, written by Terry Gilkyson, from the animated 1967 Disney film The Jungle Book, sung by Phil Harris as Baloo and Bruce Reitherman as Mowgli . Originally, it was written for an earlier draft of the movie that was never produced . The Sherman Brothers, who wrote the other songs of the film, kept this as the only song used from the previous version . A reprise of the song was sung by Sebastian Cabot as Bagheera and Phil Harris as Baloo at the end of the film . Van Dyke Parks worked on the arrangement, which was his first paid gig after moving to California . The song was also sung by Louis Armstrong . In 1967, "The Bare Necessities" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song . A hip - hop version of the song performed by Lou Rawls was used as the theme song for Jungle Cubs . </P> <Ul> <Li> In 1969, Alvin and the Chipmunks recorded this song for their album The Chipmunks Go to the Movies . </Li> <Li> In 1988, the song was hummed by Siobhan E. McCafferty's character in the Freddy's Nightmares episode "Judy Miller, Come on Down". </Li> <Li> In 1991, the song was covered by Harry Connick, Jr. for the Simply Mad About The Mouse an album and a TV Special . </Li> <Li> In 1991 The Bare Necessities Megamix, produced by Nigel Wright under the name of The UK Mixmasters reached number 14 in the UK Singles Chart . </Li> <Li> In The Jungle Book 2, Baloo (John Goodman) is first seen singing "The Bare Necessities" while creating a "dummy" of Mowgli, using a coconut and a banana peel, to sing with him, only to sadly realize that Mowgli is no longer around . Mowgli (Haley Joel Osment) and Baloo sing the song together after Baloo takes him out the village . At the end of the movie, Mowgli, Shanti (Mae Whitman), and Baloo sing a reprise of the song . </Li> <Li> In 2005, Julie Andrews chose the song for her album "Julie Andrews Selects Her Favorite Disney Songs". </Li> <Li> Tituss Burgess performed the song for the BBC radio special "BBC Radio 2 Celebrates The Music of Disney". </Li> <Li> Bowling for Soup recorded it for Disney's DisneyMania 3 Album . </Li> <Li> In the 1994 live - action Disney film The Jungle Book, Dr. Julius Plumford exclaims "The bare necessities of life!" in the ballroom scene . </Li> <Li> In 1998, Tony Bennett covered it in his album The Playground which was released on September 25, 1998 . </Li> <Li> On the 5th episode of the 10th season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars, American footballer Chad Ochocinco and professional partner Cheryl Burke danced a quickstep to the song . </Li> <Li> Just for Laughs: Gags sometimes uses an instrumental cover of this song during a prank . </Li> <Li> Eliza Gilkyson, the daughter of the song's composer, Terry Gilkyson, performed the song on her live 2007 album, Your Town Tonight . </Li> <Li> Brian Wilson covered it on his album In the Key of Disney, which was released on October 25, 2011 . </Li> <Li> From September 2011, the song has been used in adverts for British supermarket chain Sainsbury's, promoting new slogan' Live Well For Less' . </Li> <Li> Los Lobos covered it on their album Los Lobos Goes Disney, released in 2009 . </Li> <Li> The rap band That Handsome Devil covered this song and the entirety of The Jungle Book soundtrack on their free CD titled The Jungle Book </Li> <Li> The song is featured in the Disney 2013 stage musical directed by Mary Zimmerman and performed by Kevin Carolan as Baloo . </Li> <Li> On June 13, 2012, Hong Kong Disneyland opened Grizzly Gulch themed land, the gift stall in the land is called The Bear Necessities . </Li> <Li> In November 2013, The Overtones recorded this song as a mix with I Wanna Be Like You for their album Saturday Night at the Movies </Li> <Li> In 2015, British children's sitcom Horrible Histories introduced a parody of this song related to Oliver Cromwell . It was performed by comedian Lawry Lewin, and was featured in the sixth series . </Li> <Li> Bill Murray and Neel Sethi perform the song as Baloo and Mowgli, respectively, in the 2016 live - action adaptation . A cover version by Dr. John is featured during the film's end credits . </Li> <Li> In 2018, Maddie Poppe, winner of Season 16 of American Idol, performed the song during Disney Night . </Li> </Ul>

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