That 's What Friends Are For ( the Vulture song ) - wikipedia That 's What Friends Are For ( the Vulture song ) `` That 's What Friends Are For ( The Vulture Song ) '' is a song in the widely popular Walt Disney film The Jungle Book from 1967. It was sung by a quartet of `` mop top '' vultures who are making friends with Mowgli, the main character of the film. The song was written by Disney staff songwriters, Robert and Richard Sherman, and sung primarily by J. Pat O'Malley, Lord Tim Hudson, Digby Wolfe, and Chad Stuart. Bruce Reitherman and George Sanders both made cameo appearances in the song singing as Mowgli and Shere Khan the tiger, respectively, in different parts. In the soundtrack album, The Mellomen member Bill Lee replaced the unavailable Sanders. Composing The Shermans were brought onto the film by Walt Disney due to Disney 's feeling that the interpretation was keeping too true to the Rudyard Kipling book. In a deliberate effort to keep the score `` light '', this song as well as the Sherman Brothers ' other contributions generally concern darker subject matter than the accompanying music would suggest. In the case of `` That 's What Friends Are For '', the vultures sing in the style of a barbershop quartet, making their song endearing to Mowgli - and that much more dangerous. The lyrics feature many double entendres regarding how the vultures eat other animals. The song was originally conceived as a rock and roll song, sung by the quartet of vultures. The vultures were even designed based on The Beatles, with moptop haircuts and Liverpudlian accents, and would be voiced by the band, which did not come into fruition due to problems with their schedule. During production Disney decided the 1960s style rock would cause the song to be considered dated later, leading `` We 're Your Friends '' to be changed to the barbershop quartet that appears in the film. References ^ Jump up to : Sherman, Robert B., Walt 's Time : from before to beyond, Camphor Tree Publishers, Santa Clarita, California, 1998, p 84., ISBN 0 - 9646059 - 3 - 7 Jump up ^ Richard Sherman ( 2007 ). The Jungle Book audio commentary. The Jungle Book, Platinum Edition, Disc 1. Jump up ^ Sherman, Robert B. ; Sherman, Richard M. ( 1990 ). Interview with the Sherman Brothers ( audio track ) format = requires url = ( help ). The Jungle Book soundtrack, 30th Anniversary Edition ( 1997 ) : Walt Disney Records. Jump up ^ `` Lost Character : Rocky the Rhino '', The Jungle Book Platinum Edition Disc 1 Rudyard Kipling 's The Jungle Book Books The Jungle Book ( 1894 ) The Second Jungle Book ( 1895 ) All the Mowgli Stories ( 1933 ) Mowgli stories `` Mowgli 's Brothers '' `` Kaa 's Hunting '' `` Tiger ! Tiger ! '' `` Letting in the Jungle '' `` Red Dog '' Other stories `` Rikki - Tikki - Tavi '' `` Toomai of the Elephants '' `` The White Seal '' Characters Mowgli Baloo Bagheera Akela Raksha Kaa Hathi Shere Khan Bandar - log King Louie Disney franchise Film The Jungle Book ( 1967 ) The Jungle Book ( 1994 ) The Jungle Book : Mowgli 's Story ( 1998 ) The Jungle Book 2 ( 2003 ) The Jungle Book ( 2016 ) Television TaleSpin ( 1990 -- 91 ) Jungle Cubs ( 1996 -- 1998 ) Soundtrack `` Colonel Hathi 's March '' `` The Bare Necessities '' `` I Wan'na Be like You '' `` Trust in Me '' `` That 's What Friends Are For '' `` My Own Home '' `` Jungle Jungle Baat Chali Hai '' Video games The Jungle Book ( 1993 ) The Jungle Book Groove Party ( 2000 ) Other The Jungle Book : Alive with Magic Colonel Hathi 's Pizza Outpost Other adaptations Film Elephant Boy ( 1937 ) Jungle Book ( 1942 ) Elephant Boy ( 1973 ) Adventures of Mowgli ( 1973 ) The Second Jungle Book : Mowgli & Baloo ( 1997 ) Jungle Book ( 2018 ) Television Mowgli 's Brothers ( 1976 ) Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli ( 1989 -- 90 ) episodes Mowgli : The New Adventures of the Jungle Book ( 1998 ) The Jungle Book ( 2010 -- ) Other The Third Jungle Book ( 1992 ) A dzsungel könyve Djungelboken Related Law of the jungle Mowgli syndrome The Graveyard Book ( 2008 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=That%27s_What_Friends_Are_For_(The_Vulture_Song)&oldid=799775000 '' Categories : Songs about friendship 1967 songs Songs from The Jungle Book Songs written by the Sherman Brothers Hidden categories : Pages using citations with format and no URL Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 9 September 2017, at 19 : 33. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who sang that what friends are for in jungle book
Answer: a quartet of "mop top" vultures who are making friends with Mowgli