The Bare Necessities - wikipedia The Bare Necessities Song from the animated 1967 Disney film The Jungle Book This article is about the song. For the collegiate a cappella group by this same name, see The Brown Bear Necessities. For other uses, see Bare Necessities ( disambiguation ). `` The Bare Necessities '' Song by Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman from the album The Jungle Book Released 1967 ( 1967 ) Label Disneyland Songwriter ( s ) Terry Gilkyson `` 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. In other media In 1969, Alvin and the Chipmunks recorded this song for their album The Chipmunks Go to the Movies. In 1988, the song was hummed by Siobhan E. McCafferty 's character in the Freddy 's Nightmares episode `` Judy Miller, Come on Down ''. In 1991, the song was covered by Harry Connick, Jr. for the Simply Mad About The Mouse an album and a TV Special. 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. 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. In 2005, Julie Andrews chose the song for her album `` Julie Andrews Selects Her Favorite Disney Songs ''. Tituss Burgess performed the song for the BBC radio special `` BBC Radio 2 Celebrates The Music of Disney ''. Bowling for Soup recorded it for Disney 's DisneyMania 3 Album. In the 1994 live - action Disney film The Jungle Book, Dr. Julius Plumford exclaims `` The bare necessities of life ! '' in the ballroom scene. In 1998, Tony Bennett covered it in his album The Playground which was released on September 25, 1998. 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. Just for Laughs : Gags sometimes uses an instrumental cover of this song during a prank. Eliza Gilkyson, the daughter of the song 's composer, Terry Gilkyson, performed the song on her live 2007 album, Your Town Tonight. Brian Wilson covered it on his album In the Key of Disney, which was released on October 25, 2011. From September 2011, the song has been used in adverts for British supermarket chain Sainsbury 's, promoting new slogan ' Live Well For Less '. Los Lobos covered it on their album Los Lobos Goes Disney, released in 2009. 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 The song is featured in the Disney 2013 stage musical directed by Mary Zimmerman and performed by Kevin Carolan as Baloo. On June 13, 2012, Hong Kong Disneyland opened Grizzly Gulch themed land, the gift stall in the land is called The Bear Necessities. 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 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. 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. In 2018, Maddie Poppe, winner of Season 16 of American Idol, performed the song during Disney Night. References Jump up ^ Halliwell, L. ( 1981 ). Halliwell 's Film Guide. Granada. p. 531. ISBN 978 - 0 - 246 - 11533 - 1. Retrieved August 2, 2018. Jump up ^ Sackett, S. ; Rovins, M. ( 1995 ). Hollywood Sings ! : An Inside Look at Sixty Years of Academy Award - nominated Songs. Billboard Books. p. 190. ISBN 978 - 0 - 8230 - 7623 - 9. Retrieved August 2, 2018. Jump up ^ Hischak, T.S. ( 2018 ). 100 Greatest American and British Animated Films. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 165. ISBN 978 - 1 - 5381 - 0569 - 6. Retrieved August 2, 2018. Jump up ^ McKeen, W. ( 2017 ). Everybody Had an Ocean : Music and Mayhem in 1960s Los Angeles. Chicago Review Press. p. 254. ISBN 978 - 1 - 61373 - 494 - 0. Retrieved August 2, 2018. Jump up ^ Johnson, J. ; Ehrbar, G. ; Ghez, D. ; Johnson, G. ( 2014 ). Inside the Whimsy Works : My Life with Walt Disney Productions. University Press of Mississippi. p. 132. ISBN 978 - 1 - 61703 - 932 - 4. Retrieved August 2, 2018. Jump up ^ Animation Magazine. Animation Magazine. 1997. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018. That 's meant doing `` interesting casting '' for the main titles and series theme songs : Lou Rawls singing Jungle Cubs ' `` The Bare Necessities '' ; rocker Eddie Money singing the Quack Pack main title ; Jefferson Starship lead singer Mickey Thomas... Jump up ^ `` Official UK Charts -- UK Mixmasters ''. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Largest themed area in expansion plan, Grizzly Gulch, debuts at Hong Kong Disneyland on July 14, 2012 Unique multidirectional terrain - style coaster provides unexpected runaway adventure ''. Hong Kong Disneyland. June 13, 2012. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2014. Jump up ^ Rebecca Keegan ( April 15, 2016 ). `` ' Jungle Book ' director Jon Favreau keeps the 19th century Kipling tone but updates the classic for modern times ''. Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 1, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2016. 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 '' 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 ) Adventures of Mowgli ( 1973 ) The Second Jungle Book : Mowgli & Baloo ( 1997 ) Mowgli 's First Adventure : In Search of the Elephant Eye Diamond ( 1998 ) Mowgli ( 2019 ) Television Elephant Boy ( 1973 ) 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=The_Bare_Necessities&oldid=853122528 '' Categories : 1967 songs Songs from The Jungle Book Songs written by Terry Gilkyson Hidden categories : Articles with short description Use mdy dates from August 2018 Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Français Italiano Русский Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 2 August 2018, at 15 : 48 ( UTC ). 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Question: who sings the bare necessities in the jungle book
Answer: Phil Harris as Baloo and Bruce Reitherman as Mowgli