Anyone who saw Disney's 2016 remake of the Jungle Book by Jon Favreau (the man behind the Iron Man movies), would have fallen in love with the song I Wan'na Be like You.
Disney's The Jungle Book was first shown in the big screen in 1967. Inspired by Rudyard Kipling's book of the same name in 1894.
The song was written by Robert and Richard Sherman and performed by Louis Prima. This, the original, I feel sang best version. But Robbie Williams and Olly Murs in the album Swings Both Ways, released in 2013, did a great job.
Decide for yourselves.
Louis Prima (1967)
Louis Prima (1967)
Christopher Walken's 2016 version
Robbie Williams and Olly Murs
Richard Sherman and his brother aimed for a jazz sound, with a Dixieland-like melody. He added that "When we first got an idea for 'I Wan'na Be Like You,' we said an ape swings from a tree, and he's the king of apes. We'll make him 'the king of the swingers.' That's the idea, we'll make him a jazz man." Once Prima was invited to do the song, he mockingly responded to the Shermans with "You want to make a monkey out of me? You got me!"
The partial recording can be viewed here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV8HrpOu1FA
Happy New Year 2018. May you all be blessed with health, wealth and prosperity
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