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"A Whole New World"
Single by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle
from the album Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
B-side	After The Kiss (instrumental)
Released	November 5, 1992
Format	CD, Audio cassette, 7"
Recorded	1992
Genre	Pop
Length	04:05
Label	Walt Disney Records
Writer(s)	Alan Menken (music) Tim Rice (lyrics)

"A Whole New World" is the featured pop single from the soundtrack to the 1992 Disney film Aladdin. It was composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Tim Rice. The song is a ballad between the primary characters Aladdin and Jasmine about the new world they are going to discover together. The original version was sung by Brad Kane and Lea Salonga. A single version of the song was later released that year and was performed by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle. The version heard during the narrative of the film was performed by Brad Kane and Lea Salonga, the singing voices for Aladdin and Princess Jasmine, respectively. They also performed the song in their characters at the 65th Academy Awards.

Cover versions

• Girl group Eternal released the song as the b-side to their 1996 single, Someday, recorded for the Disney film The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
• LMNT covered the song for DisneyMania 2, released in 2004.
• Australian jazz quartet, The Conglomerate, have been heard to play the song at numerous shows.
• Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey covered the song for DisneyMania 3 released in 2005, and on the two-disc Platinum Edition DVD for the Aladdin film.
• The song was covered in 2006 by British glamour model Katie Price and her now ex-husband, Peter Andre. The track is included on their 2006 album of duets A Whole New World.
• J-pop artist Kumi Koda and Peabo Bryson included a cover for Koda's 2006 album Best: Second Session.
• K-Pop boy-band TVXQ recorded the song for their 2007 Japanese album, Five in the Black, as a special track.
• In the 2009 CD Disney's Dream Pop: Tribute to Tokyo, J-pop artist Fukui Mai covers the song.

Adam Larke has also done a cover of this song for the Marsh Midday show at the world renowned Mayland House!

Live cover performances

Some notable artists that have covered this song live include:

• Sweetbox, for WOW! DisneyMania in Japan.
• Luther Vandross and Vanessa L. Williams
• Charice Pempengco and Super Junior member Kyuhyun
• British duo Peter Robey and Nick Sadler's rendition which scored a record low score on the Singstar PS2 game.
• A punk version of the song was performed by Cebu-based band, JuLiN PiNiS.
• Peabo Bryson and Patti LaBelle performed the song along with all 77 contestants at the 1994 Miss Universe Pageant in Manila, Philippines
• Bryson also recorded a version of the song with Japanese pop artist Kumi Koda, which appeared as a bonus track on her album BEST ~second session~.
• In the second season of American Idol in 2003, eventual winner Ruben Studdard sang the song on Movie Night. It was noted that season that "A Whole New World" was the most commonly used audition song, and a montage of "A Whole New World" auditions was aired to emphasize it. Auditioners continue to use this song to this day, although a lot less than in Season 3.
• In addition to recording a cover, Peter André and Katie Price performed the song live on Children in Need in 2005.
• K-pop artist BoA and TVXQ member Xiah Junsu performed the song live at the AnyBand Concert in Korea on December 29, 2007.
• 2 Grand performed the song on Britain's Got Talent 2009.
• Stellar Kart often perform this song at their concerts.

International

Like most Disney's songs, "A Whole New World" was translated and adapted for non-English dubbed releases of the film.

References

1. ^ Aladdin Japanese Original Soundtrack booklet
2. ^ Aladdin Korean Original Soundtrack booklet
3. ^ Aladdin Spanish Original Soundtrack booklet