My Top Disney Cover Tunes

Aaron Wallace at the Zip-a-Dee-Doo Pod is in the middle of his Top 100 Disney Songs Countdown. It's done really well and I've found it very interesting. While I was mowing the grass yesterday and was listening to my my Disney Pop Songs Playlist on my iPod Touch…and it occurred to me that I had some songs on the playlist that I really like. So, I've come up with a Top 20 Disney Cover Songs.

In order to qualify for the list the only real qualifications are:

• the song must be from a Disney or Pixar movie, short or television show
• I have to have the song in my personal collection
• the song cannot be performed by the original recording artist/artists

I know some people do not like other artists re-recording of these songs by artists other than the original artists. I will admit that some of the re-recordings are not done very well. To me, if the song is done uniquely and well, the re-recording breathes new life into a classic Disney song and maybe gets people to explore some of the older Disney movies or shows. To me that is a good thing.

I'm not sure what it says, but out of the list, only seven or eight are recorded by artists that I would normally have listened to if it wasn't for these cover songs.

I'm not going to go into detail on why each song is on the list…mainly because my list is very subjective….it's just that I either like them or I don't and quite frankly if you wanted me to come up with the list again in 6 months, some songs might be added and some removed. Anyhow…here's the list. I've listed the songs in order with the artist and the CD/Album that it came from.

1. The Ballad of Davy Crockett - Tim Curry (Disney's Music From the Park)
2. Baroque Hoedown - They Might Be Giants (Walt Disney Records Archive Collection Vol. 2)
3. Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah - Aly & AJ (Disneymania 3)
4. Grim Grinning Ghosts - Bare Naked Ladies (Disney's Music From the Park)
5. The Bare Necessities - Bowling for Soup (Disneymania 3)
6. The Monkey's Uncle - Devo 2.0 (Disneymania 4)
7. Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride - Jump 5 (Disneymania 3)
8. Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah - Ric Ocasec (Simply Mad About the Mouse)
9. Candle On The Water - Anneliese Van Der Pol (Disneymania 4)
10. The Bare Necessities - Harry Connick, Jr. (Simply Mad About the Mouse)
11. Let's Get Together - Go-Gos (Disneymania 5)
12. You've Got a Friend in Me - Kathy Matea/George Jones (The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney)
13. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Mannheim Steamroller (Mannheim Steamroller Meets the Mouse)
14. Baby Mine - Allison Kraus (The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney)
15. Part of Your World - Olivia Newton- John (Disney's Music From the Park)
16. Cruella De Vil - Skye Sweetnam (Disneymania 4)
17. Mickey Mouse March - Mannheim Steamroller (Mannheim Steamroller Meets the Mouse)
18. Reflection - Keke Palmer (Disneymania 6)
19. When You Wish Upon a Star - Billy Joel (Simply Mad About the Mouse)
20. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf - LL Cool J (Simply Mad About the Mouse)