Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo

"Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo"
Song by Verna Felton
from the album Cinderella (1950 film soundtrack)
Released1950
RecordedOctober 26, 1949
GenreSoundtrack
Songwriter(s)
Official Video
"Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" on YouTube

"Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (also called "The Magic Song")[1] is a novelty song, written in 1948 by Al Hoffman, Mack David, and Jerry Livingston. Introduced in the 1950 film Cinderella, and performed by actress Verna Felton, the song is about the Fairy Godmother transforming an orange pumpkin into a white carriage, four brown mice into white horses, a gray horse into a white-haired coachman and a brown dog into a white-haired footman. The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1951 but lost out to "Mona Lisa" from Captain Carey, U.S.A. Disney used the song once again in their 2015 remake of Cinderella which starred Lily James in the leading role. The song was performed by Helena Bonham Carter, who plays Fairy Godmother, and was the final song of the movie, playing with the end credits. Bonham Carter's version can also be found as the 30th song on the original movie soundtrack.[2]

  1. ^ Cinderella: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack (CD Liner booklet). Various Artists. Walt Disney Records. 2012. p. 4. D001825700.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ "Cinderella (2015) movie review (plus Frozen Fever) – ONCE184". oncepodcast.com. 13 March 2015. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2018.