The Bare Necessities

This article is about the song. For the collegiate a cappella group by a similar name, see The 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
B-side"Trust in Me" (Sterling Holloway)
Released1967 (1967)
Recorded1966
GenreJazz
Length4:51
LabelDisneyland
Songwriter(s)Terry Gilkyson

"The Bare Necessities" is a jazz song, written by Terry Gilkyson,[1] from Disney's 1967 animated feature film The Jungle Book, sung by Phil Harris as Baloo and Bruce Reitherman as Mowgli.[2] Bill Murray and Neel Sethi, in the same roles, performed the song in the 2016 remake.[3]

  1. ^ Halliwell, L. (1981). Halliwell's Film Guide. Granada. p. 531. ISBN 978-0-246-11533-1. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Keegan, Rebecca (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 July 7, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2024.