| "You'll Be in My Heart" | ||||
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| Single byPhil Collins | ||||
| from the albumTarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack | ||||
| B-side | "Trashin' the Camp" | |||
| Released | May 19, 1999 (1999-05-19)[1] | |||
| Length | 4:17 | |||
| Label | Walt Disney | |||
| Songwriter | Phil Collins[2] | |||
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| "You'll Be In My Heart" onYouTube | ||||
"You'll Be in My Heart" is a song by English drummer and singerPhil Collins from the 1999Disney animated featureTarzan.[2] It appeared onTarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack as well as various other Disney compilations. It won theAcademy Award for Best Original Song, and became Collins' last US top-40 single, peaking at number 21.
A demo version with Collins playing piano and singing is featured as a bonus on the 2-DVD Special Edition ofTarzan, along with "I Will Follow", "Celebration", "6/8 Demo" and "Rhythm Piece" which became "Strangers Like Me", "Son of Man" and "Trashin' the Camp". "6/8 Demo" was not featured in the movie. Themusic video for the song wasdirected byKevin Godley. Phil Collins also recorded the song in French ("Toujours dans mon cœur"), German ("Dir gehört mein Herz"), Italian ("Sei dentro me") and Spanish ("En mi corazón vivirás") aside from his native English. A version of the single performed by him withGlenn Close also appears on the soundtrack.
Phil Collins was initially hired in 1995 as a songwriter. Given his background as a drummer with the rock band Genesis, the production team believed his rhythmic sensibilities could lend a strong jungle beat to Tarzan.[3] Early into production, directorsKevin Lima andChris Buck decided not to follow Disney's musical tradition by having the characters sing and instead, Phil Collins perform the songs in the film serving as the narrator. The choice of Collins, a popular and well established adult contemporary artist, led his ability to write and record the five original songs. This "ballad" is one of the original songs he wrote for the film, and he ended up also performing this song as well.[4]
The song, originally written for his daughterLily, who was ten years old at the time, was called "Lullaby", is used in a scene when Tarzan's adoptive gorilla motherKala sings that her baby should stop crying because she will protect him and keep him safe and warm. She says everything will be fine and she tells him that "you will be in my heart always". The song is about "how love is a bond that cannot be broken".[5]
In the movie, the song ends on the first verse, the full version of the song on the soundtrack album notes that others don't understand why a mother and child who are so different can love each other. When destiny calls, the child is told he must be strong even if the parent is not with him. The song is one of only two songs within the film to have a part performed by an actual character (the other being "Trashin' the Camp" which the character's role in the song can be classified asscat singing). The rest of the songs were performed by Collins himself and overlaid into the movie. The full song is finally played all together during the end credits.
The entireTarzan soundtrack, including "You'll Be in My Heart", was also performed byPhil Collins in various other languages besides his native English, namelyGerman,French,Spanish andItalian. Most dubbings played the full English version of the song by Collins at the end credits but it has six versions in other languages and includes his full Spanish version that played for the European and Latin American dubbing, which marks Phil Collins' only appearance onBillboard's Hot Latin Tracks, the song charting at number 32.[6] He also performed the German version of "You'll Be in My Heart" on German TV.[7]
Masayuki Sakamoto of20th Century covered the song for dubbed Japanese release.[8][9][10] The song was released on theWishes single, which entered theOricon singles chart for seven weeks, reaching peak level at number 10.[11] Singer-songwriter Billy Simpson covered the song in Indonesian (as "Kau Di Hatiku") for the 2015 compilation albumWe Love Disney.[12] Taiwanese singerWakin Chau recorded the song for theMandarin Chinese andCantonese releases.
TheManila Standard said Collins "waxes poetic" with the song.[4] TheDisney Song Encyclopedia deemed it an "uptempo ballad" and "tender song".[5]Gerald Bordman and Richard Norton, in their bookAmerican Musical Theatre: A Chronicle, wrote thatMerle Dandridge, who performed this song as the role of Tarzan's adoptive mother Kala in the Broadway version, had "the best song".[13] In his bookAmerican Literature on Stage and Screen: 525 Works and Their Adaptations, Thomas S. Hischak said this song was "contemporary sounding yet [its] rhythmic momentum blended beautifully with the pulsating sounds of the jungle".[14] In 2003, an article forBillboard magazine noted the song ran "in the same vein" as another Collins song "Can't Stop Loving You".[15] In 2009, Jody Kerchner and Carlos Abril, in their bookMusical Experience in Our Lives: Things We Learn and Meanings We Make, recounted a personal story of how the song has a special meaning to a mother/daughter relationship, which involved fetus-singing. Similar stories were recounted by two other sources.[16][17]
Soon after the song was released, it was already "being touted as an Oscar contender".[18] The song went on to win theGolden Globe Award forBest Original Song and theAcademy Award forBest Original Song.[2][19] Collins performed the song live at that year's ceremony. The song also received aGrammy Award nomination forBest Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, but lost toMadonna's "Beautiful Stranger" fromAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
"You'll Be in My Heart" spent nineteen non-consecutive weeks at number one on theAdult Contemporary charts ("the longest time ever up to that point"[20]) and peaked at number 21 on the U.S.Billboard Hot 100.[21] It was Collins's first top 40 hit on theBillboard Hot 100 since 1994's "Everyday", as well as his last Top 40 hit to date.[19][6] The track peaked at number 17 on theUK Singles Chart.[22]
Movie version
Weekly charts[edit]
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[50] | Platinum | 90,000‡ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[51] | Platinum | 30,000‡ |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE)[52] | Gold | 30,000‡ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[53] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[54] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[55] Duet version | Gold | 500,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Actor and singerMichael Crawford covered the song onThe Disney Album (2001). SingerUsher covered the song for 2002'sDisneymania, a compilation of Disney covers by contemporary pop stars.
In the2006 stage version, the song is performed by Kala with the ensemble, while a reprise is performed byMerle Dandridge as Kala andDaniel Manche as Young Tarzan when the latter "decides to join the human world".[5] This was because the omniscience of Collins' songs did not translate too well, so the song along with "Two Worlds", "perform similar thematic and character introductions on stage".[56]
Indonesian singerNiki covered the song for her Spotify Singles in 2022, and her version later toppedBillboard's Indonesian singles chart in April 2025 after resurging online.[57] On the chart dated April 24, her cover had reached number 107 on theBillboard Global 200.[58]
最高順位 10位 登場回数 7週 発売日 1999年11月25日 収録曲 2. You'll Be in My Heart
You'll Be in My Heart - Niki - This week: 1 - Peak position: 1 - Weeks on chart: 3
You'll Be in My Heart - Niki - This week: 107 - Peak position: 107 - Weeks on chart: 2
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