The BEST Song You've NEVER Heard From Emperor's New Groove

A breakdown of Eartha Kitt's INCREDIBLE song that never made the movie.
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[@CharlesCornellStudios]

AND WE'RE BACK! Happy 2024 everyone! Hope you're all having an amazing start to the year. I've got SO much awesome stuff in store for you in the coming months that I can't wait to tell you about. Stay tuned!

[@asdfdc1946]

now do a chord progression analysis on chrome gadget from sonic the hedgehog 3.

[@emilysmith4213]

As a lifelong fan of the emperor’s new groove, I CANNOT BELIVE I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS SONG LIKE WHAT?! Thank you so much for bringing it back into the light of day for all of us to enjoy🥰👏🫶🏻

[@ruminobeats]

Dear Charles, if it's not too much trouble, I recommend talking about Pat Metheny's "Part Three" in "The Way Up" album. It might be interesting to check out the chord progressions within this masterpiece. BTW, your channel is currently one of my favorites, on KZbin! 🔥🔥🔥 Thank you and happy new year to all musicians !

[@Beastintheomlet]

Can you add the name of the song to description? I just want to make sure it’s easy for people to find.

[@nathangelinas11]

Happy new year to you! I'm so happy to see your videos come back. Even if I don't understand all that stuff of dominant, natural or whatever, your videos give me the motivation to learn piano and music theory about it. Thank for that because without those videos music theory and learning piano seems so boring and I like to learn fast, so practicing an instrument is pretty awkward for me. I wish for you a wonderful hear and Ii can't wait to watch your future videos! :)

[@_The_Archive_]

Fun Fact: Patrick Warburton improvised when Kronk hummed his own theme song in the scene where he was carrying Kuzco in the bag to the waterfall. Disney's legal department had Warburton sign all rights to the humming composition over to them.

[@merjo82]

I LOVE Kronk's theme song! That song is in my head everytime I have to be quiet 🤣🤣

[@grammy_hnng]

i love it when it goes "eeeeeeeeeeeeEE"

[@KevinDay]

That man is a frickin' legend.

[@mrplatink]

The Mouse is HUNGRY for them rights!

[@JeighNeither]

@VeraBrightfeather Huh? What about their comment implies they don't understand that fact, as one of the two basic catalysts of an unchained appetite for rights?

[@Cre8tvMG]

Eartha Kitt was a global treasure, not just a national treasure. What a towering talent.

[@arturyeon]

If anything, she was decidedly *not* treated as a national treasure by the US state and the American entertainment industries, with her being an unwitting victim of McCarthyism and thus spending much of her adult life in Europe, where she remained popular while being unknowingly blacklisted in the US. While she got some more attention in her homeland after those CIA documents were made public, she was much beloved by lots of people around the world for decades.

[@sharonbowers9929]

She was! But no one could have played this character any better! 😊

[@connorgibes709]

Maybe that's why her name was "Earth-a"

[@coolerheadsprevail9312]

To think Barack Obama opted for Beyoncé instead of Ms. Eartha Kitt to sing at his inauguration. Beyonce is a wonderful performer, but At Last is a song (written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warden) that is unequivocally connected to Ms. Kitt. Obama was showing off when he should have been paying homage.

[@fsinjin60]

@@coolerheadsprevail9312at last is associated with Etta James more than Eartha Kitt.

[@OctagonalSquare]

There’s a reason Disney hired Eartha Kitt, and it’s not because they planned to not have a villain song. They scrapped so much from the original concept and script, it’s really sad. But the result is still my favorite movie ever. They tried to screw over Sting in the process. He wrote an entire soundtrack for the original concept, then they canned it all and tried to not pay him the full amount, even though he already wrote it

[@Shenorai]

Typical Disney.

[@Lucky9_9]

Disney has zero ethics. 😢

[@KristineMaitland]

The logical thing to do is to take the original soundtrack and the original script and make it into a Broadway musical instead. The hard thing to do is to find an Yzma.

[@TheBrothergreen]

When you say "the full amount" are you referring to a royalty percentage of the box office for a movie that doesn't actually contain any of his songs? Or do you mean a lump sum or other contract worker type payment? Because not paying royalties in that situation would make sense. Edit: I haven't watched the documentary, but 5 minutes on google and I didn't see anything about google shorting/settling a monetary dispute with sting.

[@OctagonalSquare]

⁠@@TheBrothergreenfrom what I understand, they agreed to a set amount. Which is common for music, as usually only major actors get royalties.

[@Gesundheit2000]

Kingdom of the Sun and Emperor's New Groove is such a deep rabbithole. They pretty much did two completely different movies, the original being much closer to the prince and the pauper, with Owen Wilson being the second lead. His character is completely absent from the final movie, as he has been pretty much replaced with the completely different character of Patcha, played by John Goodman. Kingdom of the Sun had a much darker tone, more akin to the pre renaissance Disney movies. There was a LOT of stuff already animated, and it was completely disregarded, together with most of Sting's work, including this absolute banger of a villain song (one of Disneys best villain songs EVER btw). Don't get me wrong, i LOVE Emperor's New Groove, and i love that it is pretty much a roadtrip comedy, but i'm sad we will never see what could actually have been one of the best of the renaissance movies.

[@clemchratieur7861]

"ou attain a console and a guitar. Reach out.. " have ever receive this msg from cornell telegram? Is it a scam?? Please the guy ask me 75$ for the taxes but i don't know shoud i pay ?

[@Usual_Kook13]

Agree to that. I would've loved to actually see Kingdom of the Sun in it's finished form.

[@spamuel98]

So basically what you're saying is that whoever wins the lottery should pay Disney to finish it and release it as it was originally intended.

[@Trecherousbeast]

I was reading an interview about the development of Kingdom of the Sun/Emperor’s New Groove, and they mentioned how practically all of the movie was improvised to the point that there wasn’t an official script made for the movie until 2 MONTHS after it was released. Most of the dialogue in the movie is either improvised or was brainstormed during storyboarding.

[@Chronostream]

Interesting. I heard a similar story about Zootopia where predators had to wear control collars unless they went to a seedy pleasure island for them. Again, the first plot was darker than the one that was released.

[@darionaha]

3:03 THIS! Find out about Eartha Kitt. Not only did she have an absolutely unique singing voice, but she had a truly inspiring life story. She was so ahead of her time…

[@dylan1kenobi]

I love how like you said Eartha Kitt was being really casual with the note placement in the beginning but then as she goes on she gets really tight into those 16ths before the Chorus! Brilliant range and artistic choice with her voice!

[@seejoshrun1761]

Yeah you can tell it's an intentional style choice rather than sloppiness. Makes for such a cool effect, and it really fits with her character.

[@J__T]

She's the best Catwoman. The purr in her words and she did that thing my cat does where he flexes his claws. Simply perfect.

[@Xerxes2005]

You mean "Purrfect!"

[@TheThundercool]

You could make an entire series just with Disney's villains songs, they're that good.

[@colevilleproductions]

except “this is the thanks I get”

[@samiech]

@@colevilleproductions we don't talk about *that one*

[@Cherucha]

Not only that you could make an entire series of cut villain songs, or just cut Disney songs in general there's quite a surprising amount of them.

[@BenBrossMusic]

Cruella Deville, the original swanky Disney villain song.

[@konversationkoopa7680]

It's not Disney, but Biggering is such an amazing song in so many ways for the Onceler instead of How Bad Can I Be. It's on my mind a lot and they really could a have made the Lorax so much better if they changed some things up

[@cliftonslocum7423]

If you haven't listened to EVERY SONG EVER SUNG BY EARTHA KITT, you're missing out. She was one of a kind, and magical in every way ❤️

[@BadWebDiver]

I still love An Old-Fashioned Girl, and I Wanna Be Evil.

[@vvsvlogsYT]

This is easily one of the greatest Disney villain songs of all time, and it wasn’t even fully animated! Thank you for bringing “light” to this song ^^

[@HBoyle]

I've said this for DECADES!! They got EARTHA MAE KITT!!! who was RENOWNED for her unique delivery in jazz and caberat music!! they wrote a song that PLAYS TO THAT UNIQUE STRENGTH!! A damn good song, that really only she could sing! A perfect addition to the Disney Villian repertoire and they had the AUDACITY to cut and bury it!! I dont understand, because even with the changes they made, it still absolutely fits Yzma's character. Maybe not lyrically, so just rewrite the lyrics, because the sound ABSOLUTELY fits Yzma. That drama queen would EAT THIS!! I will NEVER forgive them. I won't. Like they had a whole TV show, a sequel and they NEVER bothered to dust off this gem??? I had to hear this years later?? By accident?? How many other AMAZING SONGS ARE THEY JUST HOARDING???!?!?!

[@deusdragonex]

The absolute fumbles like this that Disney makes actually blows my mind. Example: in 2019, Disney releases their live action Aladdin movie. A movie that takes place in a fictional, heightened, over-the-top Middle East, and was made during a Bollywood Renaissance, and they didn't reimagine Aladdin as a Bollywood musical?? Like, imagine the same numbers we could have gotten from that. And the music! Those classic Aladdin songs remade by Bollywood artists. What an incredible L on Disney's part.

[@TheBrothergreen]

Imagine having so much money that you could hire sting and Erma Kitt and still "decide to go in another direction." Not because it's bad, but because you feel like it.

[@giovanne4794]

We are speaking the same language... At least about this subject, I don't really speak your language but anyway... THEY CALLED AN AMAZINGLY TALENTED SINGER AND THEY MADE A BANGER VILLIAN SONG ONLY TO BE DISCARDED INTO FORGETFULNESS!?!?!?!?!?!

[@rkcpek]

Wait for their bankruptcy, then they'll release everything for a buck.

[@rkcpek]

Wait for their bankruptcy, then they'll release everything for a buck.

[@gregscott2228]

Santa Baby is Eartha Kitt's song originally. I'm so glad you love this track because I do too, it's just about perfect for Eartha. This is arguably a better villain song than Hellfire.

[@julienicol9202]

This song is too iconic to leave in the Disney vault forever. Eartha Kit is just so iconic herself and her exceptional performance abilities are just mind blowing!

[@chong2389]

Wow!! It harkens back to the Latin big band sound of the 50s. Eartha Kitt's spoken phrases are French caberet chanson. Thank you for unearthing this absolute hidden diamond of a song. Your analyses never cease to amaze and educate. You've got 'big ears', Charles! 😊

[@SakuraMoonflower]

It reminded me of her take on Autumn Leaves. Just exquisite. ❤🎉

[@tylerallison9735]

The way Disney used to use jazz as it's musical standards was just such a great age. Miss the big band feel from the soundtracks

[@LookNumber9]

Eartha Kitt is my absolute fave! From sultry to conniving villain. She was able to do it all - with class.

[@DL-1]

It's amazing how you can break it down by ear and replay it exactly. That's an incredible skill. I love the old Disney music compositions. Thank you.

[@ElGrecoOB]

To take a little bit away from the magic: You can obviously tell that he meticulously prepares these videos. But of course this does not mean he has an amazing ear and great analytic skills

[@ImAnBoosterBaby]

@@ElGrecoOB Yeah, and it's not a onetake. ^^ But still, he is very good at it and is visibly getting better at it still.

[@halcyonacoustic7366]

​@@ElGrecoOBHe's not editing out that much... I could do it in about twice the length of the video and he's a pro.

[@kevinmcd112]

I'm sure these videos take hours to produce.

[@PlayTheMind]

Like a femme fatale in a film noir, minor 6 chords are so velvety smooth

[@closmartins]

Glad to hear that Yzma was also amazingly voiced in the original english version. In Brazil there's almost a general consensus that there should have been an Oscar awarded to the best voice actors at least once, just to give this award to Marieta Severo's Yzma. Boy, she did a HUGE job!

[@stuartcampbell4626]

Latin Jazz + The Emperor's New Groove = "It’s brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, I tell you! Genius, I say!”

[@thepinkelephant2520]

EXACTLY!! I’m in my school’s jazz band and our more Latin jazz songs are some of my favorites!! Girl from Ipanema and Caravan omg 🤌

[@MisterTrashcan]

Here's the deal: I have been dreaming about a parallel universe where "Kingdom of The Sun" was made and not scrapped to be rewritten to become "The Emperor's New Groove." This song, sung by Eartha Kitt, is so amazing that I cannot even put it into words. People have taken the behind-the-scenes footage and attempted to recreate the animation for this song based on snippets and stills. That's how much people love this tune! It has such a catchy rhythm, amazing lyrics, and - of course - what a masterful performance by the late, great Eartha Kitt. I am so hyped to watch this video; I haven't even made it through the first 5 seconds. I just had to express my hype! Thank you so much for uploading this!

[@castielsidhe]

You should TOTALLY review "My Funny Friend and Me", written entirely by Sting for the original version ("Empire Of The Sun") and they used it for the ending credits of the movie!!!

[@bigguy952]

Since we’re nearing the 25th anniversary of Emperor’s New Groove (was released in 2000) maybe we can get an animated music video of the whole sequence, because this song deserves it

[@kmart1396]

Eartha Kitt...what a GODDESS!! Also I know it's cut from the movie, but it 1000% still fits Yzma's character in Emperor's New Groove. I could totally see her jamming out to this while brewing up who knows what in her evil lair!

[@jwstout007]

Latin big band music is such a massive sound with energy and passion, ENG has so much of this vibe and I wish they figured out how to reword the lyrics to include this song into the final movie. Such a hidden gem!

[@sarunokoguard211]

I grew up with a CD of the soundtrack to The Emprror's New Groove, so I always knew this song existed, and it's always been one of my favorite Disney songs

[@tonymoore78]

It sounds like this song was adapted to become the opening song to introduce the emperor, his "groove". If you make this song more major-centered instead of minor, it could easily turn into the song that the movie opened on.

[@ericepperson8409]

For years Emperor's New Groove was a massively underrated gem from Disney. I was a very young man in college when it came out and ended up watching it on video with a girlfriend who rented it. Loved the irreverence. Meta commentary. 4th wall breaks. That kind of stuff was going on in some comics, but not in a major studio movie. Especially not from Disney. Massively ahead of its time. Every bit of casting was brilliant. Earth Kitt of course was perfect as Yzma. She was stealing scenes from John Goodman and David Spade. She's rightfully a legendary performer. Just like the commentary where her voicing is so fluid in between the notes. That's where the heart and soul and emotion lives. It's not just an old man shaking his fists at the clouds to complain about auto-tune. Excessive production just paves over the emotion living between the notes and robs the music.

[@kittycanteven2651]

I always forget that this song wasn't actually in the movie. Was gifted a few Disney soundtrack CDs with my first boombox, and fell in love with this song. A "spirit animal" of songs.

[@Killer_Turnip]

I definitely remember first hearing this song as a kid. They probably played it in between shows or in a special on the disney channel. Unless they included it somewhere in the tv show. Later revisited it by looking up the soundtrack on youtube in college, such a good song. Idk why they didnt market the song more.

[@kiwimiwi5452]

I have no idea of how music theory works but I just like watching this man get super excited about cords

[@calamitaleb247]

Charlesssss you should do the songs from the Mini series “Over The Garden Wall” some amazing music and an even better show.

[@dazedneptune]

Yea! It would be a great Halloween special

[@CricketBonez]

The Blasting Company does other music too! They’re very very talented.

[@adrestia11811]

I didn't understand any of that, but I watched the whole thing just to enjoy someone enjoying something. So freaking wholesome.

[@marydefir2140]

Eartha Kitt squeezed the blues into those almost notes and hey, it was close enough for jazz! What a song! Fun breakdown Charles!

[@thepinkelephant2520]

We love jazz ❤

[@gibberishname]

Eartha Kitt was a LEGEND and a BLESSING.

[@MrPeach774]

It makes me so happy to see this song covered. Kingdom of the Sun is one of those things I wish we had gotten to see because while it was dark as hell, it probably would’ve been stupendous, and this song is amazing! 😊

[@benwagner5089]

If Disney continues with its trend of animation to live action and does a remake of Emperor's New Groove, we should petition them to include this song.

[@narmale]

no... leave it alone

[@AnkouBlake]

Im so glad they kept it on the cd and sooooo mad they didnt let her have that moment in the film

[@merjo82]

You are awesome for bringing more attention to this glorious song!! I'm obsessed with Eartha Kitt and EVERYTHING that woman sang was a bop. She was such an amazing person and you're right, people need to check her out! Thank you!!

[@jeremiahnoar7504]

Movie could be a musical. Emperor's New Grove always had...well a good grove. I remember that movie being one of the first times I recognized music as an artform because of how well it was written.

[@PWPictures67]

I have this song on a CD that Disney released for Halloween, it's part of a 13-song selection of Villain songs going from Pink Elephants on Parade from Dumbo all the way to Friends on the Other Side from The Princess and the Frog, the CD came out before Tangled existed I think. I think this song is toward the end of the CD, like maybe the 10th or 11th track.

[@PWPictures67]

It also has You're Only Second Rate from the Return of Jafar, which is kind of a weird pick. The CD has both Aladdin sequels listed for the movie it's from for some reason. I wonder if whoever made the list has taken it from the soundtrack for the sequels, and just pasted it to the label. It's weird, but yeah, I don't think I have anything else to say about it. 🙂

[@sarina76667]

Eartha Kitt is one of my idols and the more I learn about her, the more I love her. And I’m so happy to hear someone else appreciate this particular song and the fact that no one else could have possibly done this song quite like her. This song was right up her alley. It’s good to see someone else get excited about it!

[@pixiegirl131415]

I’m so mad that this wasn’t included! It’s fabulous!

[@felixmarques]

Okay but the OTHER incredible song from Empire of the Sun is the love song “One Day She'll Love Me”. I'm not into slow Disney love songs-but that one is INCREDIBLE. The composition is delightfully oblique. That chorus NEEDS some serious harmonic analysis. Sting and Shawn Colvin's voices are so clean, textured and evocative. PLEASE go through it.

[@mwiz100]

Watched this the other night, was blown away. Listened to the track like 4 times. Played it for my colleagues this morning and everyone was also blown away at how brilliant this track is. Thank you for sharing this!

[@psychotriaboy]

Thanks for bringing this one into the light! Three great names coming together. "I Want To Be Evil" by Eartha has always been a favorite and am reminded by this song.

[@sjk254]

The tritone in the chromatic part makes perfect sense for a bass player.

[@goluiajohnson2310]

I am SO HAPPY you're covering this song!! I've been obsessed with this song for years. Plus Eartha Kitt is super slept on ❤

[@sonquatsch8585]

😮😂please we been done known us sum ek. maybe latest gen dont know

[@ric8248]

This is just fantastic. It has Cuba written all over it.

[@brendobiscuit8]

I thought it would be Snuff out the Light based on the video title, and as soon as I heard that piano I knew I was right. Another great video Charles

[@victorrodriguez6608]

I sadly don’t know squat about music… other than I like listening to it. I don’t know how to read it, I don’t know how it’s composed, I know zero about its technical aspects. Regardless, I absolutely love your channel!! Your enthusiasm and love for music is so infectious!Even though I don’t know what you’re talking about half the time, the way you deliver and emote to us viewers has me hooked! I love all your videos! I enjoy seeing your reactions. I love to hear about the history and significance of what you’re talking about. Overall, your content is just so interesting! I have to say thank you!! It’s a pleasure to watch end listen to you! 😊👍

[@patriciasalmon4]

This was honestly my favourite childhood/early teens film. Eartha Kitt is an incredible artist, apart from Usula, Yzma is my favourite Disney villain. So much personality, flair, ambition and sass.

[@aisadal2521]

ZOMG, CHARLES!!! This is such a pleasant surprise to see you cover Snuff Out the Light from The Kingdom of the Sun!!! Been in love with that piece since 2012, so happy to see it getting more attention and love it deserves, since about a year or two ago, people made animatics finishing the storyboards that were released 🥰

[@soysuka]

I haven't seen zomg since 2008, where did you resurrect this ancient relic?

[@MontycelA]

@@soysukathe btd6 thing

[@LadyHawke78]

@@soysuka- ZOMGWTFBBQ????!!!!11111eleveneleven 😂👍

[@foamyrant]

Incredible song that i didnt know existed with this movie. Thank you for covering it.

[@DrumaholicsAnonymous]

So glad someone covered this song! I stumbled on it one day and was blown away, it’s such a phenomenal piece. Not to mention, the crazy irony of it not being in the flippin film

[@stuchly1]

I love how I don't know the first thing about music but I keep watching these videos and I enjoy them thoroughly.

[@CatSorcery]

Your enthusiasm for music theory is infectious, particularly for those of us with no talent doing so, its like watching a magician almost.

[@Steveofthejungle8]

I love love LOVE the current Emperor’s New Groove that we have (my favorite movie of all time) but I would love to see Kingdom of the Sun be animated and hear more of the songs that Sting wrote for it.

[@Nehu_22]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this song, ever since I first heard it some years ago

[@esm1817]

The Emperor's New Groove will be one of my favorite movies forever. And that number is absolute fire!

[@colonelsanders1617]

This is absolutely incredible. Emperor’s New Groove in general has some of the best music. “I’m sorry.. you’ve thrown off the emperor’s groove”

[@baymax3402]

I honestly found this song on Spotify when Eartha Kitt popped on my daily playlist and it’s beyond amazing!! Glad it’s on there

[@stephenhawkins9476]

THE WAY HE HONORED EARTHA KITT, HER SKILL, HER TALENT, HER LEGACY, AND ALL INVOLVED WAS BEAUTIFUL. 🎹🎵🎶🫀😭

[@DrVenture45]

I was so pissed when Sting and David Hartley were snubbed to win the Academy Award for “My Funny Friend and Me” after being nominated in 2001. Their work was phenomenal for this feature, and having Tom Jones sing the opening song was a perfect touch (Sting didn’t want to). Trivia note: Eartha Kitt also played Cat Woman in a few episodes of the 60’s Batman television series.

[@DavidHartley88]

Pissed? Not as much as me !

[@jamie1602]

It lost to Things Have Changed from Wonder Boys. Music and lyrics by Bob Dylan. Now. Bob Dylan is immensely talented. But I'm gonna be honest, I have heard every song on that list played outside of the movie except that one. Even the song from Meet the Parents cause of course, Randy Newman. I'm just saying they gave that particular Oscar to Bob Dylan for being Bob Dylan and nobody in that category got a fair shot at all.

[@thehuggz-i9k]

"Seeing me and Julio down by the school yard"... that just popped in my head... for some reason...

[@OctagonalSquare]

There’s a lot of thematic overlap between this and the final movie’s “Run Llama Run” from the chase scene! Never really noticed Actually, as I listen to it, there’s definitely overlap with the “What’s his Name?” Song at the beginning of the movie too. Specifically there’s a part that sounds very similar to the part right before and as the lyrics “he was born and raised to rule” are sung

[@lawgirl054]

I love watching you geek out about music, and this song is so so good omg

[@bloodlos]

I don’t know how to play piano or anything really about music, but your love for music is infectious and I really enjoyed this video :)

[@camerongalovan7156]

I’d love to see an analysis of music from Pokémon Colosseum sometime! It’s music is a hidden gem. Miror B’s theme is a straight groovy bop, and the Pyrite Town theme is some nice bluesy jazz.

[@ESC_907]

Dude, the sequences where you break down the components are among my favorite things!

[@ShaiYammanee]

What a spectacular song! So nuanced and unexpected. I can’t stop listening to it! 😃

[@f5tornado831]

I think this challenges my favorite classical music...

[@henlinkgames5811]

The emperors new groove is my personal favorite Disney movie.

[@emanuelegrilli9914]

I listened that song the other day and i hoped someone noticed this banger. When I saw the notification i just quickly searched for a parking spot and i watched the whole video.

[@monkebrainiac]

i had only heard of this song a few days ago cause of the fan animation and was completely obsessed with it, im so happy to see you break it down

[@mikechicago6200]

Eartha was a goddess of music and stage.....a tragedy her song was deleted and man i wished it was in the movie at least at the end credits!

[@its.clajamas]

I've been trying to say this song was fire for YEARS and NOBODY CARED. Put them on, Charles

[@icmiap]

now i’m just really fucking angry that this isn’t in the movie because it’s already such a good movie and this would’ve made it perfect

[@cuzcocostco9513]

OMG I love this songgggg I found it on Spotify a few years back..so glad people are finding this

[@ruzioni]

Wow that gorgeous chord at 7:50 that Charles describes as C/F and/or F Maj7 has major Domi & JD Beck "Sniff" vibes. Instantly brought me there. Thanks as always for this Charles!

[@EMan753]

Yes! One of my favorite songs that not many know about

[@AlexT1212]

Squeak Squeakidy Squeak Squeakin'! What a piece and another epic video!

[@deadbeatboy]

Explain why the Backyardigans theme song is SO GOOD 🐧🦌🦛🐈🐞✨️ Especially the vocals for when they say "your backyard friends, the Backyardigans"

[@NuglessMacArthur]

Your passion for music is contagious. Please keep it up

[@AwesomeSaxGuy]

Mannnn I just LOVE……REAL music. So refreshing geez

[@ReelPodcasts]

The Sweatbox is one of those documanties that I'm glad is out there (on internet archive). Mostly cause Disney didn't want it to see the light of day. If interested in the movie that this song existed on. This is hands down why Eartha Kitt is and always will be a legend.

[@victorabranches2384]

Fun fact: that movie simply exploded popularity in Brazil, very much because of the dubbing work from voice actors here.. recomend you guys to check it out some works from here.. tens of thousands views and likes garantee

[@kate2create738]

Never thought I’d see anyone talk about this song, was lucky to have the CD so I knew this song existed but wasn’t part of the film. On top of that, this film is a hidden treasure that tragically rarely gets acknowledged. It’s already a crime how underrated this movie is, but even more tragic missing out on an Eartha Kitt song!!! If you’re going to cover fantastic underrated Disney music, YOU GAVE GOT YO COCER THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE. No exceptions.

[@maya-gur695]

I can't even describe how much I love this movie.

[@JeffinIC]

I love how giddy you get!! It's fun to watch your reactions to what's going on in the music! ❤❤

[@StephenKnouse]

The entire soundrack is highly underrated. So glad you discovered one of its jems.😁

[@YanickFM]

omg I had the cd of the soundtrack of the emperors new groove when i was a kid and i remember the first time i heard this i was so confused because i was like, "what part of the movie is this?" haha I haven't heard it in years but it stuck with me all this time.

[@DavidHartley-h4f]

Hello Charles. I’ve just watched this with Sting and we’re both thrilled that you dig it. All the best Dave

[@adrianburrell6217]

When you find yourself jumping in to accompany a singer who has started the song, one of the best ways is to start with a best guess chord and move in 5ths until you get to the right place in keys.

[@johnilyemson]

Your enthusiasm always makes me feel excited too 😄

[@unjaqueta]

I’ve loved this song for years. So much theatrics going into the composition.

[@alexp.d3689]

I was listening to it repeatedly a few days ago and now Charles made a video about it ? This is gonna be a good year , Happy 2024 everyone 🎉

[@LifesNeverHumDrum]

I love learning music literacy from your videos, but my favorite part is just watching you have a great time 😂

[@GrimlanderMG]

I first heard this track on a Disney villains CD, and I wondered where it came from since it isn't in the movie. The more I learned the more I loved this song. What I wouldn't give to see the original version of the movie that was lost.