Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott performed the song in the live-action version of Aladdin (2019).[9]Zayn Malik and Zhavia Ward did their version of the song for the end credits. The music video featuring Zayn Malik and Zhavia Ward was directed by Philip Andelman, photographed by David Devlin and supported the successful release of the 2019 live-action feature film Aladdin directed by Guy Ritchie.
A single version of the song was released that same year and was performed by American recording artists Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle. This version is played over the film's end credits and is referred on the soundtrack as "Aladdin's Theme".[2] The version peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for a week, ending on March 6, 1993,[11] replacing Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You", which had spent a then-record 14 weeks at the top of the chart. It went gold and sold 600,000 copies domestically.[12][13] The track peaked at number 12 in the UK Singles Chart in 1993.[14] The song is the first song from a Disney animated film to top the US Billboard Hot 100. It was the only Disney song to achieve this feat until "We Don't Talk About Bruno" from Encanto reached the summit in 2022. The single version was later included on Belle's studio album Passion (1993) and on Bryson's studio album Through the Fire(1994).[15][16]
Critical reception
Alan Jones from Music Week gave the song five out of five. He wrote, "The theme from Aladdin is a huge appealing big ballad duet. A melodic tour de force with wide ranging appeal, it is wisely tipped as the Christmas number one."[17]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
In the Philippines, a version of the song performed by Jose Mari Chan, a Filipino recording artist, was released as a single through Bell Films (a subsidiary of Universal Records) in 1993, coinciding with the Philippine theatrical release of Aladdin on April 30, 1993.[50]
In 1993, French singers Karine Costa and Daniel Lévi released a French-language version of the song titled "Ce rêve bleu" (English: "This Blue Dream"). This version peaked at number three on the French SNEP Singles Chart in January 1994, ending the year as the country's 21st-most-successful single.[51][52]
In 2007, Pixar employee Nick Pitera uploaded a video to YouTube where he performs both the male and female characters.[53]
In 2018, Riff Raff and Jonathan Hay created a hip-hop cover of the song for the album The Hoodlum Ball.[54]
Zayn were also used for two English-Spanish versions of the song, "Un mundo ideal". The Spanish parts were sung for the Latin American market by American singer Becky G and for the Spanish market by Spanish singer Aitana.[55][56][57]
^"The Year in Music 1993"(PDF). Billboard. Vol. 105, no. 52. December 25, 1993. p. YE-46. Archived(PDF) from the original on June 27, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
^"Grand Opening Today!". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. April 30, 1993. p. 19. Retrieved March 31, 2020. The Best Reviewed Film of the Year!
