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"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" is a song from the Disney 1946 live action and animated movie Song of the South, sung by James Baskett.[1] With music by Allie Wrubel and lyrics by Ray Gilbert, "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.[1] It was the second in a long line of Disney songs to win this award, after "When You Wish upon a Star" from Pinocchio.[1] In 2004 it finished at no. 47 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.
For many years the song was part of an opening theme medley for the Wonderful World of Disney television program and it has often been used in other TV and video productions by the studio. It is one of many popular songs that features a bluebird ("Mr. Bluebird on my shoulder"), epitomized by the "Bluebird of Happiness," as a symbol of cheer.
The song is influenced from the chorus of the pre-Civil War folk song "Zip Coon", a "Turkey in the Straw" variation: "Zip a duden duden duden zip a duden day".[2] The term "Zip Coon" is now considered racist as it plays on a derogatory slang term for African Americans.[3]
The song is heard during the finale of the popular Disney theme park ride Splash Mountain, and can be found on many official albums:
Another place it has been used is the Disney play, "Alice in Wonderland Jr.", with one small lyric change, "Mr. Bluebird" becoming "Mr. Bubble" It is also played during the Magic Kingdom Welcome Show as the show train pulls into Main Street Station. The song has also been used in parades at the theme parks:
The song is also the train melody for the Maihama Station of the Keiyo Line in Chiba, Japan. Directly south of Maihama station, lies Tokyo Disneyland.
Also, BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans starts his breakfast show on BBC Radio 2 with "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" each weekday morning in the United Kingdom.
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