--- title: How to Use Disney to Get Your Kids Into New Music description: If your kids are stuck in an endless loop of Disney songs, turn that to your advantage with this song list. canonical: https://time.com/4463355/disney-music/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-23T20:49:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T00:09:22.721Z article:section: Ideas og:title: How to Use Disney to Get Your Kids Into New Music og:description: Let go of "Let It Go" with these songs. og:url: https://time.com/4463355/disney-music/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90e6557359e92e24/6988a363cd1bba1c0d7020f1/disney.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 015927.CA.0927.LionKing.31.KMDisney's success of adapting their hit animated film into a theatrica og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How to Use Disney to Get Your Kids Into New Music twitter:description: Let go of "Let It Go" with these songs. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90e6557359e92e24/6988a363cd1bba1c0d7020f1/disney.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How to Use Disney to Get Your Kids Into New Music by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Aug 23, 2016 8:49 PM UTC  Kirk McKoy—LA Times via Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Aug 23, 2016 8:49 PM UTC If you have small kids, you are probably sick of kids’ music. But getting them to expand their taste can be difficult. One trick: Pair something familiar with something new, just like you might put a new vegetable on their plate with some mac and cheese. In my household, Disney movies are popular, and so are the songs from them. Like, really popular. Listen-to-everyday-in-the-car-and-never-get-tired popular. But the soundtracks only have five or six songs, so we started adding some related songs at the end. The kids get something more like their favorites, the parents get something—anything—new to listen to in the car, and everyone expands their musical taste a little. Here are some suggestions to help you get started, plus if you have Spotify, we’ve done the work for you and made a playlist: If your kids like **“Under the Sea”** from _The Little Mermaid_, Try **“Jump in the Line”** or **“Banana Boat Song (Day O)”** by Harry Belafonte. The Caribbean sound was never captured in a more fun and accessible way. If your kids like **“The Circle of Life”** from _The Lion King_, Try **“Diamonds on the Souls of Her Shoes”** by Paul Simon or **“Mbube”** by Ladysmith Black Mambazo. This cover of the once-overlooked “Mbube” was the basis for “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” which is also in _The Lion King_. If your kids like **“I Wan’na Be like You”** from _The Jungle Book_, Try **“Jump, Jive, An’ Wail”** by Louis Prima or **“Stray Cat Strut”** by the Stray Cats. Prima was the voice behind King Louie, so why not go straight to the source? If your kids like **“Let It Go”** from _Frozen_, Try **“I Dreamed a Dream”** from _Les Misérables_. Yes, the _Les Mis_ song is a bit dark if you pay attention to the lyrics, but then again, so is “Let It Go.” If your kids like **“Be Our Guest”** from Beauty and the Beast, Try **“Paris Sera Toujours Paris”** by Maurice Chevalier **“Je Ne Regrette Rien”** by Edith Piaf. Jerry Orbach said he was trying for a Chevalier sound when he recorded “Be Our Guest.” If they like **“La Vie en Rose”** from _Wall-E_, Try **“What a Wonderful World”** by Louis Armstrong. Really, any kid will like Louis Armstrong. If they like **“Reflection”** from _Mulan_, Try **“Beautiful”** by Christina Aguilera. Aguilera sang the music video version of this song from Mulan and “Beautiful” is in the same mold. Who knows? Eventually you might find them singing in French. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4463355/disney-music/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4463355/disney-music/"},"headline":"How to Use Disney to Get Your Kids Into New Music","datePublished":"2016-08-23T20:49:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:09:22.721Z","description":"Just in case you want to listen to something else. 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