When She Loved Me
| "When She Loved Me" | |
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| Single by Sarah McLachlan | |
| from the album Toy Story 2: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack | |
| Released | November 24, 1999 |
| Format | Cassette, CD |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 3:04 |
| Label | Walt Disney |
| Writer(s) | Randy Newman |
| "When She Loved Me" | ||||
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| Song by Bridgit Mendler from the album Disneymania 7 | ||||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:57 | |||
| Label | Walt Disney | |||
| Writer(s) | Randy Newman | |||
| Disneymania 7 track listing | ||||
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"When She Loved Me" is a song written by Randy Newman and sung by Sarah McLachlan for the Pixar film Toy Story 2. It was nominated for the 2000 Academy Award for Best Original Song. It was covered by Jordan Pruitt for Disneymania 5 and also by the pop group Steps on their 2012 album Light Up the World.
In Toy Story 2, the song is sung off-screen by the character Jessie in a flashback sequence, explaining her history. Sarah McLachlan performs the vocals of the ballad, while actress Joan Cusack does the speaking voice of Jessie.
Prior to the song, Woody is trying to make amends with Jessie, who is greatly embittered with his refusal to be sold to a Tokyo toy museum with the rest of the toys; the museum won't take the gang without him, and if not sold, Jessie and the others will be placed in storage, a dreaded place due to her fear of the dark. Woody tells Jessie that, if only she knew his owner, Andy, she might understand why he wants to return to his home. He attempts to explain his bond with his owner to her, but she interrupts him, guessing that Woody's going to say that Andy's a "real special kid" and that Woody feels like he's alive when Andy's playing with him because, even though he's not moving, that's how Andy sees him. Woody, shocked by the accuracy of her statement, asks how she knows that about him. She says simply: "Because Emily was just the same. She was my whole world."
As the song begins to play, the audience sees that Jessie once had an owner who loved her as much as Andy loves Woody. The flashback shows Emily, her horse-loving young owner, happily playing, laughing, and cuddling with Jessie. The two are clearly inseparable, with Emily even bringing her toy along with her on car rides. Emily's childhood bedroom is designed with a Wild West-equestrian theme of sorts, with figures of horses, toy guitars, cowhide and plaid patterns, and horseshoes decorating the room. Various Jessie memorabilia, like lunchboxes, alarm clocks, and picture frames, also are present in the room; Emily even dresses in plaid shirts, denim shorts, cowgirl boots, and a replica of Jessie's signature cowgirl hat. However, the audience sees that, as the girl grows older into her adolescence, she begins to forget more and more about her childhood interests and begins to explore things like make-up, nail polish, and vinyl records.
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