You'll Be in My Heart
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| Single by Phil Collins | ||||||||||
| from the album Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack | ||||||||||
| B-side | "Trashin' the Camp" | |||||||||
| Released | June 15, 1999 | |||||||||
| Format | CD single | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||||||||
| Genre | Pop rock, pop, soft rock, adult contemporary | |||||||||
| Length | 4:17 | |||||||||
| Label | Walt Disney | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Phil Collins | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Phil Collins, Rob Cavallo | |||||||||
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"You'll Be in My Heart" is a song by Phil Collins, from the 1999 Disney animated feature Tarzan. It appeared on Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack as well as various other Disney compilations. A version of the single performed by Glenn Close also appears on the soundtrack.
A demo version with Collins playing piano and singing is featured as a bonus on the 2-DVD Special Edition of Tarzan, along with "I Will Follow", "Celebration", "6/8 Demo" and "Rhythm Piece" which became "Strangers Like Me", "Son of Man" and "Trashin' the Camp". "6/8 Demo" was not featured in the movie.
The music video for the song was directed by Kevin Godley. The song is featured in the basic cable and satellite television network in the United States, Disney Channel.
Though he ended up also performing the song "You'll Be In My Heart", Collins was originally hired by Disney as a songwriter. Given his history as a drummer for the rock band Genesis, he appealed to the Disney production crew, who "wanted a strong jungle beat to accompany Tarzan's adventures". This "ballad" is one of five original songs he wrote for the film.
The song, originally called "Lullaby" is used in a scene when Tarzan's adoptive gorilla mother Kala sings that her baby should stop crying because she will protect her baby, and keep him safe and warm. She says everything will be fine and she tells him that "you will be in my heart always". The song is about "how love is a bond that cannot be broken".
In the movie the song ends on the first verse, the full version of the song on the soundtrack album notes that others don't understand why a mother and child who are so different can love each other. When destiny calls, the child is told he must be strong even if the parent is not with him. The song is one of only two songs within Disney's Tarzan to have a part performed by an actual character (the other being "Trashin' the Camp" which the character's role in the song can be classified as scat singing). The rest of the songs were performed by Collins himself and overlaid into the movie. The full song is finally played all together during the end credits.
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