The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book, 1967 film)

~ Recording by Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman

Annotation

mainly sung/spoken by Phil Harris (as Baloo the Bear), with spoken parts by Bruce Reitherman (as Mowgli the Boy) who joins in song only towards the end, and only spoken bits by Sebastian Cabot (as Bagheera the Panther).

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Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Country/Date
Official
1.4	Bare Necessities	4:51	Terry Gilkyson	The Jungle Book: Original Cast Soundtrack	1967-12 GB
1.4	The Bare Necessities	4:52	Terry Gilkyson	The Jungle Book: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	1990 GB
1.4	The Bare Necessities	4:52	Terry Gilkyson	The Jungle Book: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	1990 US
1.4	The Bare Necessities	4:52	Terry Gilkyson	The Jungle Book: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	1990 DE
1.4	The Bare Necessities	4:52	Terry Gilkyson	The Jungle Book: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	1990 FR
2.5	The Bare Necessities (feat. Phil Harris)	4:52	Terry Gilkyson	The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song	1992 US
1.5	The Bare Necessities	4:52	Terry Gilkyson	The Jungle Book: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	1993 GB
1.11	The Jungle Book: The Bare Necessities	4:49	Terry Gilkyson feat. Phil Harris	Classic Disney, Volume II: 60 Years of Musical Magic	1995-09-12 US
1.9	The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)	4:52	Terry Gilkyson feat. Phil Harris	And the Winner Is… A Collection of Honored Disney Classic Songs	1995-10-31 US
1.1	The Bare Necessities	4:52	Terry Gilkyson	Absolutely Disney	1995 GB
2.2	The Bare Necessities	4:51	Terry Gilkyson	The Greatest Hits of Walt Disney	1995 FR
2.5	The Bare Necessities (feat. Phil Harris)	4:52	Terry Gilkyson	The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song	1996-09-17 US
3.8	The Bare Necessities	4:51	Terry Gilkyson	La magia Disney	1996 IT
1.4	The Bare Necessities	4:52	Terry Gilkyson	The Jungle Book: The Original Soundtrack	1996 GB
1.1	The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)	4:51	Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman	Walt Disney Records Presents Classics 2: 20 Original American Songs	1996 US
2.15	The Bare Necessities	4:50	Terry Gilkyson	Best of Disney	1997 US
1.4	The Bare Necessities	4:52	Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman	The Jungle Book	1997 US
1.4	The Bare Necessities	4:52	Terry Gilkyson	The Jungle Book	1997 DE
2.6	The Bare Necessities	4:52	Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman	The Disney Experience	1998 GB
1.1	The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)	4:49	Terry Gilkyson	Disney's Jungle Boogie: 14 Favorite Songs From Jungle Book, the Lion King, Jungle Cubs, Timon & Pumbaa	1999-02-09 US
1.11	The Jungle Book: The Bare Necessities	4:50	Terry Gilkyson feat. Phil Harris	Classic Disney, Volume II: 60 Years of Musical Magic	1999-08-09 AU
1.11	The Jungle Book: The Bare Necessities (feat. Phil Harris)	4:49	Terry Gilkyson	Classic Disney, Volume II: 60 Years of Musical Magic	1999 BR
2.11	The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)	4:50	Phil Harris, Bruce Reitherman	Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic	1999 AU
1.4	The Bare Necessities	4:52	Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman	The Jungle Book	2000-01-19 JP
1.5	The Bare Necessities	4:52	Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman	Disney’s Greatest Hits	2000-11-18 GB
1.10	The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book, 1967)	4:52	Terry Gilkyson	Disney’s Greatest, Volume 2	2001-02-27 US
1.5	The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)	4:52	Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman	Disney’s Greatest Hits	2001 DE
1.4	The Bare Necessities	4:52	Terry Gilkyson	The Jungle Book (Remastered Original Soundtrack Edition)	2002-03-18 GB
1.6	The Bare Necessities	4:51	Phil Harris	The Magic of Disney	2002-03-25 GB
1.6	The Bare Necessities	4:51	Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman	The Magic of Disney: 20 Superstar Hits	2002-06-03 DE
2.24	ザ・ベアー・ネセシティ［ジャングル・ブック］	4:51	Phil Harris	マイ・ファースト・ディズニーオリジナル・サウンドトラック・ベスト	2003-11-27 JP
1.12	The Bare Neccessities	4:51	Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman	Disney Magic (Asian edition?)	2004-09-28 US
2.2	The Bare Necessities	4:51	Terry Gilkyson	Ultimate Disney	2004-11-15 GB
1.6	The Bare Necessities (From "The Jungle Book" soundtrack)	4:50	Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman	Julie Andrews Selects Her Favorite Disney Songs	2005-01-01 -
1.6	The Bare Necessities	4:50	Terry Gilkyson	Julie Andrews Selects Her Favorite Disney Songs	2005-05-10 US
1.17	The Bare Necessities	4:51	Terry Gilkyson	Disney’s Greatest Hits	2005-11-14 GB
1.5	Bare Necessities (from The Jungle Book)	4:51	Phil Harris	Hello Children Everywhere	2005-11-28 GB
2.17	The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)	4:51	Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman	Die größten Disney Filmhits	2005-12-02 DE
1.17	The Bare Necessities	4:51	Terry Gilkyson	Disney’s Greatest Hits	2005-12-07 IT
2.17	The Bare Necessities	4:49	Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman	Les Plus Grandes Chansons des films Disney	2005-12-19 FR
2.2	The Bare Necessities	4:51	Terry Gilkyson	The Greatest Hits of Walt Disney	2005 NL
1.4	The Bare Necessities	4:52	Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman	The Jungle Book	2006-05-29 US
1.2	The Bare Necessities	4:50	Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman	Driving With Disney	2006-07-10 GB
1.7	The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)	4:51	Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman	The Best Disney Album in the World …Ever!	2006-11-27 GB
1.4	The Bare Necessities	4:52	Terry Gilkyson	The Jungle Book (Remastered Original Soundtrack Edition)	2006 GB
1.6	The Bare Necessities	4:51	Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman	The Magic of Disney: 20 Superstar Hits	2006 DE
2.2	The Bare Necessities	4:51	Terry Gilkyson	Ultimate Disney	2007-10-22 XE 2007-10-22 GB
1.2	The Bare Necessities	4:50	Terry Gilkyson	Disney: Greatest Musicals	2008-02-25 GB
2.3	The Jungle Book: The Bare Necessities	4:50	Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman	101 Songs From the Musicals	2008-12-01 GB
1.2	The Bare Necessities	4:51	Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman	The Magic Of Disney	2009-01-01 CZ 2009-01-01 PL (show 2 more) 2009-01-01 TR
1.10	The Bare Necessities	4:49	Phil Harris, Bruce Reitherman	The Magic of Disney	2009-11-23 XE
1.7	The Bare Necessities	4:50	Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman	Disney Soundtracks Collection	2009 GB
1.10	The Bare Necessities - From “The Jungle Book” Soundtrack	4:52	Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman	Disney’s Greatest Volume 2	2010-01-26 AL 2010-01-26 DZ (show 180 more) 2010-01-26 ZW
1.5	The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)	4:51	Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman	Now That’s What I Call Disney!	2011-11-21 XE
1.5	The Bare Necessities - From Walt Disney’s ’’The Jungle Book’’	4:51	Bruce Reitherman & Phil Harris	Now That’s What I Call Disney	2011 -
1.6	The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)	4:51	Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman	Now That’s What I Call Disney!	2012-11-06 US
1.5	The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)	4:51	Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman	Now That’s What I Call Disney!	2012-11-19 GB
2.2	The Bare Necessities	4:51	Terry Gilkyson	Ultimate Disney	2013-10-21 XE
2.20	The Bare Necessities	4:49	Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman	Disney Classics Box Set	2013-11-11 US
1.20	The Bare Necessities	4:49	Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman	Disney Classics	2013-11-12 CA 2013-11-12 US
2.20	The Bare Necessities	4:49	Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman	Disney Classics Box Set	2013-11-30 BR
1.2	The Bare Necessities	4:50	Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman	Songs and Story: The Jungle Book	2014-02-11 US
1.2	The Bare Necessities	4:50	Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman	Songs and Story: The Jungle Book	2014-02-11 US
1.6	The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)	4:51	Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman	Now That’s What I Call Disney!	2014-11-07 GB
1.6	The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)	4:51	Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman	Now That’s What I Call Disney!	2014-11-10 XE
1.6	The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)	4:51	Phil Harris, Bruce Reitherman	Disney Icon, Volume 2	2015-08-14 AU
1.6	The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)	4:51	Phil Harris, Bruce Reitherman	Disney Icon, Volume 2	2016-04-08 AU 2016-04-08 CA 2016-04-08 NZ
1.8	The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)	4:51	Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman	Now That’s What I Call Disney	2017-11-03 GB
2.3	The Bare Necessities	4:51	Phil Harris, Bruce Reitherman	Classic Disney	2017 GB
1.6	The Bare Necessities	4:52	Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman	Absolute Disney: Volume 1	2018-02-09 -
1.6	The Bare Necessities - From “The Jungle Book”	4:50	Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman	Disney Magical Musical Passport	2018-08-17 AF 2018-08-17 DZ (show 149 more) 2018-08-17 ZW
1.5	The Bare Necessities	4:50	Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman	Disney Sing Your Heart Out	2018-11-19 GB
1.6	The Bare Necessities (from “The Jungle Book”)	4:49	Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman	Disney Sing‐Along: Disney Classics	2018 XW
1.1	The Bare Necessities	4:49	Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman	Ultimate Disney: A Magical Collection of All Time Disney Favourites	2018 GB
1.9	ザ・ベアー・ネセシティ (『ジャングル・ブック』より)	4:48	Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman	Super Friendship! 〜 Disney Music Collection	2019-06-05 JP
1.9	ザ・ベアー・ネセシティ (『ジャングル・ブック』より)	4:48	Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman	Super Friendship! 〜 Disney Music Collection	2019-06-05 JP
1.26	The Bare Necessities (from “The Jungle Book” soundtrack version)	4:49	Phil Harris, Bruce Reitherman	Disney Summer Songs	2021-05-28 AL 2021-05-28 DZ (show 93 more) 2021-05-28 VN
3.1	The Bare Necessities	4:52	Bruce Reitherman	Now That’s What I Call Disney	2021-10-01 XE
1.41	The Bare Necessities	4:50	Phil Harris, Bruce Reitherman	Now That’s What I Call Disney	2021-10-01 -
1.18	The Bare Necessities	4:53	Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman	Disney's Magical Tunes
1.8	The Bare Necessities	4:50	Terry Gilkyson	Disney's Musical Fantasy	- SG
1.1	The Bare Necessities	4:51	Terry Gilkyson	Disney's Original Classics
1.10	The Bare Necessities	4:51	Louis Armstrong	Mastermix Classic Cuts 18: Novelty	- GB
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1.20	The Bare Necessities - From "The Jungle Book"	4:49	Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman	Disney Classics	2013-01-01 -
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1.5	The Bare Necessities	4:51	Phil Harris	Disney Ultimate Buddy Collection	2016 XE
1.4	The Bare Necessities	4:51	Terry Gilkyson	The Jungle Book

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mixer:	Bruce Botnick
vocals:	Phil Harris Bruce Reitherman
performer:	Phil Harris

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Walt Disney Productions (in 1967)

mixed at:	Digital Magnetics in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States

stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/track/3dAgc7ESp1m3TDsa8YMpXT [info] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGRW662Mz5c [info]
other databases:	https://www.whosampled.com/Phil-Harris/The-Bare-Necessities/ [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/279665 [info]

recording of:	The Bare Necessities

The Bare Necessities (From "The Jungle Book")

lyricist and composer:	Terry Gilkyson

publisher:	Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (in 1964)

referred to in medleys:	The Jungle Book Groove Disney Medley (order: 2)
later parody versions:	Couples Counselling D
later translated versions:	Als je van beren leren kan Baloe de Bruine Beer Busca lo mas vital (The Bare Necessities) Il en faut peu pour être heureux Lo stretto indispensabile Probier’s mal mit Gemütlichkeit Som det faller seg Var nöjd med allt som livet ger
part of:	The Jungle Book

The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book, 1967 film)

Genres: jazz, pop

Other tags: soundtrack, animated film, disney song, soundtracks

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The Bare Necessities (From "The Jungle Book")

The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book, 1967 film)

Genres: jazz, pop

Other tags: soundtrack, animated film, disney song, soundtracks

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The Bare Necessities (From "The Jungle Book")