"The Jungle Rhythm" is a song featured in the film The Jungle Book 2. The song is sung by Mowgli who is attempting to convince Shanti and the children of the Man Village the jungle were he was raised is not as bad as the adults say.
A reprise is sung by Mowgli in solo after overhearing the conversation between Baloo and the animals in the ruins about Mowgli's encounter with Shanti.
Lyrics[]
That morning sun peeks over the mountains
And all the rhinos rub their eyes
When they hear (hear what?)
Hear the jungle rhythm
Those birds are tap-tap-tappin' the tree trunks
The busy bee hums as he flies
Loud and clear
To the jungle rhythm
Now you can hightail it out of the jungle
But it never leaves your heart
First you feel that beat start
bubbling under
Then you hear the tom-toms
Loud as thunder
(it's moving me!)
Sounds a lot like being free
When you feel
Feel the jungle rhythm
Feel the jungle rhythm
(come on, Shanti!)
Can't do without rhythm
And when it fills the air
Animals everywhere
Join in the dance
You'll dance along with 'em
Feeling it steal your soul
We'll stomp our paws!
Flap our wings!
Maybe do one or two crazy things
Kan Khan!
Yeah that's it!
Uh ha, uh ha!
Check out those chat-chat-chattering monkeys
Swinging through the banyan trees
Two by two (two by two)
To the jungle rhythm
Sounds like a wolf pack
Way in the distance
Singing pretty harmonies
Woo-woo-woo (woo-woo-woo)
To the jungle rhythm
Yeah! That's it!
Now you can hightail it out of the jungle
But it never leaves your heart
First you feel that beat start
Bubbling under
Then you hear the tom toms
Loud as thunder
(it's moving me!)
Sounds a lot like being free
When I feel (When I feel)
(When I feel) (When I feel)
Feel the jungle rhythmmmm (x5)
(Hey, wait, stop! You're crossing the river.
Mowgli, you can't go in the jungle.
It's too dangerous. Mowgli, stop!)
Trivia[]
- This song's name is not to be confused with the 1929 Mickey Mouse cartoon "Jungle Rhythm" or the transition level of the same name in the 2010 Disney fantasy action-adventure videogame Epic Mickey.
- The song was also included in the 2003 DVD edition of Disney Sing Along Songs: Circle of Life.
- An Australian group called Ten Tenors sing this for the German release of the movie.
- Mowgli's wolf family does not appear, but the song references wolf howling.