Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Will Smith
Lead Vocals
Michael Kosarin
Conductor
London Voices
Choir
Caroline Dale
Cello
Nina Robertson
Flute
Anna Noakes
Flute
Dirk Campbell
Ney
Richard Watkins
French Horn
Will Collyer
Vocals
Everton Nelson
Violin
Douglas Romayne
Programming
Adam Hochstatter
Programming
Preetha Narayanan
String Instrument
Ben Parry
Chorus Director
Terry Edwards
Chorus Director
Tom Rees Roberts
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
H. Ashman
Lyrics
Benj Pasek
Lyrics
Justin Noble Paul
Lyrics
Alan Meyerson
Composer
Michael Kosarin
Vocal Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mitchell Leib
Producer
Guy Ritchie
Executive Producer
Frank Wolf
Mixing Engineer
Nick Baxter
Recording Engineer
Alex Ferguson
Assistant Recording Engineer
Natasha Canter
Assistant Recording Engineer
Andy Cook
Assistant Recording Engineer
Rowan McIntosh
Assistant Recording Engineer
Alan Meyerson
Mixing Engineer
Christopher Benstead
Editing Engineer
Fiona Cruickshank
Editing Engineer
Adam Miller
Recording Engineer
Gavin Lurssen
Mastering Engineer
M. Sullivan
Producer
Marc Platt
Executive Producer
Reuben Cohen
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Oh, imagine a land, it's a faraway place
Where the caravan camels roam
Where you wander among every culture and tongue
It's chaotic, but hey, it's home
[Verse 2]
When the wind's from the east
And the sun's from the west
And the sand in the glass is right
Come on down, stop on by
Hop a carpet and fly
To another Arabian night
[Verse 3]
As you wind through the streets at the fabled bazaars
With the cardamom-cluttered stalls
You can smell every spice
While you haggle the price
Of the silks and the satin shawls
[Verse 4]
Oh, the music that plays as you move through a maze
In the haze of your pure delight
You are caught in a dance, you are lost in the trance
Of another Arabian night
[Verse 5]
Arabian nights
Like Arabian days
More often than not, are hotter than hot
In a lot of good ways
Arabian nights
Like Arabian dreams
This mystical land of magic and sand
Is more than it seems
[Verse 6]
There's a road that may lead you to good or to greed
Through the power, your wishing commands
Let the darkness unfold or find fortunes untold
Well, your destiny lies in your hands
[Verse 7]
Only one may enter here
One whose worth lies far within
A diamond in the rough
[Verse 8]
Arabian nights
Like Arabian days
They seem to excite, take off and take flight
To shock and amaze
Arabian nights
'Neath Arabian moons
A fool off his guard could fall and fall hard
Out there on the dunes
Written by: Alan Menken, Benj Pasek, Howard Ashman, Justin Noble Paul