Like many of you awesome Fanatics, I know the words of all the Princess songs you could think of and have sung them a thousand times. I’ve wholeheartedly whistled while I worked at , posed at the edge of a poolside wishing I was part of Ariel’s world, imagined painting with the “Colors of the Wind” with Pocahontas, and sang hopefully alongside Tiana every I felt I was on my and “Almost There.”
‘s Princess songs can and have carried me through every age and mood just like they did for the themselves, and I know I’m not the only one. Luckily for me, and all the other princesses out there, Walt Records’ official account on Spotify has published these 12 Princess playlists inspired by the stories of each heroine.
1. “Sing With Friends”
Inspired by Snow White (Disney’s Snow White, 1938)
Playlist Highlight: “Whistle (While You Work It)” by Katy Tiz
My day one rule
Is keeping my cool
Even if I’m broken up
If you blow my high
You won’t see me cry
Gotta whistle while you work itThat’s why you gotta
Never let them see you down, see you down
Whoa o whoa, yeah
Gotta smile while you’re hurting
And whistle while you work it.
2. “Never Give Up”
Inspired by Cinderella (Disney’s Cinderella, 1950)
Playlist Highlight: “I Hope You Dance” by Lee Ann Womack
I hope you never lose your sense of wonder,
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger,
May you never take one single breath for granted,
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed,
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.I hope you dance…
3. “Keep Dreaming”
Inspired by Aurora (Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, 1959)
Playlist Highlight: “Somewhere Only We Know” by Lily Allen
I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I’ve been dreaming of?Oh simple thing, where have you gone?
I’m getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you’re gonna let me in
I’m getting tired and I need somewhere to beginAnd if you have a minute, why don’t we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don’t we go somewhere only we know?
4. “Making Waves”
Inspired by Ariel (Disney’s The Little Mermaid, 1989)
Playlist Highlight: “Wake Me Up” by Avicii
Feeling my way through the darkness
Guided by a beating heart
I can’t tell where the journey will end
But I know where to start
They tell me I’m too young to understand
They say I’m caught up in a dream
Well life will pass me by if I don’t open up my eyes
Well that’s fine by meSo wake me up when it’s all over
When I’m wiser and I’m older
All this time I was finding myself, and I
Didn’t know I was lost.
5. “See The Beauty Inside”
Inspired by Belle (Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, 1991)
Playlist Highlight: “Poison & Wine” by The Civil Wars
I wish you’d hold me when I turn my back
The less I give the more I get back
Ooh, your hands can heal, your hands can bruise
I don’t have a choice, but I still choose youOh, I don’t love you, but I always will…I don’t love you, but I always will…
6. “Find The Adventure”
Inspired by Jasmine (Disney’s Aladdin, 1992)
Playlist Highlight: “Dangerous Woman” by Ariana Grande
Don’t need permission
Made my decision to test my limits
‘Cause it’s my business
God as my witness
Start what I finished
Don’t need no hold up
Taking control of this kind of moment
I’m locked and loaded
Completely focused my mind is open…Somethin’ ’bout you
Makes me feel like a dangerous woman…
Somethin’ ’bout you
Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn’t…
7. “Live in Harmony”
Inspired by Pocahontas (Disney’s Pocahontas, 1995)
Playlist Highlight: “Touch the Sky” by Hillsong United
What fortune lies beyond the stars?
Those dazzling heights too vast to climb
I got so high to fall so far
But I found Heaven as love swept lowMy heart beating
My soul breathing
I found my life
When I laid it down
Upward falling
Spirit soaring
I touch the sky
When my knees hit the ground…
8. “Warrior Workout”
Inspired by Mulan (Disney’s Mulan, 1998)
Playlist Highlight: “Rise” by Katy Perry
I won’t just survive
Oh, you will see me thrive
Can’t write my story
I’m beyond the archetype
I won’t just conform
No matter how you shake my core
‘Cause my roots, they run deep, ohOh, ye of so little faith
Don’t doubt it, don’t doubt it
Victory is in my veins
I know it, I know it
And I will not negotiate
I’ll fight it, I’ll fight it
I will transform
9. “Make It Happen”
Inspired by Tiana (Disney’s The Princess and The Frog, 2009)
Playlist Highlight: “Run The World (Girls)” by Beyonce
I work my nine to five, better cut my check
This goes out to all the women getting it in, you on your grind
To all the men that respect what I do, please accept my shine
Boy, you know you love it
How we smart enough to make these millions
Strong enough to bear the children (children)
Then get back to business
See, you better not play me (me)
Oh, come here, baby
Hope you still like me
F you, pay me
Who run the world? Girls. More specifically, Tiana. She goes from a waitress working 2 jobs to scrape every penny together for her own restaurant, to the Princess of “Tiana’s Palace” New Orleans’ biggest and most successful spot for food and music. A fairy tale ending is achieved through love as well as hard work. For that, she demands and earns, our respect.
10. “Jump Into Adventures”
Inspired by Rapunzel (Disney’s Tangled, 2010)
Playlist Highlight: “More of Me” by Natasha Bedingfield
Then somehow you brought out a strength that was deep down
Let it out
Now I got my eyes open and wide
My heart burnin’ like fire
Feels like I’m so alive
I’m never going back
Whatever I want now, I’m gonna chase
Who I am I can’t contain it
I’m not gonna hold it in
‘Cause there’s more of me to give
There’s more of me to give.
“More of Me to Give” is an underrated gem by Natasha Bedingfield released for the series Tangled: Before Ever After. The song is not just a perfect partner to Rapunzel’s series, but to her personality. The tune is bright, seemingly exuding sunshine as it plays. And the lyrics speak to the “all” Rapunzel brings to all she does, and her desire to do more once she has. There is more of her to give, and she will.
11. “Be Brave”
Inspired by Merida (Disney Pixar’s Brave, 2012)
Playlist Highlight: “Babel” by Mumford & Sons
So come down from your mountain and stand where we’ve been
You know our breath is weak and our body thinPress my nose up, to the glass around your heart
I should’ve known I was weaker from the start
You’ll build your walls and I will play my bloody part
To tear, tear them down
Well I’m gonna tear, tear them down‘Cause I know my weakness, know my voice
And I’ll believe in grace and choice
And I know perhaps my heart is farce
But I’ll be born without a mask.
12. “Know Who You Are”
Inspired by Moana (Disney’s Moana, 2016)
Playlist Highlight: “Burn” by Ellie Goulding
When the lights started out, they don’t know what they heard
Strike the match, play it loud, giving love to the world
We’ll be raising our hands, shining up to the sky
‘Cause we got the fire, fire, fire
Yeah, we got the fire, fire, fireAnd we gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn…