Versions
During the film, "Beauty and the Beast" is performed by Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Potts, and is heard while Belle and the Beast dance in the castle ballroom. Another version is performed by Céline Dion and Peabo Bryson at the end of the film. This was also the version released on a CD single and is also included on Dion's self-titled album (1992).
It was recorded by Beth Fowler for the 1994 cast album of the stage musical version of Beauty and the Beast.
In 1998, a version of the song, called "Beauty and the Bees", was made for the 3D movie It's Tough to be a Bug!'s queue at Disney's Animal Kingdom and Disney California Adventure Park. A short arrangement of "Beauty and the Beast" can be heard in Kingdom Hearts II video game. The song was included later on Céline Dion's greatest hits albums All the Way… A Decade of Song (1999) and My Love: Essential Collection (2008).
In 2002, the song was covered by the group Jump5 and placed on the album, DisneyMania.
In 2005, Julie Andrews selected the song for her album Julie Andrews Selects Her Favorite Disney Songs.
Paige O'Hara, who voiced Belle in the movie, also did a cover version for her album "Dream with Me".
In 2007 the song was covered by the Cyndi Lauper on the album, Cyndi Lauper the Disney Classic Song Vol. 2.
In 2010, Jordin Sparks recorded her cover version of the theme song "Beauty and the Beast", and filmed an accompanying music video with director Philip Andelman, to support the 2010 DVD/Blu-ray re-release.
On the 2011 album V-Rock Disney, which features visual kei artists covering Disney songs, Ryuichi Kawamura covered this song in Japanese.
Other artists who covered this song include Cher and Jeffrey Osborne, James Ingram and Britney Spears, H & Claire, Christina Aguilera and Luther Vandross, Linda Ronstadt and Barry Manilow, Sting and Erykah Badu, Richard Marx and Shania Twain, Phil Collins and Regina Belle, Amy Jo Johnson and R. Kelly, Nana Mouskouri and Harry Belafonte, Usher & Jennette McCurdy, plus Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston.
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