who sings you got a friend in me in toy story 2
Randy Newman
title: You've Got a Friend in Me text: You've Got a Friend in Me "You've Got a Friend in Me" is a song by Randy Newman. Used as the theme song for the 1995 Disney/Pixar animated film "Toy Story", it has since become a major musical component for its sequels, "Toy Story 2" (1999) and "Toy Story 3" (2010) as well as a musical leitmotif throughout the whole "Toy Story" franchise. The song was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, but lost both to "Colors of the Wind" from Disney's "Pocahontas". Like many other Disney title: You've Got a Friend in Me text: theme songs, "You've Got a Friend in Me" has been covered numerous times. Cover versions featured in the three "Toy Story" films include a duet with Newman and Lyle Lovett in "Toy Story; " a diegetic instance by Tom Hanks, a version by Robert Goulet and an instrumental by Tom Scott in "Toy Story 2", and a Spanish language version by the Gipsy Kings in "Toy Story 3". The song is played during the opening credits for "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 3", establishing the importance of Woody and Andy in the first film and the importance of all his title: You've Got a Friend in Me text: Contemporary chart hit, spending 14 weeks on the chart and peaking at number 10. On May 31, 2018, Rex Orange County released a cover of “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”, performing along with Randy Newman, the creator of the song. You've Got a Friend in Me "You've Got a Friend in Me" is a song by Randy Newman. Used as the theme song for the 1995 Disney/Pixar animated film "Toy Story", it has since become a major musical component for its sequels, "Toy Story 2" (1999) and "Toy Story 3" (2010) as well as a musical leitmotif throughout the title: Toy Story 2 text: new songs for "Toy Story 2" as well as the complete original score: The film carried over one song from "Toy Story", "You've Got a Friend in Me," sung at two different points during the film by Tom Hanks and Robert Goulet. Pixar showed the completed film at CalArts on November 12, 1999, in recognition of the school's ties with Lasseter and more than 40 other alumni who worked on the film. The students were captivated. The film held its official premiere the next day at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles—the same venue as "Toy Story"s—and was released title: You've Got a Friend in Me text: end of "Toy Story 2", the character Wheezy starts to sing it to the other toys; during the end credits of "Toy Story 3", Buzz Lightyear and Jessie (now a couple) perform a pasodoble to a Spanish version of the song, deliberately played by Jessie to get Buzz to dance. The most significant use of the song was in the third act of "Toy Story 2", where an episode of "Woody's Roundup" (the 1950s puppet show he was based on) shows the puppet Woody singing the song, directed at the young audience and featuring a small child hugging the puppet.