If I Never Knew You
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| “If I Never Knew You” | |||||
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| Single by Jon Secada and Shanice from the album Pocahontas (Soundtrack) |
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| Released | September 12, 1995 | ||||
| Format | CD-Single |
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| Recorded | 1995 | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 4:10 | ||||
| Label | Walt Disney Records | ||||
| Jon Secada singles chronology | |||||
| "Mental Picture" (1995) |
"If I Never Knew You" (1995) |
"Too Late Too Soon" (1997) |
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| Shanice singles chronology | |||||
| "I Wish" (1994) |
"If I Never Knew You" (1995) |
"When I Close My Eyes" (1999) |
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| Pocahontas (soundtrack) track listing | |||||
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If I Never Knew You is the love theme and the second single from Disney's 1995 animated feature Pocahontas. It is the final track on the Pocahontas Soundtrack.
The song was originally developed for the prison scene where Pocahontas visits John Smith before he is to be put to death for the alleged murder of Kocoum, a trusted Powhatan warrior whom Pocahontas was going to marry. The musical number, which was about 90% animated, was to be a duet performed by the pair as they acknowledge their love for each other. Because during test screenings with child audiences their attention "seemed to wander from the film", Alan Menken, the composer of the songs for Disney's Pocahontas, suggested it be cut because he also felt that it slowed the pace of the movie, with another song, Savages, not five minutes after. Though cut from the movie itself, If I Never Knew You was still performed by Jon Secada and Shanice at the end credits and released as a single. In 2001, it was covered by Michael Crawford and Sherie Rene Scott for The Disney Album. In 2006, it was covered by The Cheetah Girls as part of DisneyMania 4 and released as a single as well as recorded by Hal Ketchum & Shelby Lynne as a part of The Best of Country Sings the Best of Disney. The song was also released as a Spanish single ("Si No Te Conociera," also performed by Jon Secada and Shanice). The Portuguese version was sang by Jon Secada and Daniela Mercury rather than Shanice.
In 2005, Disney released the tenth anniversary edition of Pocahontas, which had the song fully animated and integrated into the film, but was an optional feature that you could refuse and watch the original theatrical version instead. It was performed by Mel Gibson and Judy Kuhn within the film's narrative. It had already been recorded back in 1995.
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[edit] Track listing
US single
- English Version
- Spanish Version
- Spanglish Version
UK single
- English Version
- Mine Mine Mine - David Ogden Stiers, Mel Gibson and Chorus
- Pocahontas Instrumental
- The Story of Pocahontas
[edit] Music Video
Clips of Pocahontas and John Smith
[edit] Music Video
Jon Secada and Shanice in new york with clips of Pocahontas
[edit] Chart positions
| Chart | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100[1] | 8 |
| U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[1] | 24 |
| UK Singles Chart | 51 |
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes & References
- ^ a b Billboard.com Chart positions. Retrieved January 11, 2008
[edit] External links
| Characters |
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Pocahontas | John Smith | Governor Ratcliffe | Nakoma | Grandmother Willow | Meeko | Kocoum |
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| Songs |
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"Colors of the Wind" | "If I Never Knew You" |
| Other |
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Pocahontas: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack | |
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