Not to be confused with "Bare Necessities", an episode of Jungle Cubs. "The Bare Necessities" is the theme song of the Disney film, The Jungle Book written by Terry Gilkyson, and originally sung by Phil Harris as Baloo and Bruce Reitherman as Mowgli. It was written for an earlier, rejected, draft of the movie, and was, as the only song of that version, kept, on the request of the Sherman Brothers, who wrote the other songs for the film. However, the arrangement heard in the film was not done by
Disney and Friends Sing Along Songs: The Bare Necessities, Disney Fanon Wiki
The Jungle Book (video game), Disney Fanon Wiki
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: The Bare Necessities, Disney Wiki
The Bare Necessities (Reprise)