I Wan’na Be Like You – Canzone pubblicità Ford C-MAX bambino

La canzone utilizzata a tema Jazz nello spot – in onda da giugno 2015 – Ford C-MAX con tecnologia Hands-free Liftgate, dove il bambino apre il portellone posteriore con il piede trovandoci dentro il pupazzo (una scimmia) si intitola I Wan’na Be Like You (The Monkey Song).

E’ stata scritta nel 1967 da Robert e Richard M. Sherman per il film animato della Disney The Jungle Book, in italia uscito come Il libro della giungla, il titolo in italiano del brano è Voglio essere come te.

Viene cantata dai personaggi Re Luigi, Baloo e Mowgli, ovvero rispettivamente Louis Prima, Phil Harris e Bruce Reitherman nella versione originale, e Lorenzo Spadoni, Tony De Falco e Luigi Palma in quella italiana.

Il testo di I Wan’na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)

Now, I’m the King of the Swinger’s Ball.
Jungle V.I.P.
Well, I reached the top and had to stop,
And that’s what’s bothering me.
A wannabe a man, now man cub, stroll right into town.
And be just like the other men,
I’m tired of monkeying around.
So, oooh-oooh-oooh.
I wanna be just like you.

I wanna walk like you,
Talk like you do.
You see, it’s true,
An ape like me
Can learn to be human, too.
Yeah.
Now, don’t you mess with me, man cub,
I made a deal with you.
What I desire is man’s red fire ,
So I can be just like you.
Now, don’t you mess with me, man cub,
Tell me what to do.
Give the power of man’s red fire,
So I can be just like you.
So, ooh-ooh-ooh.
I wanna be just like you.
I wanna walk like you,
Talk like you do.
You see, it’s true,
An ape like me
Can learn to be human, too.
Yes, and ooh.
I wanna be just like you.
I wanna walk like you,
Talk like you do.
You see, it’s true,
An ape like me
Can learn to be human, too.