"Nothing in the World (Quite Like a Friend)" is a song sung by Genie (Dan Castellaneta) when he returns to Agrabah and then Aladdin and Jasmine in the sequel, The Return of Jafar.
This is the only song from The Return of Jafar that is not included on the Aladdin and the King of Thieves soundtrack album (unless one also counts the version of "Arabian Nights" used at the beginning of The Return of Jafar, which is also the theme song for the TV series); this is likely due to the song being sung by Dan Castellaneta rather than Genie's original voice, Robin Williams.
Lyrics[]
Genie: I parachuted down into the Taj Mahal
I roller-bladed all along the great Great Wall!
I even made the famous Leaning Tower fall,
But who was with me through it all?
Nobody!
The Moscow Circus hired me to fly trapeze
On Mount Olympus won a race with Hercules
It's easy when you're chased by killer bees
Who said "Gesundheit" when I sneezed?
AH CHOO!
So now I'm home
Home again with you
You chase the clouds away
Whenever I am blue
Aladdin: You're always blue.
Genie: And though the pyramids I highly recommend,
There is nothing in the world quite like a friend
Slept like a babe in Bombay on a bed of nails
Moroccans loved my daring dance of seven veils
Why, single-handedly I even saved the whales
No one was there to hear my tales!
In Acapulco joined a Mariachi band
I rode the ragin' rapids down the Rio Grande
Flew in an air balloon, but when I tried to land
Nobody laughed, or lent a hand
Without you, the Amazon is just a trickle
Without you, the Sahara's not so hot
Without you, Niagara Falls is just a leaky faucet
And the QEII is just some yacht
Now that I'm home,
Home again, it's clear,
All I ever wanted
Seems to be right here
I've traveled East and West
And now, I'm back again
And there's nothing in the world quite like a friend
Aladdin: There's nothing in the world
Jasmine: Nothing in the whole wide world
All: There is nothing in the world quite like a friend
Genie: Nothin' in the whole wide world
Goofs[]
- Towards the very end of the song, Aladdin and Jasmine can be seen on each side of Genie's, and as they turn around with spread-out arms, overlooking Agrabah from the the Sultan's Palace, they have inexplicably switched places from one second to the next.
