Go the Distance

Go the Distance is a song that was written by Alan Menken for the 1997 Disney animated feature Hercules. Roger Bart peformed it in the film while Michael Bolton performed it in the credits of the movie.

Hercules
In the film, the song is sung by a 15-year-old Hercules (character). He realizes that he has god-like strength, as it is very hard to be with his peers and the townspeople. The song is Hercules's prayer to the gods, asking them to help him find where he is supposed to be. His prayers are soon asnwered as he learns that he is the long-lost son of Zeus, king of the gods. He is also told that he must become a hero if he wants to rejoin his father on Mount Olympus. The song is then reprised to where Hercules leaves his foster parents to go on a quest to become a hero, saying that he is willing to "go the distance" to prove himself.