Go the Distance

"Go the Distance" is a song that appears in the 1997 Disney animated feature, Hercules. Lyrics were provided by David Zippel, and composed by Alan Menken.

In the film, it was sung by Roger Bart who provided Hercules' singing voice, but the most renowned version is a single released by American singer-songwriter, Michael Bolton.

Plot
In the film, the song is sung by a 15-year-old Hercules. 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' prayer to the gods, asking them to help him find where he is supposed to be. His prayers are soon answered 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 and it shows that he is willing to "go the distance" to prove himself.

Disney Parks
The song appears instrumentally in Wishes: A Magical Gathering of Disney Dreams and was to appear in World of Color as part of a Hercules segment alongside a newly recorded version of A Whole New World before both tracks were replaced with the film versions of A Whole New World and Friend Like Me for a greater Aladdin sequence.

Lyrics
I have often dreamed

Of a far off place

Where a great, warm welcome will be waiting for me

And the crowds will cheer

When they see my face And a voice keeps saying This is where I'm meant to be

I will find my way

I can go the distance

I'll be there some day

If I can be strong

I know every mile will be worth my while

I would go most anywhere to feel like I belong

I am on my way

I can go the distance

I dont care how far

Somehow I'll be strong

I know every mile

Will be worth my while

I would go most anywhere to find where I belong