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|attractions = ''[[Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage]]''<br>[[Beauty and the Beast (musical)|''Beauty and the Beast'' (musical)]]<br>''[[Mickey's Gift of Dreams]]''
 
|attractions = ''[[Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage]]''<br>[[Beauty and the Beast (musical)|''Beauty and the Beast'' (musical)]]<br>''[[Mickey's Gift of Dreams]]''
 
|games = ''[[Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Quest]]''
 
|games = ''[[Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Quest]]''
|albums = {{Scroll|''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 soundtrack)|Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]<br>[[Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic|Classic Disney]] - Volume V<br>[[Princess Collection 2 (Album)|Princess Collection 2]]<br>[[Highlights from Disney on Broadway]]<br>[[Disney's Princess Favorites]]<br>[[Disney Princess: The Ultimate Song Collection]]<br>[[Disney Princess: The Collection]]<br>[[The Magic of Disney]]<br>[[Disney Princesses (album)|Disney Princesses]]<br>[[Now That's What I Call Disney Princess]]<br>[[Now That's What I Call Disney|Now That's What I Call Disney!]]'' (2014 UK re-release)<br>''[[Disney Princess Enchanted Songs]]''<br>''[[ICON: Disney, Vol. 4]]''<br>''[[Dream Big, Princess]]''<br>[[Beauty and the Beast (2017 soundtrack)|''Beauty and the Beast'' (2017)]]<br>''[[Classic Disney]]''<br>''[[Disney Princess Music Collection: Live Your Story]]''}}
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|albums = {{Scroll|''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 soundtrack)|Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]<br>[[Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic|Classic Disney]] - Volume V<br>[[Princess Collection 2 (Album)|Princess Collection 2]]<br>[[Highlights from Disney on Broadway]]<br>[[Disney's Princess Favorites]]<br>[[Disney Princess: The Ultimate Song Collection]]<br>[[Disney Princess: The Collection]]<br>[[Disney Greatest Musicals]]<br>[[The Magic of Disney]]<br>[[Disney Princesses (album)|Disney Princesses]]<br>[[Now That's What I Call Disney Princess]]<br>[[Now That's What I Call Disney|Now That's What I Call Disney!]]'' (2014 UK re-release)<br>''[[Disney Princess Enchanted Songs]]''<br>''[[ICON: Disney, Vol. 4]]''<br>''[[Dream Big, Princess]]''<br>[[Beauty and the Beast (2017 soundtrack)|''Beauty and the Beast'' (2017)]]<br>''[[Classic Disney]]''<br>''[[Disney Princess Music Collection: Live Your Story]]''}}
 
|composer = [[Alan Menken]]
 
|composer = [[Alan Menken]]
 
|lyrics_by = [[Howard Ashman]]
 
|lyrics_by = [[Howard Ashman]]
 
|singer = [[Belle]] ([[Paige O'Hara]])<br>[[Gaston]] ([[Richard White]])<br>[[Villagers (Beauty and the Beast)|People in Town]]<br>[[Bimbettes]]
 
|singer = [[Belle]] ([[Paige O'Hara]])<br>[[Gaston]] ([[Richard White]])<br>[[Villagers (Beauty and the Beast)|People in Town]]<br>[[Bimbettes]]
|other_singer = {{Scroll|'''1994 musical:'''<br>[[Belle]] ([[Susan Egan]]<br>[[Gaston]] (Burke Moses)<br>[[Bimbettes|Silly Girls]]<br>[[Beauty and the Beast (musical)|Ensemble]]<br>'''2017 film:'''<br>[[Belle]] ([[Emma Watson]])<br>[[Gaston]] ([[Luke Evans]])<br>[[Bimbettes|Village Lasses]]<br>[[Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)|Ensemble]]}}
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|other_singer = {{Scroll|'''1994 musical:'''<br>[[Belle]] ([[Susan Egan]])<br>[[Gaston]] (Burke Moses)<br>[[Bimbettes|Silly Girls]]<br>[[Beauty and the Beast (musical)|Ensemble]]<br>'''2017 film:'''<br>[[Belle]] ([[Emma Watson]])<br>[[Gaston]] ([[Luke Evans]])<br>[[Bimbettes|Village Lasses]]<br>[[Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)|Ensemble]]}}
 
|preceded_by = "[[Prologue]]"
 
|preceded_by = "[[Prologue]]"
 
|followed_by = "[[Gaston (song)|Gaston]]"
 
|followed_by = "[[Gaston (song)|Gaston]]"
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'''Man:''' Bonjour, good day!
 
'''Man:''' Bonjour, good day!
How is your fam’ly?
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How is your fam'ly?
 
'''Woman:''' Bonjour, good day!
 
'''Woman:''' Bonjour, good day!
 
How is your wife?
 
How is your wife?
 
'''Clothilde:''' I need six eggs!
 
'''Clothilde:''' I need six eggs!
That’s too expensive!
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That's too expensive!
 
'''Belle:''' There must be more than this provincial life
 
'''Belle:''' There must be more than this provincial life
   
'''Pére Robert:''' ''Ah, if it isn’t the only bookworm in town! Where did you run off to this week?''
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'''Pére Robert:''' ''Ah, if it isn't the only bookworm in town! Where did you run off to this week?''
   
'''Belle:''' ''Two cities in Northern Italy. I didn’t want to come back. Have you got any new places to go?''
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'''Belle:''' ''Two cities in Northern Italy. I didn't want to come back. Have you got any new places to go?''
   
'''Pére Robert:''' ''I’m afraid not... But you may reread any of the old ones if you’d like.''
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'''Pére Robert:''' ''I'm afraid not... But you may reread any of the old ones if you'd like.''
   
 
'''Belle:''' ''Your library makes our small corner of the world feel big.''
 
'''Belle:''' ''Your library makes our small corner of the world feel big.''
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'''Townsfolk:''' Look, there she goes, that girl is so peculiar
 
'''Townsfolk:''' Look, there she goes, that girl is so peculiar
I wonder if she’s feeling well
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I wonder if she's feeling well
 
With a dreamy, far-off look
 
With a dreamy, far-off look
 
And her nose stuck in a book
 
And her nose stuck in a book
 
What a puzzle to the rest of us is Belle
 
What a puzzle to the rest of us is Belle
   
'''Belle:''' Ohhh, isn’t this amazing?
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'''Belle:''' Ohhh, isn't this amazing?
It’s my favourite part because you’ll see
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It's my favourite part because you'll see
Here’s where she meets Prince Charming
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Here's where she meets Prince Charming
But she won’t discover that it’s him til Chapter Three!
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But she won’t discover that it's him til Chapter Three!
   
'''Woman:''' Now, it’s no wonder that her name means ‘beauty’
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'''Woman:''' Now, it's no wonder that her name means 'beauty'
 
Her looks have got no parallel!
 
Her looks have got no parallel!
 
'''[[Bimbettes|Village Lasses]]:''' But behind that fair façade
 
'''[[Bimbettes|Village Lasses]]:''' But behind that fair façade
I’m afraid she’s rather odd
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I’m afraid she's rather odd
'''Woman:''' Very diff’rent from the rest of us
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'''Woman:''' Very diff'rent from the rest of us
'''Village Lasses:''' She’s nothing like the rest of us
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'''Village Lasses:''' She's nothing like the rest of us
'''Townsfolk:''' Yes, diff’rent from the rest of us is Belle!
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'''Townsfolk:''' Yes, diff'rent from the rest of us is Belle!
   
 
'''Gaston:''' ''Look at her, LeFou. My future wife. Belle is the most beautiful girl in the village. That makes her the best.''
 
'''Gaston:''' ''Look at her, LeFou. My future wife. Belle is the most beautiful girl in the village. That makes her the best.''
   
'''LeFou:''' ''But she’s so...well-read. And you’re so...athletically-inclined.''
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'''LeFou:''' ''But she's so...well-read. And you're so...athletically-inclined.''
 
(...)
 
(...)
'''Gaston:''' ''Yes... But ever since the war, I’ve felt like I’ve been missing something. And she’s the only girl that gives me that sense of-''
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'''Gaston:''' ''Yes... But ever since the war, I've felt like I've been missing something. And she’s the only girl that gives me that sense of-''
   
 
'''LeFou:''' ''Mmm... je ne sais quoi?''
 
'''LeFou:''' ''Mmm... je ne sais quoi?''
   
'''Gaston:''' ''I don’t know what that means.''
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'''Gaston:''' ''I don't know what that means.''
   
 
Right from the moment when I met her, saw her
 
Right from the moment when I met her, saw her
I said she’s gorgeous and I fell
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I said she's gorgeous and I fell
Here in town, there’s only she
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Here in town, there's only she
 
Who is beautiful as me
 
Who is beautiful as me
 
So I’m making plans to woo and marry Belle
 
So I’m making plans to woo and marry Belle
   
 
'''Village Lasses:''' Look, there he goes
 
'''Village Lasses:''' Look, there he goes
Isn’t he dreamy?
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Isn't he dreamy?
 
Monsieur Gaston
 
Monsieur Gaston
Oh he’s so cute!
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Oh he's so cute!
 
Be still, my heart
 
Be still, my heart
I’m hardly breathing
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I'm hardly breathing
He’s such a tall, dark, strong and handsome brute!
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He's such a tall, dark, strong and handsome brute!
   
 
'''Woman 1:''' Bonjour!
 
'''Woman 1:''' Bonjour!
 
'''Gaston:''' Pardon!
 
'''Gaston:''' Pardon!
'''Belle:''' Good day
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'''Belle:''' Good day!
 
'''Woman 2:''' Mais oui!
 
'''Woman 2:''' Mais oui!
 
'''Woman 3:''' You call this bacon?
 
'''Woman 3:''' You call this bacon?
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'''Woman 5:''' Ten yards!
 
'''Woman 5:''' Ten yards!
 
'''Man 1:''' One pound
 
'''Man 1:''' One pound
'''Gaston:''' ‘Scuse me!
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'''Gaston:''' 'Scuse me!
'''Cheese merchant:''' I’ll get the knife
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'''Cheese merchant:''' I'll get the knife
 
'''Gaston:''' Please let me through!
 
'''Gaston:''' Please let me through!
 
'''Woman 6:''' This bread-
 
'''Woman 6:''' This bread-
 
'''Woman 7:''' These fish-
 
'''Woman 7:''' These fish-
'''Woman 6:''' It’s stale!
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'''Woman 6:''' It's stale!
 
'''Woman 7:''' They smell!
 
'''Woman 7:''' They smell!
'''Baker:''' Madame’s mistaken
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'''Baker:''' Madame's mistaken
 
'''Woman 6:''' Well, maybe so!
 
'''Woman 6:''' Well, maybe so!
 
'''Belle:''' There must be more than this provincial life! ('''Townsfolk:''' Good morning!)
 
'''Belle:''' There must be more than this provincial life! ('''Townsfolk:''' Good morning!)
'''Gaston:''' Just watch, I’m going to make Belle my wife! ('''Townsfolk:''' Oh, good morning!)
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'''Gaston:''' Just watch, I'm going to make Belle my wife! ('''Townsfolk:''' Oh, good morning!)
   
 
'''Townsfolk:''' Look, there she goes, that girl is strange but special
 
'''Townsfolk:''' Look, there she goes, that girl is strange but special
A most peculiar mad’moiselle!
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A most peculiar mad'moiselle!
It’s a pity and a sin
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It's a pity and a sin
She doesn’t quite fit in
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She doesn't quite fit in
 
Cos she really is a funny girl
 
Cos she really is a funny girl
 
A beauty, but a funny girl
 
A beauty, but a funny girl
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Madame Gaston!
 
Madame Gaston!
Can’t you just see it?
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Can't you just see it?
 
Madame Gaston!
 
Madame Gaston!
 
His little wife
 
His little wife
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And for once it might be grand
 
And for once it might be grand
 
To have someone understand
 
To have someone understand
I want so much more than they’ve got planned
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I want so much more than they've got planned
 
</poem>
 
</poem>
 
</tabber>
 
</tabber>

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"Belle" is a song written by lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken for Walt Disney Pictures' 30th animated feature film Beauty and the Beast. Originally recorded by actress Paige O'Hara and actor Richard White, "Belle" is a French and classical-inspired song that incorporates musical elements from both the Broadway and musical theater genres.

Summary

The film's first song, "Belle" is a large-scale operetta-style musical number that introduces the film's book-loving heroine Belle, a non-conforming young woman who has grown weary of the provincial village life that she is being forced to live, and Gaston who desires her hand in marriage. The reprise mentions how she not only wants to give up her village life but also not accept Gaston's hand in marriage.

Lyrics

Belle: Little town, it's a quiet village
Every day like the one before
Little town, full of little people
Waking up to say

Man 1: Bonjour!
Man 2: Bonjour!
Woman 1: Bonjour!
Man 3: Bonjour!
Man 4: Bonjour!

Belle: There goes the baker with his tray, like always
The same old bread and rolls to sell
Every morning just the same
Since the morning that we came
To this poor provincial town

Baker: Good morning, Belle!
Belle: Good morning, Monsieur.
Baker: Where are you off to?
Belle: The bookshop! I just finished the most wonderful story, about a beanstalk and an ogre and-
Baker: That's nice. Marie! The baguettes! Hurry up!

Townsfolk: Look there she goes, that girl is strange, no question
Dazed and distracted, can't you tell?
Woman: Never part of any crowd
Barber: Cause her head's up on some cloud
Townsfolk: No denying she's a funny girl that Belle

Man 1: Bonjour!
Woman 1: Good day!
Man 1: How is your fam'ly?
Woman 2: Bonjour!
Man 2: Good day!
Woman 2: How is your wife?
Woman 3: I need six eggs!
Man 3: That's too expensive!
Belle: There must be more than this provincial life!

Bookseller: Ah, Belle.

Belle: Good morning. I've come to return the book I borrowed.

Bookseller: Finished already?

Belle: Oh, I couldn't put it down. Have you got anything new?

Bookseller: Not since yesterday.

Belle: That's all right.
I'll borrow...this one!

Bookseller: That one? But you've read it twice!

Belle: Well, it's my favorite!
Far off places, daring swordfights, magic spells, a prince in disguise!

Bookseller: If you like it all that much, it's yours!

Belle: But sir!

Bookseller: I insist.

Belle: Well, thank you.
Thank you very much!

Townsfolk: Look there she goes, that girl is so peculiar
I wonder if she's feeling well
With a dreamy, far-off look
And her nose stuck in a book
What a puzzle to the rest of us is Belle

Belle: Oh, isn't this amazing?
It's my favorite part because you'll see
Here's where she meets Prince Charming
But she won't discover that it's him 'til chapter three!

Woman: Now it's no wonder that her name means "beauty"
Her looks have got no parallel
Shopkeeper: But behind that fair façade
I'm afraid she's rather odd
Very diff'rent from the rest of us
Townsfolk: She's nothing like the rest of us
Yes, diff'rent from the rest of us is Belle!

LeFou: Wow! You didn't miss a shot, Gaston! You're the greatest hunter in the whole world!
Gaston: I know!
LeFou: Huh. No beast alive stands a chance against you...and no girl for that matter!
Gaston: It's true, Lefou, and I've got my sights set on that one!
LeFou: The inventor's daughter?
Gaston: She's the one! The lucky girl I'm going to marry.
LeFou: But she's-
Gaston: The most beautiful girl in town.
LeFou: I know but-
Gaston: And that makes her the best. And don't I deserve the best?
LeFou: Well of course, I mean you do, but I mean...

Gaston: Right from the moment when I met her, saw her
I said she's gorgeous and I fell
Here in town there's only she
Who is as beautiful as me
So I'm making plans to woo and marry Belle

Bimbettes: Look there he goes
Isn't he dreamy?
Monsieur Gaston
Oh he's so cute!
Be still my heart
I'm hardly breathing
He's such a tall, dark, strong and handsome brute!

Man 1: Bonjour!
Gaston: Pardon!
Man 2: Good day!
Man 3: Mais oui!
Woman 1: You call this bacon?
Woman 2: What lovely grapes!
Man 4: Some cheese
Woman 3: Ten yards!
Man 4: one pound.
Gaston: ‘Scuse me!
Cheese merchant: I'll get the knife.
Gaston: Please let me through!
Woman 4: This bread-
Man 5: Those fish-
Woman 4: it's stale!
Man 5: they smell!
Baker: Madame's mistaken.
Townsfolk: Well, maybe so!
Belle: There must be more than this provincial life! (Townsfolk: Good morning!)
Gaston: Just watch, I'm going to make Belle my wife! (Townsfolk: Oh, good morning!)

Townsfolk: Look there she goes
The girl is strange, but special
A most peculiar mad'moiselle!
It's a pity and a sin
She doesn't quite fit in
'Cause she really is a funny girl
A beauty but a funny girl
She really is a funny girl
That Belle!

Man 1: Bonjour!
Woman 1: Bonjour!
Man 2: Bonjour!
Woman 2: Bonjour!
Man 3: Bonjour!
Man 4: Bonjour!

Belle: Is he gone?
Can you imagine? He asked me to marry him!
Me! The wife of that boorish, brainless...

Madame Gaston!
Can't you just see it?
Madame Gaston!
His little wife

No, sir!
Not me!
I guarantee it
I want much more than this provincial life!

I want adventure in the great wide somewhere
I want it more than I can tell
And for once it might be grand
To have someone understand
I want so much more than they've got planned

Belle: Little town, it's a quiet village
Every day like the one before
Little town, full of little people
Waking up to say

Townsfolk: Bonjour!
Bonjour!
Bonjour!
Bonjour!
Bonjour!

Belle: There goes the baker with his tray, like always
The same old bread and rolls to sell
Every morning just the same
Since the morning that we came
To this poor, provincial town

Monsieur Jean: Good morning, Belle!

Belle: Good morning, Monsieur Jean. Have you lost something again?

Monsieur Jean: Well, I believe I have. Problem is, I... can’t remember what. Oh well, I’m sure it’ll come to me. Where are you off to?

Belle: To return this book to Pére Robert. It’s about two lovers in fair Verona.

Monsieur Jean: Sounds boring.

Schoolboys: Look, there she goes, that girl is strange, no question
Headmaster: Dazed and distracted, can’t you tell?
Washerwomen: Never part of any crowd
Cos her head’s up on some cloud
Young girls: No denying she’s a funny girl, that Belle

Man: Bonjour, good day!
How is your fam'ly?
Woman: Bonjour, good day!
How is your wife?
Clothilde: I need six eggs!
That's too expensive!
Belle: There must be more than this provincial life

Pére Robert: Ah, if it isn't the only bookworm in town! Where did you run off to this week?

Belle: Two cities in Northern Italy. I didn't want to come back. Have you got any new places to go?

Pére Robert: I'm afraid not... But you may reread any of the old ones if you'd like.

Belle: Your library makes our small corner of the world feel big.

Pére Robert: Bon voyage!

Townsfolk: Look, there she goes, that girl is so peculiar
I wonder if she's feeling well
With a dreamy, far-off look
And her nose stuck in a book
What a puzzle to the rest of us is Belle

Belle: Ohhh, isn't this amazing?
It's my favourite part because you'll see
Here's where she meets Prince Charming
But she won’t discover that it's him til Chapter Three!

Woman: Now, it's no wonder that her name means 'beauty'
Her looks have got no parallel!
Village Lasses: But behind that fair façade
I’m afraid she's rather odd
Woman: Very diff'rent from the rest of us
Village Lasses: She's nothing like the rest of us
Townsfolk: Yes, diff'rent from the rest of us is Belle!

Gaston: Look at her, LeFou. My future wife. Belle is the most beautiful girl in the village. That makes her the best.

LeFou: But she's so...well-read. And you're so...athletically-inclined.
(...)
Gaston: Yes... But ever since the war, I've felt like I've been missing something. And she’s the only girl that gives me that sense of-

LeFou: Mmm... je ne sais quoi?

Gaston: I don't know what that means.

Right from the moment when I met her, saw her
I said she's gorgeous and I fell
Here in town, there's only she
Who is beautiful as me
So I’m making plans to woo and marry Belle

Village Lasses: Look, there he goes
Isn't he dreamy?
Monsieur Gaston
Oh he's so cute!
Be still, my heart
I'm hardly breathing
He's such a tall, dark, strong and handsome brute!

Woman 1: Bonjour!
Gaston: Pardon!
Belle: Good day!
Woman 2: Mais oui!
Woman 3: You call this bacon?
Woman 4: What lovely flowers!
Man 1: Some cheese-
Woman 5: Ten yards!
Man 1: One pound
Gaston: 'Scuse me!
Cheese merchant: I'll get the knife
Gaston: Please let me through!
Woman 6: This bread-
Woman 7: These fish-
Woman 6: It's stale!
Woman 7: They smell!
Baker: Madame's mistaken
Woman 6: Well, maybe so!
Belle: There must be more than this provincial life! (Townsfolk: Good morning!)
Gaston: Just watch, I'm going to make Belle my wife! (Townsfolk: Oh, good morning!)

Townsfolk: Look, there she goes, that girl is strange but special
A most peculiar mad'moiselle!
It's a pity and a sin
She doesn't quite fit in
Cos she really is a funny girl
A beauty, but a funny girl
She really is a funny girl
That Belle!

Belle: Can you imagine?
Me! The wife of that boorish, brainless...

Madame Gaston!
Can't you just see it?
Madame Gaston!
His little wife

Ugh! No, sir!
Not me!
I guarantee it
I want much more than this provincial life!

I want adventure in the great wide somewhere
I want it more than I can tell
And for once it might be grand
To have someone understand
I want so much more than they've got planned

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Trivia

  • "Belle" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 64th Academy Awards in 1992, ultimately losing to the film's own title song.
  • When Belle is talking about her favorite book, there is foreshadowing to later parts of the movie, such as "daring swordfights" (like the battle between Gaston and the Beast, although ironically, blades weren't actually used during the battle until just prior to Gaston's death when he stabbed the Beast in the back), "magic spells" (in the castle and on its inhabitants), "far off places" (as the castle seems far away from the town, although the actual distance is ambiguous), and a "prince in disguise" (the Beast). When the librarian tells her "if you like it all that much, it's yours", he is not only telling her to have the book, but also foreshadowing that she would go on to live the tale itself.
    • In addition, the book that Belle was reading (which the sheep briefly bites a page off) is implied from her description to be Sleeping Beauty, which was later confirmed in the New Fantasyland attraction version of Belle's Cottage, which shows both the original book Belle's mom read to her as a child (explaining why it was her favorite) and the book that she acquired from the bookkeeper.
  • In the first speaking portion of the song, when conversing with the Baker, her description of the book implied that the book she had finished and returned was Jack and the Beanstalk. Although Jack and the Beanstalk's earliest known publishing date was in 1807, which at first glance would conflict with the setting of the film being late 18th Century France, the story itself preceded that date significantly, with a similar story, The Story of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean, being included in the 1734 second edition of Round About Our Coal-Fire.
  • There is a brief moment of fourth-wall breaking in the ending of the song. Shortly after the final verses of the song (where the crowd is tailing her and singing about how she's odd while exchanging "bonjours"), Belle briefly snaps back a look, and the townspeople proceed to resume to their duties as if nothing happened.
  • Similar to "Under the Sea" in the Official Comic Adaptation for The Little Mermaid, the song was incorporated into dialogue in the Official Comic Adaptation for the film.
    • In addition, in the fifth issue of the Beauty and the Beast comic serial published by Marvel Comics, her flashback to the village referenced the events of the opening song, or rather, the scene immediately after it.
  • The woman who sings "Bonjour! // How is Your Wife?" originally was supposed to be a mother with her child tagging along, as well as wearing a far more conservative outfit.[1]
  • During the village chatter scene near the end of the song, there are some anachronisms and errors in the statements: Specifically, a woman and a man requested for 10 yards and a pound of something, respectively. In the setting the film took place in, late 18th century France (implied to be the prelude to the French Revolution by Glen Keane), the actual measurements used during this time were hands and feet, with the Metric system only being established during the events of the French Revolution. In addition, the measurement terms of "yard" and "pound" belonged to the US Customary measurement system, something that isn't used in France even in the present day, let alone during the setting of the film.
  • In the animated film, after the three bimbettes sing their lines, they faint. In the live-action film, a horse kicks mud up at them and LeFou tells them "It's never gonna happen, ladies."
  • Archive footage of this song sequence from the original 1991 animated film would later be re-used for the opening sequence of the 1995-1996 children's TV series Sing Me a Story with Belle, albeit heavily re-dubbed with the show's theme song, the animated Belle is replaced by the live-action Belle portrayed by Lynsey McLeod, and only the parts of the original film where Belle walks to the bookshop were used.

References

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Media
Films: Beauty and the Beast (video/soundtrack/The Legacy Collection) • The Enchanted Christmas (video) • Belle's Magical World (video) • Beauty and the Beast (2017) (video/soundtrack)

Shows: Sing Me a Story with BelleBelle's Tales of FriendshipHouse of MouseA Poem Is...Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration (soundtrack) • Chibi Tiny Tales
Books: The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's PrinceThe New Adventures of Beauty and the BeastWinter WonderlandTale as Old as Time: The Art and Making of Beauty and the BeastDisney Princess BeginningsAs Old as Time (A Twisted Tale)Royal Weddings
Marvel Comics: A Chance For RomanceWardrobe's Big SurpriseThe Wishful WalkAlmost Amour!Lyrical Love Part 1 and 2Dove Tales Part 1 and 2
Video Games: Beauty and the BeastBelle's QuestRoar of the BeastA Board Game AdventureDisney InfinityDisney Infinity: 2.0 EditionKingdom HeartsKingdom Hearts IIKingdom Hearts 358/2 DaysKingdom Hearts χKingdom Hearts Unchained χ/Union χDisney Enchanted TalesDisney Emoji BlitzDisney Crossy RoadDisney Magic KingdomsBeauty and the Beast: Perfect MatchDisney Heroes: Battle ModeDisney Speedstorm
Stage: Musical (cast album)

Disney Parks
Animated Film: Beauty and the Beast Sing-AlongCastle of Magical DreamsDisney Animation BuildingDisney Friends of the MonthEnchanted Tale of Beauty and the BeastFairy Tale ForestLe Pays des Contes de FéesMickey's PhilharMagicPrincess PavilionSorcerer's WorkshopVoyage to the Crystal Grotto

Live-Action Film: Disney Movie MagicDisney Illuminations
Entertainment: A Table is WaitingBeauty and the Beast Live on StageCinderella's Surprise CelebrationCinderellabration: Lights of RomanceDisney's BelieveDisney Dreams: An Enchanted ClassicEnchanted Tales with BelleFantasmic!Feel the MagicMickey and the MagicianMickey and the Wondrous BookMickey's Magical CelebrationMickey's Magical Music WorldOnce Upon a MouseThe PavilionRoyal Princess Music CelebrationRoyal TheatreThe Golden MickeysThe Starlit Princess Waltz
Restaurants: Be Our Guest RestaurantGaston's TavernRed Rose TaverneMaurice's Treats
Shops: Bonjour! Village Gifts
Parades: Celebrate A Dream Come True ParadeDisney's Dreams On Parade: Moving OnDisney's FantillusionDisney's Magical Moments ParadeDisney's Party ExpressDisney Carnivale ParadeDisney Stars on ParadeDreaming Up!Festival of Fantasy ParadeFlights of Fantasy ParadeHappiness is Here ParadeJubilation!Mickey's Rainy Day ExpressMove It! Shake It! MousekeDance It! Street PartyMickey's Soundsational ParadePaint the Night ParadeThe Wonderful World of Disney ParadeTokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade: DreamLightsVillains Cursed CaravanWalt Disney's Parade of DreamsNightfall Glow
Fireworks: Celebrate! Tokyo DisneylandDisney Dreams!Disney EnchantmentDisney in the StarsHarmoniousIlluminate! A Nighttime CelebrationMagic, Music and MayhemThe Magic, the Memories and YouMagical: Disney's New Nighttime Spectacular of Magical CelebrationsMomentousOnce Upon a TimeWishes: A Magical Gathering of Disney DreamsWonderful World of AnimationWorld of ColorWondrous Journeys
Spring: Disney Color-Fest: A Street Party!Disney Pirate or Princess: Make Your Choice
Summer: Mickey's WaterWorks
Halloween: Frightfully Fun ParadeIt's Good to be Bad with the Disney VillainsLet's Get WickedMaze of Madness: The Nightmare Experiment ContinuesThe Disney Villains Halloween Showtime
Christmas: A Christmas Fantasy ParadeDisney Christmas StoriesDisney Holidays in HollywoodDisney Winter Magic CavalcadeRoyal Christmas Wishes

Characters
Original: BelleBeastLumiereCogsworthMrs. PottsThe Potts Children (Chip Potts) • Chef BoucheVillagersMauricePhilippeGastonLeFouBimbettesSultanWardrobeFifiEnchantressMonsieur D'ArqueWolvesMusic BoxCoat RackGaston's BuddiesThe BooksellerPalanquin

Enchanted Christmas: AngeliqueWall HangerForteFifeWine GlassesOrnamentsAxe
Belle's Magical World: WebsterCraneLe PlumeWitherspoonChandeleriaTubalooTresChaudePunch BowlFrappeEgg BeaterConcertinaSongbird
Deleted Characters: ClariceCharleyMargueriteBelle's SistersBelle's SuitorsBelle's Mother
Sing Me a Story with Belle: HarmonyBig BookLewis and Carol the Bookworms
Book Characters: Countess de la PerleThunderLoveDeath
Remake: CadenzaJean PottsMonsieur ToiletteThe KingThe Queen

Songs
Original: PrologueBelleGastonBe Our GuestSomething ThereHuman AgainBeauty and the BeastThe Mob Song

Broadway: No Matter WhatMeHomeHow Long Must This Go On?If I Can't Love HerMaison Des LunesA Change in MeEnd Duet
Enchanted Christmas: StoriesAs Long As There's ChristmasDon't Fall in LoveA Cut Above the Rest
Belle's Magical World: A Little ThoughtListen With Our Hearts
Remake: AriaHow Does a Moment Last ForeverDays in the SunEvermore

Locations
Beast's Castle (Library/Ballroom/The West Wing/Belle's Room) • Belle's CottageVillageThe Black ForestTavern
Objects
The Enchanted RoseEnchanted MirrorMaurice's Machine
See Also
Beauty and the Beast Jr.Disney RenaissanceOriginal Screenplay