"Pure Imagination" is a song featured in the 1971 musical film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, sung by Willy Wonka, played by Gene Wilder. It has also been featured in other adaptations of the film, such as the 2017 animated film Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, where it was sung by J.P. Karliak, who voiced Wonka, and the 2023 live-action film Wonka, where it was sung by Timothée Chalamet, who played a young Willy Wonka. In addition to being performed by Ben Vereen on The Muppet Show, the song is instrumentally played along with "I've Got a Golden Ticket" in Thor: Ragnarok whenever the Grandmaster acquires a new gladiator for his arena and thus serves as a theme song for the Grandmaster himself.
Lyrics[]
Hold your breath
Make a wish
Count to three
Come with me and you'll be
In a world of pure imagination
Take a look and you'll see
Into your imagination
We'll begin with a spin
Traveling in the world of my creation
What we'll see will defy explanation
If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Wanna change the world
There's nothing to it
There is no life I know
To compare with pure imagination
Living there, you'll be free
If you truly wish to be
If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Wanna change the world
There's nothing to it
There is no life I know
To compare with pure imagination
Living there, you'll be free
If you truly wish to be
The Muppet Movie:The Rainbow Connection • Movin' Right Along • Never Before, Never Again • I Hope That Somethin' Better Comes Along • Can You Picture That? • I'm Going To Go Back There Someday • America • Finale: The Magic Store
