"So This is Love" is a romantic ballad featured in Cinderella. The song is performed by the offscreen vocals of Cinderella (Ilene Woods) and Prince Charming (Mike Douglas) as they dance throughout the castle during the ball. During the song, the two gradually fall in love with each other, though Cinderella never realizes with whom she is actually dancing. The song comes to an end when the clock strikes twelve, forcing Cinderella to return home before the Fairy Godmother's magic dissipates.
The next day, Cinderella learns that the man with whom she danced was, in fact, the Prince, and that whoever's foot fits the glass slipper she left behind at the ball will become his bride. In response, she absent-mindedly hums the song to herself as she heads up to her room to prepare herself for the Grand Duke's arrival with the glass slipper. Unfortunately, this causes Lady Tremaine to recognize her as the mystery girl who danced with the Prince, leading her to trap her in her room in one final ditch attempt to crush her hopes.
In 1949, Woods recorded a solo version to promote the film for its impending release the following year. It is similar in structure with the main difference being that last half of the song is repeated following a brief instrumental bridge.
Lyrics[]
Cinderella:
Mmmmmm, mmmmmm
So this is love, mmmmmm
So this is love
So this is what makes life divine
I'm all aglow, mmmmmm
And now I know
Prince Charming:
And now I know
Cinderella and Prince Charming:
The key to all heaven is mine
Cinderella:
My heart has wings, mmmmmm
and I can fly
Cinderella and Prince Charming:
I'll touch every star in the sky
So this is the miracle that I've been dreaming of
Cinderella: Mmmmmm
Prince Charming: Mmmmmm
Cinderella and Prince Charming: So this is love
Uhh-ah-ooooo...
Oooo-ooo-oooo...
This is love
This is love
This is love
This is love
This is love
Oh
This is love
So this is love?
So this is love?
So this is what makes life divine?
I'm all aglow, and now I know...
The key to all heaven is mine!
My heart has wings, and I can fly
I'll touch every star in the sky!
(Star in the sky)
So this is the miracle that I'm dreamin' of?
So this is love?
This is love
This is love
This is love
This is love
Until tonight, love was a word part of a phrase
I've often heard
A mystery, now it's clear as it can be
So this is love?
Until tonight, love was a word part of a phrase
I've often heard
A mystery, now it's clear as it can be
That this is love!
Si, es amor! (es amor)
Si, es amor! (es amor)
Es lo que hace mi vida divina
Estoy brillando y ahora sé
Que tengo la llave del cielo
Tengo alas (heart has wings) puedo volar (fly)
Y tocar las estrellas en el cielo
(Star in the sky)
Este es el milagro, que soñado!
Esto es amor!
(So this is love)
Este es el milagro, que soñado
So this is love!
Until tonight, love was a word part of a phrase
I've often heard
A mystery, now it's clear as it can be
So this is love?
Until tonight, love was a word part of a phrase
I've often heard
A mystery now it's clear as it can be
So this is love?
Until tonight, love was a word part of a phrase
I've often heard (So this is love?)
A mystery, now it's clear as it can be
So this is love?
Until tonight, (so this is love?-uuh) love was a word part of a phrase
I've often heard
A mystery now it's clear as it can be
So this is love?
So this is love?
Mmm-mmm-mmm...ah
So this is love
So this is love
So this is love
So this is love
So this is what makes life divine
I'm all aglow
And now I know
The key to all heaven is mine
So this is love
So this is love
So this is love
So this is love
My heart has wings
And I can fly
I'll touch every star in the sky
So this is the miracle that I've been dreaming of
Oh, yes
This is love
My heart has wings
My heart has wings
My heart has wings
My heart has wings
My heart has wings
So this is love
So this is love
So this is love
So this is love
Yes, this is what makes life divine
I'm all aglow
And now I know
The key to all heaven is mine
So this is love
So this is love
So this is love
So this is love
So this is love
So this is love
So this is love
So this is love
Trivia[]
- This song was the first duet sung by a Disney Princess and Prince, the second would be "Once Upon a Dream" from Sleeping Beauty the third would be "A Whole New World" from Aladdin, and the fourth would be "I See the Light" from Tangled.
- The original concept for this song and a deleted song, "Dancing on a Cloud" was for Cinderella and Prince Charming to, seemingly, be dancing in the clouds, lost in each other's eyes. This was changed to the current concept, since it added to the realism. This concept would later be used in the end of Sleeping Beauty.
- The Cheetah Girls performed a cover of the song for Disneymania 5. They have a music video, but there are no clips from Cinderella in it. Among the lyrics used are some of the lyrics sung in Spanish.
- Cinderella references the song when she changes into her comfy clothes in Ralph Breaks the Internet, while an instrumental version of it plays.
- The instrumental version of the song was also played in Once Upon a Studio during the scene where Cinderella and Prince Charming walked down some stairs in the Roy E. Disney Animation Building (where the prince was the one to lose his shoe).
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