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"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

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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).


v - e - d
Cinderella logo
Media
Films: Cinderella (video/soundtrack) • Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (video) • Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (video/soundtrack) • Cinderella (2015 film) (video/soundtrack)

Shows: A Poem Is...Chibi Tiny Tales
Video Games: Disney Princess (video game)Cinderella's DollhouseCinderella: Magical DreamsDisney Princess: Enchanted JourneyKingdom Hearts Birth by SleepDisney InfinityDisney Princess: My Fairytale AdventureDisney Magical WorldCinderella Free FallDisney Emoji Blitz
Books: Royal WeddingsDisney Princess Beginnings
Cancelled projects: Cinderella Stories
Albums: The Lost Chords: Cinderella

Disney Parks
Castle of Magical DreamsCinderella's Fairy Tale HallCinderella CastleCinderella Castle Mystery TourDisney Animation BuildingFairy Tale ForestIt's a Small WorldMickey Mouse RevuePrince Charming Regal CarrouselPrincess PavilionStorybook Land Canal Boats

Entertainment: Cinderella's Surprise CelebrationCinderellabration: Lights of RomanceDisney's BelieveDisney Dreams: An Enchanted ClassicDream Along with MickeyFantasmic!Mickey and the MagicianMickey and the Wondrous BookMickey's Gift of DreamsMickey's Magical CelebrationMickey's Magical Music WorldOne Man's Dream II: The Magic Lives On!Royal Princess Music CelebrationThe Starlit Princess WaltzTwice Charmed: An Original Twist on the Cinderella Story
Restaurants: Cinderella's Royal Table
Shops: Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique
Parades: Celebrate A Dream Come True ParadeDisney's Dreams On Parade: Moving OnDisney's FantillusionDisney's Magical Moments ParadeDisney's Party ExpressDisney Carnivale ParadeDisney on ParadeDisney Stars on ParadeDreaming Up!Festival of Fantasy ParadeFlights of Fantasy ParadeHappiness is Here ParadeJubilation!Magic HappensMain Street Electrical ParadeMickey's Rainy Day ExpressMickey's Soundsational ParadePaint The Night ParadeSpectroMagicThe Wonderful World of Disney ParadeVillains Cursed CaravanNightfall Glow • Minnie's Tiara of Dreams
Fireworks: Disney EnchantmentDisney in the StarsFantasy in the SkyMagic, Music and MayhemMagical: Disney's New Nighttime Spectacular of Magical CelebrationsMomentousOnce Upon a TimeRemember... Dreams Come TrueWishes: A Magical Gathering of Disney DreamsWonderful World of AnimationWondrous Journeys
Spring: Disney Pirate or Princess: Make Your Choice
Summer: Club Mouse BeatMickey's WaterWorks
Halloween: Disney Villains Wicked GatheringFrightfully Fun ParadeHocus Pocus Villain SpelltacularIt's Good to be Bad with the Disney VillainsMickey's Boo-to-You Halloween ParadeVillains Dance Party
Christmas: A Christmas Fantasy ParadeCinderella's Holiday WishDisney Winter Magic CavalcadeRoyal Christmas Wishes

Characters
Original: CinderellaJaq and GusPerla and SuzyMiceBirdsPrince CharmingFairy GodmotherBrunoMajorCinderella's FatherLady TremaineAnastasia TremaineDrizella TremaineLuciferThe KingThe Grand DukeHeraldMaryRoyal Guards

Sequels: Pom-PomPrudenceBeatrice and DaphneCountess Le GrandeThe BakerFlower VendorThe Queen
Remake: Cinderella's MotherLizard FootmenMr. GooseCaptainTown CrierSir Francis Tremaine
Deleted: JabberProfessor LeFoofSpink

Locations
Cinderella's CastleCinderella's ChâteauVillageKing's Castle
Objects
Glass SlipperPumpkinPumpkin CoachMagic WandCinderella's Dress
Songs
Films: CinderellaA Dream is a Wish Your Heart MakesSing, Sweet NightingaleWork Song (Cinderelly, Cinderelly)Bibbidi-Bobbidi-BooSo This is LovePut It TogetherFollow Your HeartThe World Is Looking Up to YouIt's What's Inside That CountsPerfectly PerfectMore Than a DreamI DoAt the BallI Still BelieveLavender's BlueStrong

Deleted: Dancing on a CloudThe Cinderella Work SongThe Face That I See in the NightThe Dress That My Mother WoreSing a Little, Dream a LittleI'm in the Middle of a MuddleThe Mouse SongI Lost My Heart At the Ball
Twice Charmed: All Because of a ShoeIt's Never Too LateIn a MomentBelieve in Me
Miscellaneous: The Art of Dressing Well

See also
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