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I'll Make a Man Out of You

October 21, 2023

This article is about the Disney song. For the World War I recruiting song, see I'll Make a Man of You.

"I'll Make a Man Out of You" is a song written by composer Matthew Wilder and lyricist David Zippel for Walt Disney Pictures' 36th animated feature film Mulan (1998). Appearing on the film's soundtrack Mulan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack, "I'll Make a Man Out of You" is performed by American singer Donny Osmond as the singing voice of Captain Li Shang in lieu of American actor BD Wong, who provides the character's speaking voice. The song also features contributions from Lea Salonga as the singing voice of Mulan, Eddie Murphy as Mushu, and Harvey Fierstein, Jerry Tondo and Wilder himself as Yao, Chien-Po and Ling, respectively. In addition, Mushu has a speaking line unlike the other characters in the song.

"I'll Make a Man Out of You" was written to replace the song "We'll Make a Man of You" after the film's original songwriter Stephen Schwartz departed from the project in favor of working on DreamWorks' The Prince of Egypt (1998). Wilder and Zippel were inspired to complete the song after conceiving its ironic title, and the initial draft of the track was immediately approved by Disney. Prior to Mulan, Osmond had auditioned for the role of Hercules in Disney's Hercules (1997), a role for which he was ultimately turned down by the directors because they felt that he sounded too old. Disney eventually cast Osmond as the singing voice of Shang because his singing voice is similar to Wong's speaking voice. An up-tempo military-style song that incorporates both Eastern and Western musical styles, "I'll Make a Man Out of You" is performed by Shang during a rigorous training montage in which his young, inexperienced soldiers attempt to justify their worth. The song's title is considered ironic because Mulan, who relies on intelligence, ultimately proves more competent than her male comrades, including Captain Li Shang, who takes a liking to her, while its lyrics explore hyper-masculinity contradicted with Mulan's gender.

"I'll Make a Man Out of You" has received mostly positive reviews from film and music critics, some of whom dubbed it the film's best song, while praising Osmond's performance. Critics have also drawn comparisons between the song and Disney's Hercules, while likening Mulan's role and transformation to actress Demi Moore's performance as Lieutenant Jordan O'Neil in the film G. I. Jane (1997). The song has since appeared on several "best of" Disney songs lists, including those of Total Film and the New York Post. Discussed by film critics, film historians, academic journalists and feminists, the song has gone on to be recorded and covered in several different languages—namely Mandarin, Cantonese and Spanish—by entertainers Jackie Chan and Cristian Castro, respectively.

Writing and recording Edit

"I'll Make a Man Out of You" was written by composer Matthew Wilder and lyricist David Zippel, who were hired to write Mulan's songs because Disney was interested in recruiting songwriters "that ... would give kind of a different sound to each of the songs."[1] While Zippel, a Broadway lyricist, was recruited because the directors were impressed with his work on Disney's Hercules (1997), at the time Wilder, a pop singer, had been best known for his song "Break My Stride".[1] Bancroft believes that, although the songwriters "had two different sensibilities ... the blend [of their styles] worked well together, especially on ['I'll Make a Man Out of You']".[1]

 
The directors cast American singer Donny Osmond as the singing voice of Shang because he and BD Wong share similar voices; Osmond had auditioned for the role of Hercules in Disney's Hercules, for which he was turned down because he sounded "too old".

Songwriter Stephen Schwartz was originally slated to write lyrics for Mulan until he was replaced by Zippel "at the last moment."[2] Schwartz had written a song called "We'll Make a Man of You" for the scene in which Mulan is training to be a soldier.[3] The song was ultimately replaced with Wilder and Zippel's "I'll Make a Man Out of You" when Schwartz was forced to resign from Mulan by Disney executives Peter Schneider and Michael Eisner because the songwriter had also agreed to score rival studio DreamWorks' animated film The Prince of Egypt (1998).[4][5] Wilder and Zippel first conceived the song's title, which then inspired them to write its lyrics and music.[6] Zippel identified determining the song's ironic title as the moment "he knew he'd hit on something great" by "contrasting Mulan's gender with the concept of what it means to be a man."[6] The songwriters were hoping to create an original version of a training montage that was funny without being obvious, while remaining in character at all times.[6] In an unlikely situation, the filmmakers universally enjoyed the song from its very first draft.[6]

Wilder described himself as using "an everything-and-the-kitchen-sink approach" to composing its music, explaining, "I knew I wanted it to sound large and I knew what the tempo and the cadence of the piece was."[6] Combining Eastern and Western styles, Wilder borrowed "drum cadences from traditional Chinese drums and then marrying that with military snares", upon which he continued building until "it became this cacophonous effect of a Chinese marching American band".[6] Wilder and Zippel decided to incorporate drums into the track to demonstrate a sense of masculinity and musculature, identifying the song as very odd in structure but appropriate for its lyrics.[6] Zippel's incorporation of "naturalistic descriptions of masculinity" into the song's lyrics – raging fire, coursing river, great typhoon – was used in an attempt to "get inside Shang's head space", elaborating, "I was just trying to be in character for the captain and how an Asian captain would lead his group differently than how a Western captain would call his troops," identifying as an opportunity "to put some specificity into it."[6] Wilder recorded the song's demo himself, which was arranged into a composition featuring a 100-piece orchestra and male choir conducted by musician Paul Buckmaster.[6]

Before Mulan, American singer Donny Osmond had auditioned for the lead role in Hercules, a role for which he was ultimately not cast because the directors felt that his voice sounded "too old" and "too deep" for the character.[7] Osmond later revealed in an interview with People that he was so embarrassed by his Hercules audition that he had nearly considered ending his singing career prematurely.[8] A few months later, Disney contacted Osmond with interest in casting him as the singing voice of Shang after comparing his audition tapes to BD Wong and determining that both actors have "very similar voices."[9] In one scene, Osmond's character, Shang, is hit in the stomach while singing "I'll Make a Man Out of You". In order to sound as realistic as possible, Osmond punched himself in the stomach several times while recording the song.[10]

Context and use in Mulan Edit

"I'll Make a Man Out of You" is performed by Captain Li Shang during Mulan's training montage,[11] which has also been identified as the film's "boot camp sequence."[12] The scene explores Shang's attempt to train his newly recruited squadron of incompetent soldiers in the hopes of ultimately transforming them into a skilled army.[13] Occupying a significant portion of the film's plot, Shang promises to turn his team of "rag-tag recruits" into men,[14][15] implying that they are merely boys unless they learn to fight while entirely unaware that Mulan is a woman.[16] The musical number is used to "compress dramatic time or narrate" in a more compelling way than had solely dialogue been used.[17] The scene begins with Shang shooting an arrow into the top of a tall pole and challenging all of his soldiers to retrieve it, each of whom fail until Mulan eventually succeeds. According to the book Into the Closet: Cross-Dressing and the Gendered Body in Children's Literature and Film by Victoria Flanagan, Mulan is successful in retrieving the arrow because she uses "an ingenuity that is based upon her ability to incorporate aspects of femininity into her masculine performance."[18] By the end of the scene, all of the soldiers have improved dramatically and the results of their practice and training are finally revealed.[19] In what Joshua and Judges author Athalya Brenner called "a humorous reversal toward the end of the movie," Mulan and her male comrades disguise themselves as concubines in order to infiltrate the palace and rescue the emperor while "I'll Make a Man Out of You" reprises in the background.[20]

 
Screenshot of Mulan (left), disguised as "Ping", being reprimanded by Shang (right) during the "I'll Make a Man Out of You" sequence due to her incompetence.

Critics have observed ways in which the scene explores Mulan's growth and transformation as the character evolves from a clumsy, inexperienced recruit into one of the army's most skilled soldiers, in spite of her gender. According to the book Literacy, Play and Globalization: Converging Imaginaries in Children's Critical and Cultural Performances, the montage depicts Mulan's gender as "an obstacle to overcome."[21] Author Phyllis Frus wrote in her book Beyond Adaptation: Essays on Radical Transformations of Original Works, "The need for inexperienced young men to go through a rigorous training results in a sequence common to many films," and that the scene "shows the challenges Ping/Mulan faces due to her" inexperience.[19] As observed by Juanita Kwok in the book Film Asia: New Perspectives on Film for English, the irony of the scene lies within the fact that "Mulan proves herself more competent than any of the men."[22] The author also observed that the scene's first refrain accompanies shots of Shang, while its second "coincides with Mulan climbing to the top of the pole."[23] Additionally, while the earlier, all-female musical number "Honor to Us All" "functions as an account of the constructedness of female gender," "I'll Make a Man Out of You" "juxtaposes and makes explicit the contention that gender is a cultural product," according to Johnson Cheu, author of Diversity in Disney Films: Critical Essays on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality and Disability.[24] The Representation of Gender in Walt Disney's "Mulan" believes that the song emphasizes desirable masculine traits, namely "discipline ... tranquility, celerity, strength and fearlessness,"[25] while Shang, according to Putting the Grail Back into Girl Power: How a Girl Saved Camelot, and why it Matters, "views [femininity] as comparable to weakness."[26] In her article Disney's "Mulan"—the "True" Deconstructed Heroine?, Lisa Brocklebank argued the song explores themes such as othering, ostracism and abjection.[27] Hannah Yasharoff, writing for USA Today, believes Mulan is used to counter the idea that masculinity is "the only way to become strong enough to win the war".[28]

Comparing the song to other training sequences such as Private Benjamin (1980), Wilder explained that the filmmakers "were trying to marry the idea of that hyper-masculinity as if it were a Marine moment, but instead of it being Marines, it was the Chinese army." Critics have drawn similarities between the "I'll Make a Man Out of You" sequence and Hercules' training montage in Disney's Hercules (1997), as well as actress Demi Moore's role as Lieutenant Jordan O'Neil in the film G. I. Jane (1997).[11] In the book Ways of Being Male: Representing Masculinities in Children's Literature, author John Stephens wrote that although both Mulan and Hercules depict "the active male body as spectacle," Mulan's is less "straight-forward" due to the character's gender.[23] Michael Dequina of The Movie Report observed that "Mulan's transformation is highly reminiscent of Demi Moore's in last year's Disney drama G.I. Jane, but Mulan oneups that film's hour-long toughening process by efficiently covering the same ground during a single, rousing musical number."[29]

Music and lyrics Edit

 
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Written in common time at a tempo of 114 beats per minute and starting out in the key of G major, "I'll Make a Man Out of You" has been identified as a "heroic power ballad"[30] and anthem[31] that features an upbeat, "thumping" rhythm.[32][33] Wilder himself has identified "I'll Make a Man Out of You" as "a very odd pop song".[6] The Disney Song Encyclopedia described the song as a "rhythmic military song."[34] Beginning with "a military-style drum" introduction,[23] "I'll Make a Man Out of You", which is immediately preceded by the emotional ballad "Reflection" on the film's soundtrack album, "breaks up the slower pace of the songs," according to Filmtracks.com.[35] Similar to the song "A Girl Worth Fighting For", the "ironically titled"[36] "I'll Make a Man Out of You" "play[s] off Mulan's secret" because Shang is unaware that she is actually a girl, as observed by Jeffrey Gantz of The Phoenix.[37] Johnson Cheu, author of Diversity in Disney Films: Critical Essays on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality and Disability, received the song as a counterpart to the all-female musical number "Honor to Us All".[24] Going into the last verse, the song's key shifts up to F minor and later towards the end, "the backing track falls into silence and [Osmond's] vocals come to the fore."[38] Osmond's vocal range spans one octave, from D3 To G#4[39] Beginning with two verses, followed by a bridge, a refrain, a final verse and repeated choruses,[40] the song is a total of three minutes and twenty-one seconds in length.[41]

Entertainment Weekly identified the number as the film's "rambunctious peak."[42] According to Victoria Flanagan, author of Into the Closet: Gender and Cross-dressing in Children's Fiction: Cross-Dressing and the Gendered Body in Children's Literature and Film, "I'll Make a Man Out of You" is "a playful parody of conventional masculinity."[18] USA Today's Hannah Yasharoff described the song as "a tongue-in-cheek comment on sexism".[28] Lyrically, Zippel described the track as a song about "hyper-masculinity" that is disturbed by "the whole idea of Mulan", identifying the song as an opportunity "to have those two issues head-to-head."[6] The lyric "I'll make a man out of you" is constantly repeated and reinforced by Shang.[37] According to author John Stephens of Ways of Being Male: Representing Masculinities in Children's Literature, the song's lyrics "initially define masculinity in opposition to femininity,"[23] with its first verse beginning, Let's get down to business To defeat the Huns / Did they send me daughters / When l asked for sons ?"[43] Its chorus reads, Be a man We must be swift as the coursing river / Be a man With all the force of a great typhoon / Be a man With all the strength of a raging fire / Mysterious as the dark side of the moon " which,[13] according to Ways of Being Male: Representing Masculinities in Children's Literature, "essentializes masculinity by asserting that it embodies the speed, strength and power of the natural world, and yet contains this within an aura of tranquility and mystery."[23] According to Beyond Adaptation: Essays on Radical Transformations of Original Works, these lyrics "add a hint of darkness as they celebrate male prowess" by suggesting that one who has "acquired fiery strength" is also "untamed as the moon's dark side."[19] The song has been noted by the New York Post for its "slew of one-liners from supporting characters" that reads "I'm never gonna catch my breath. Say goodbye to those who knew me. Boy, was I a fool in school for cutting gym."[44] According to The Phoenix, Osmond performs the song's lyrics with "grit."[37] Meanwhile, the singer is backed up by a macho-sounding choir repeatedly chanting "Be a man!",[13][45] a call and response preceded by three chords intertwined with lyrics such as "you must be swift as the coursing river" and "with all the force of a great typhoon."[6] Entertainment Weekly's Maureen Lee Lenker identified the "Be a man" chorus as the song's most iconic moment.[6]

International versions Edit

 
Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan dubbed the song in Mandarin and Cantonese for the film's editions released in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China; Chan's rendition has been met with generally positive reviews.

Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan was hired to dub the voice of Shang and record "I'll Make a Man Out of You" in Mandarin and Cantonese.[46][47] The special edition DVD release of Mulan features a music video of Chan performing the song. The video also depicts Chan performing martial arts-inspired choreography. Positively received, Scott Chitwood of ComingSoon.net called Chan's rendition "a fun addition for Chan fans,"[48] while Nancy Churnin of The Dallas Morning News wrote that he performed the song "very ably."[49]

The special edition DVD release of the movie also features a multi-lingual version of the song "I'll Make a Man Out of You" sung in 16 of the 30 versions originally released for the movie.[50]

Critical response Edit

"I'll Make a Man Out of You" has been met with mostly positive reviews from both film and music critics. Irving Tan of Sputnikmusic wrote, "there hasn't been a single chorus in all of post-Mulan pop music that has managed to rival the roaring power in the refrain."[13] Scott Chitwood of ComingSoon.net reviewed "I'll Make a Man Out of You" as "a stirring, testosterone filled piece," describing the scene as "amusing."[48] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote that the song "has a comparable infectious punch," concluding, "it's the only song in the movie that escapes Disneyfied blandness."[42] Jeff Vice of the Deseret News observed that Wong and Osmond's "voices sound eerily similar."[9] Tom Henry of The Blade enjoyed Osmond's delivery, describing the singer's performance as "solid."[51] Lloyd Paseman of The Register-Guard called "I'll Make a Man Out of You" a favorite of his.[52] While exploring "The History of Movie Training Montages", Chris Giblin of Men's Fitness opined, "Mulan served as proof that the fitness montage can work amazingly well in movies for kids." Giblin continued, "it has the best lyrics of any serious fitness/sports montage song. Overall, a very strong montage."[53] Disney.com itself cites "I'll Make a Man Out of You" as a "song that was so epic, so legendary, that it requires an out loud sing along anytime we hear it."[30]

Despite dubbing the film's songs its "weak link," TV Guide wrote that the musical numbers are "crafted with a knowing, almost camp wink that's totally in keeping with the subtext of the film," concluding that "I'll Make a Man Out of You" sounds like a Village People song.[54] Writing for The Seattle Times, Moira Macdonald criticized Wilder and Zippel's songs as "forgettable," calling "I'll Make a Man Out of You" "annoying."[32] The Phoenix's Jeffrey Gantz wrote that "Donny Osmond shows some grit, but he's still the voice of the Whitebread West."[37] Amazon.ca's Jason Verlinde commented, "Unfortunately, the voice of Donny Osmond, relegated to anthems such as 'I'll Make a Man Out of You' doesn't really enhance the story line".[31]

Live performances and covers Edit

In April 2017, Osmond performed "I'll Make a Man Out of You" live on the 24th season of the reality television competition Dancing with the Stars,[55] the ninth season of which Osmond himself had won.[56] Part of the season's Disney-themed episode, Osmond's performance accompanied singer Normani and professional dancer Val Chmerkovskiy's pasodoble.[56] The competitors were ultimately he highest-scoring couple of the evening, earning a score of 49 from the judges.[57]

In October 2014, a parody of "I'll Make a Man Out of You" was uploaded to YouTube entitled "I'll Make a 'Mon Out of You".[58] A mashup of Mulan and the popular Pokémon franchise, the video features Digimon Gatomon attempting to masquerade as Pokémon Meowth in lieu of Mulan, while Ash occupies the role of Shang as his trainer, according to Smosh.[59] Another parody of the song, based on the Dragon Ball franchise was uploaded to YouTube by TeamFourStar.[60] Although the 2020 remake of Mulan leaves out, "I'll Make a Man Out of You," a fanedit by Blue Hippo Films uses the movie's new training scenes to convincingly add the song back.[61]

On April 16, 2020, Donny Osmond gave an at-home performance of the song during The Disney Family Singalong.[62]

Dan Vasc did a cover on YouTube as hard/metal rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js7mx3EgiDU

Impact and legacy Edit

Total Film ranked "I'll Make a Man Out of You" twenty-ninth on its list of the "30 Best Disney Songs".[38] Similarly, M ranked the song twentieth on its list of the "Top 20 Disney Songs of All Time". Author Stephanie Osmanski cited "Did they send me daughters when I asked for sons?" as her favourite lyric.[63] Gregory E. Miller of the New York Post cited I'll Make a Man Out of You" as one of "The best (and the most underrated) Disney songs," writing, "Captain Shang's battle-preparation anthem is the movie's most quotable, with a memorable chorus and a slew of one-liners from supporting characters."[44] PopSugar ranked the song the nineteenth "Catchiest Disney Song".[64] In 2012, Entertainment Weekly readers voted the song 18th on their list of 20 all-time greatest Disney songs.[citation needed] Osmond himself acknowledged the accomplishment in a Facebook post, writing, "In my grandkids' eyes, this is easily my greatest accomplishment yet."[65] Comedy Central Josh Pappenheim called "I'll Make a Man Out of You" "one of the most iconic Disney songs of all time".[66] Hannah Yasharoff, writing for USA Today, dubbed the track "an iconic moment in pop culture."[28]

On Empire's list of the twenty "Most Awesome Training Montages In Cinema History", "I'll Make a Man Out of You" was ranked 14th. The author identified it as "a solid training montage in which Mulan and her friends go from hapless duffers to fearless warriors in just over two minutes."[67] Similarly, Men's Fitness also ranked "I'll Make a Man Out of You" among the greatest training montages in film history.[53] Stephen Fiorentine of Sneaker Report wrote that "Training montages aren't limited to just live-action movies. With movies like Mulan and Hercules, Disney mastered the art of the montage in their animated films."[68]

In 2018, Entertainment Weekly contributor Maureen Lee Lenker wrote that the song has successfully "endured since the film's release" and remained "a perennial favorite" despite being more upbeat than typical Disney songs.[6] Actress Daisy Ridley said that she listens to the song to prepare for action sequences in film roles,[69] particularly for her performance in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015).[70] Ridley explained that the song "makes me feel empowered" and revive her energy, comparing her character Rey finding her strength to Mulan.[70] Media publications have lamented the fact that the 2020 live-action adaptation of the film might not include any songs, particularly "I'll Make a Man Out of You", with Yasharoff writing, "Any excuse to make that song relevant again is more than welcome," and ranking the song second on their reasons "Why the live-action version should replicate the animated musical".[28] While the song itself was not sung in the live-action film, lines from it were repeated during Mulan's training at the camp as a rallying call for the recruits.

Credits and personnel Edit

Credits adapted from the website Discogs.[71]

Certifications Edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[72] Gold 400,000‡
United States (RIAA)[73] 2× Platinum 2,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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This article is about the Disney song For the World War I recruiting song see I ll Make a Man of You I ll Make a Man Out of You is a song written by composer Matthew Wilder and lyricist David Zippel for Walt Disney Pictures 36th animated feature film Mulan 1998 Appearing on the film s soundtrack Mulan An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack I ll Make a Man Out of You is performed by American singer Donny Osmond as the singing voice of Captain Li Shang in lieu of American actor BD Wong who provides the character s speaking voice The song also features contributions from Lea Salonga as the singing voice of Mulan Eddie Murphy as Mushu and Harvey Fierstein Jerry Tondo and Wilder himself as Yao Chien Po and Ling respectively In addition Mushu has a speaking line unlike the other characters in the song l ll Make a Man Out of You Song by Donny Osmondfrom the album Mulan An Original Walt Disney Records SoundtrackReleasedJune 2 1998 1998 06 02 GenrePopLength3 21LabelWalt DisneyComposer s Matthew WilderLyricist s David ZippelProducer s Matthew Wilder I ll Make a Man Out of You was written to replace the song We ll Make a Man of You after the film s original songwriter Stephen Schwartz departed from the project in favor of working on DreamWorks The Prince of Egypt 1998 Wilder and Zippel were inspired to complete the song after conceiving its ironic title and the initial draft of the track was immediately approved by Disney Prior to Mulan Osmond had auditioned for the role of Hercules in Disney s Hercules 1997 a role for which he was ultimately turned down by the directors because they felt that he sounded too old Disney eventually cast Osmond as the singing voice of Shang because his singing voice is similar to Wong s speaking voice An up tempo military style song that incorporates both Eastern and Western musical styles I ll Make a Man Out of You is performed by Shang during a rigorous training montage in which his young inexperienced soldiers attempt to justify their worth The song s title is considered ironic because Mulan who relies on intelligence ultimately proves more competent than her male comrades including Captain Li Shang who takes a liking to her while its lyrics explore hyper masculinity contradicted with Mulan s gender I ll Make a Man Out of You has received mostly positive reviews from film and music critics some of whom dubbed it the film s best song while praising Osmond s performance Critics have also drawn comparisons between the song and Disney s Hercules while likening Mulan s role and transformation to actress Demi Moore s performance as Lieutenant Jordan O Neil in the film G I Jane 1997 The song has since appeared on several best of Disney songs lists including those of Total Filmand theNew York Post Discussed by film critics film historians academic journalists and feminists the song has gone on to be recorded and covered in several different languages namely Mandarin Cantonese and Spanish by entertainers Jackie Chan and Cristian Castro respectively Contents 1 Writing and recording 2 Context and use in Mulan 3 Music and lyrics 4 International versions 5 Critical response 6 Live performances and covers 7 Impact and legacy 8 Credits and personnel 9 Certifications 10 References 11 External linksWriting and recording Edit I ll Make a Man Out of You was written by composer Matthew Wilder and lyricist David Zippel who were hired to write Mulan s songs because Disney was interested in recruiting songwriters that would give kind of a different sound to each of the songs 1 While Zippel a Broadway lyricist was recruited because the directors were impressed with his work on Disney s Hercules 1997 at the time Wilder a pop singer had been best known for his song Break My Stride 1 Bancroft believes that although the songwriters had two different sensibilities the blend of their styles worked well together especially on I ll Make a Man Out of You 1 nbsp The directors cast American singer Donny Osmond as the singing voice of Shang because he and BD Wong share similar voices Osmond had auditioned for the role of Hercules in Disney s Hercules for which he was turned down because he sounded too old Songwriter Stephen Schwartz was originally slated to write lyrics for Mulan until he was replaced by Zippel at the last moment 2 Schwartz had written a song called We ll Make a Man of You for the scene in which Mulan is training to be a soldier 3 The song was ultimately replaced with Wilder and Zippel s I ll Make a Man Out of You when Schwartz was forced to resign from Mulan by Disney executives Peter Schneider and Michael Eisner because the songwriter had also agreed to score rival studio DreamWorks animated film The Prince of Egypt 1998 4 5 Wilder and Zippel first conceived the song s title which then inspired them to write its lyrics and music 6 Zippel identified determining the song s ironic title as the moment he knew he d hit on something great by contrasting Mulan s gender with the concept of what it means to be a man 6 The songwriters were hoping to create an original version of a training montage that was funny without being obvious while remaining in character at all times 6 In an unlikely situation the filmmakers universally enjoyed the song from its very first draft 6 Wilder described himself as using an everything and the kitchen sink approach to composing its music explaining I knew I wanted it to sound large and I knew what the tempo and the cadence of the piece was 6 Combining Eastern and Western styles Wilder borrowed drum cadences from traditional Chinese drums and then marrying that with military snares upon which he continued building until it became this cacophonous effect of a Chinese marching American band 6 Wilder and Zippel decided to incorporate drums into the track to demonstrate a sense of masculinity and musculature identifying the song as very odd in structure but appropriate for its lyrics 6 Zippel s incorporation of naturalistic descriptions of masculinity into the song s lyrics raging fire coursing river great typhoon was used in an attempt to get inside Shang s head space elaborating I was just trying to be in character for the captain and how an Asian captain would lead his group differently than how a Western captain would call his troops identifying as an opportunity to put some specificity into it 6 Wilder recorded the song s demo himself which was arranged into a composition featuring a 100 piece orchestra and male choir conducted by musician Paul Buckmaster 6 Before Mulan American singer Donny Osmond had auditioned for the lead role in Hercules a role for which he was ultimately not cast because the directors felt that his voice sounded too old and too deep for the character 7 Osmond later revealed in an interview with Peoplethat he was so embarrassed by his Herculesaudition that he had nearly considered ending his singing career prematurely 8 A few months later Disney contacted Osmond with interest in casting him as the singing voice of Shang after comparing his audition tapes to BD Wong and determining that both actors have very similar voices 9 In one scene Osmond s character Shang is hit in the stomach while singing I ll Make a Man Out of You In order to sound as realistic as possible Osmond punched himself in the stomach several times while recording the song 10 Context and use in Mulan Edit I ll Make a Man Out of You is performed by Captain Li Shang during Mulan s training montage 11 which has also been identified as the film s boot camp sequence 12 The scene explores Shang s attempt to train his newly recruited squadron of incompetent soldiers in the hopes of ultimately transforming them into a skilled army 13 Occupying a significant portion of the film s plot Shang promises to turn his team of rag tag recruits into men 14 15 implying that they are merely boys unless they learn to fight while entirely unaware that Mulan is a woman 16 The musical number is used to compress dramatic time or narrate in a more compelling way than had solely dialogue been used 17 The scene begins with Shang shooting an arrow into the top of a tall pole and challenging all of his soldiers to retrieve it each of whom fail until Mulan eventually succeeds According to the bookInto the Closet Cross Dressing and the Gendered Body in Children s Literature and Filmby Victoria Flanagan Mulan is successful in retrieving the arrow because she uses an ingenuity that is based upon her ability to incorporate aspects of femininity into her masculine performance 18 By the end of the scene all of the soldiers have improved dramatically and the results of their practice and training are finally revealed 19 In what Joshua and Judges author Athalya Brenner called a humorous reversal toward the end of the movie Mulan and her male comrades disguise themselves as concubines in order to infiltrate the palace and rescue the emperor while I ll Make a Man Out of You reprises in the background 20 nbsp Screenshot of Mulan left disguised as Ping being reprimanded by Shang right during the I ll Make a Man Out of You sequence due to her incompetence Critics have observed ways in which the scene explores Mulan s growth and transformation as the character evolves from a clumsy inexperienced recruit into one of the army s most skilled soldiers in spite of her gender According to the book Literacy Play and Globalization Converging Imaginaries in Children s Critical and Cultural Performances the montage depicts Mulan s gender as an obstacle to overcome 21 Author Phyllis Frus wrote in her book Beyond Adaptation Essays on Radical Transformations of Original Works The need for inexperienced young men to go through a rigorous training results in a sequence common to many films and that the scene shows the challenges Ping Mulan faces due to her inexperience 19 As observed by Juanita Kwok in the book Film Asia New Perspectives on Film for English the irony of the scene lies within the fact that Mulan proves herself more competent than any of the men 22 The author also observed that the scene s first refrain accompanies shots of Shang while its second coincides with Mulan climbing to the top of the pole 23 Additionally while the earlier all female musical number Honor to Us All functions as an account of the constructedness of female gender I ll Make a Man Out of You juxtaposes and makes explicit the contention that gender is a cultural product according to Johnson Cheu author of Diversity in Disney Films Critical Essays on Race Ethnicity Gender Sexuality and Disability 24 The Representation of Gender in Walt Disney s Mulan believes that the song emphasizes desirable masculine traits namely discipline tranquility celerity strength and fearlessness 25 while Shang according to Putting the Grail Back into Girl Power How a Girl Saved Camelot and why it Matters views femininity as comparable to weakness 26 In her article Disney s Mulan the True Deconstructed Heroine Lisa Brocklebank argued the song explores themes such as othering ostracism and abjection 27 Hannah Yasharoff writing for USA Today believes Mulan is used to counter the idea that masculinity is the only way to become strong enough to win the war 28 Comparing the song to other training sequences such as Private Benjamin 1980 Wilder explained that the filmmakers were trying to marry the idea of that hyper masculinity as if it were a Marine moment but instead of it being Marines it was the Chinese army Critics have drawn similarities between the I ll Make a Man Out of You sequence and Hercules training montage in Disney s Hercules 1997 as well as actress Demi Moore s role as Lieutenant Jordan O Neil in the film G I Jane 1997 11 In the book Ways of Being Male Representing Masculinities in Children s Literature author John Stephens wrote that although both Mulanand Hercules depict the active male body as spectacle Mulan s is less straight forward due to the character s gender 23 Michael Dequina of The Movie Report observed that Mulan s transformation is highly reminiscent of Demi Moore s in last year s Disney drama G I Jane butMulanoneups that film s hour long toughening process by efficiently covering the same ground during a single rousing musical number 29 Music and lyrics Edit nbsp I ll Make a Man Out of You source source A twenty nine second sample of I ll Make a Man Out of You Problems playing this file See media help Written in common time at a tempo of 114 beats per minute and starting out in the key of G major I ll Make a Man Out of You has been identified as a heroic power ballad 30 and anthem 31 that features an upbeat thumping rhythm 32 33 Wilder himself has identified I ll Make a Man Out of You as a very odd pop song 6 The Disney Song Encyclopediadescribed the song as a rhythmic military song 34 Beginning with a military style drum introduction 23 I ll Make a Man Out of You which is immediately preceded by the emotional ballad Reflection on the film s soundtrack album breaks up the slower pace of the songs according to Filmtracks com 35 Similar to the song A Girl Worth Fighting For the ironically titled 36 I ll Make a Man Out of You play s off Mulan s secret because Shang is unaware that she is actually a girl as observed by Jeffrey Gantz of The Phoenix 37 Johnson Cheu author ofDiversity in Disney Films Critical Essays on Race Ethnicity Gender Sexuality and Disability received the song as a counterpart to the all female musical number Honor to Us All 24 Going into the last verse the song s key shifts up to F minor and later towards the end the backing track falls into silence and Osmond s vocals come to the fore 38 Osmond s vocal range spans one octave from D3 To G 4 39 Beginning with two verses followed by a bridge a refrain a final verse and repeated choruses 40 the song is a total of three minutes and twenty one seconds in length 41 Entertainment Weeklyidentified the number as the film s rambunctious peak 42 According to Victoria Flanagan author of Into the Closet Gender and Cross dressing in Children s Fiction Cross Dressing and the Gendered Body in Children s Literature and Film I ll Make a Man Out of You is a playful parody of conventional masculinity 18 USA Today s Hannah Yasharoff described the song as a tongue in cheek comment on sexism 28 Lyrically Zippel described the track as a song about hyper masculinity that is disturbed by the whole idea of Mulan identifying the song as an opportunity to have those two issues head to head 6 The lyric I ll make a man out of you is constantly repeated and reinforced by Shang 37 According to author John Stephens of Ways of Being Male Representing Masculinities in Children s Literature the song s lyrics initially define masculinity in opposition to femininity 23 with its first verse beginning Let s get down to business To defeat the Huns Did they send me daughters When l asked for sons 43 Its chorus reads Be a man We must be swift as the coursing river Be a man With all the force of a great typhoon Be a man With all the strength of a raging fire Mysterious as the dark side of the moon which 13 according to Ways of Being Male Representing Masculinities in Children s Literature essentializes masculinity by asserting that it embodies the speed strength and power of the natural world and yet contains this within an aura of tranquility and mystery 23 According to Beyond Adaptation Essays on Radical Transformations of Original Works these lyrics add a hint of darkness as they celebrate male prowess by suggesting that one who has acquired fiery strength is also untamed as the moon s dark side 19 The song has been noted by the New York Postfor its slew of one liners from supporting characters that reads I m never gonna catch my breath Say goodbye to those who knew me Boy was I a fool in school for cutting gym 44 According to The Phoenix Osmond performs the song s lyrics with grit 37 Meanwhile the singer is backed up by a macho sounding choir repeatedly chanting Be a man 13 45 a call and response preceded by three chords intertwined with lyrics such as you must be swift as the coursing river and with all the force of a great typhoon 6 Entertainment Weekly s Maureen Lee Lenker identified the Be a man chorus as the song s most iconic moment 6 International versions Edit nbsp Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan dubbed the song in Mandarin and Cantonese for the film s editions released in Taiwan Hong Kong and China Chan s rendition has been met with generally positive reviews Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan was hired to dub the voice of Shang and record I ll Make a Man Out of You in Mandarin and Cantonese 46 47 The special edition DVD release of Mulanfeatures a music video of Chan performing the song The video also depicts Chan performing martial arts inspired choreography Positively received Scott Chitwood of ComingSoon net called Chan s rendition a fun addition for Chan fans 48 while Nancy Churnin of The Dallas Morning Newswrote that he performed the song very ably 49 The special edition DVD release of the movie also features a multi lingual version of the song I ll Make a Man Out of You sung in 16 of the 30 versions originally released for the movie 50 Critical response Edit I ll Make a Man Out of You has been met with mostly positive reviews from both film and music critics Irving Tan of Sputnikmusic wrote there hasn t been a single chorus in all of post Mulan pop music that has managed to rival the roaring power in the refrain 13 Scott Chitwood of ComingSoon net reviewed I ll Make a Man Out of You as a stirring testosterone filled piece describing the scene as amusing 48 Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weeklywrote that the song has a comparable infectious punch concluding it s the only song in the movie that escapes Disneyfied blandness 42 Jeff Vice of the Deseret Newsobserved that Wong and Osmond s voices sound eerily similar 9 Tom Henry of The Blade enjoyed Osmond s delivery describing the singer s performance as solid 51 Lloyd Paseman of The Register Guardcalled I ll Make a Man Out of You a favorite of his 52 While exploring The History of Movie Training Montages Chris Giblin of Men s Fitnessopined Mulan served as proof that the fitness montage can work amazingly well in movies for kids Giblin continued it has the best lyrics of any serious fitness sports montage song Overall a very strong montage 53 Disney com itself cites I ll Make a Man Out of You as a song that was so epic so legendary that it requires an out loud sing along anytime we hear it 30 Despite dubbing the film s songs its weak link TV Guidewrote that the musical numbers are crafted with a knowing almost camp wink that s totally in keeping with the subtext of the film concluding that I ll Make a Man Out of You sounds like a Village People song 54 Writing for The Seattle Times Moira Macdonald criticized Wilder and Zippel s songs as forgettable calling I ll Make a Man Out of You annoying 32 The Phoenix s Jeffrey Gantz wrote that Donny Osmond shows some grit but he s still the voice of the Whitebread West 37 Amazon ca s Jason Verlinde commented Unfortunately the voice of Donny Osmond relegated to anthems such as I ll Make a Man Out of You doesn t really enhance the story line 31 Live performances and covers EditIn April 2017 Osmond performed I ll Make a Man Out of You live on the 24th season of the reality television competition Dancing with the Stars 55 the ninth season of which Osmond himself had won 56 Part of the season s Disney themed episode Osmond s performance accompanied singer Normani and professional dancer Val Chmerkovskiy s pasodoble 56 The competitors were ultimately he highest scoring couple of the evening earning a score of 49 from the judges 57 In October 2014 a parody of I ll Make a Man Out of You was uploaded to YouTube entitled I ll Make a Mon Out of You 58 A mashup of Mulanand the popular Pokemonfranchise the video features Digimon Gatomon attempting to masquerade as Pokemon Meowth in lieu of Mulan while Ash occupies the role of Shang as his trainer according to Smosh 59 Another parody of the song based on the Dragon Ball franchise was uploaded to YouTube by TeamFourStar 60 Although the 2020 remake of Mulan leaves out I ll Make a Man Out of You a fanedit by Blue Hippo Films uses the movie s new training scenes to convincingly add the song back 61 On April 16 2020 Donny Osmond gave an at home performance of the song during The Disney Family Singalong 62 Dan Vasc did a cover on YouTube as hard metal rock https www youtube com watch v js7mx3EgiDUImpact and legacy EditTotal Film ranked I ll Make a Man Out of You twenty ninth on its list of the 30 Best Disney Songs 38 Similarly Mranked the song twentieth on its list of the Top 20 Disney Songs of All Time Author Stephanie Osmanski cited Did they send me daughters when I asked for sons as her favourite lyric 63 Gregory E Miller of theNew York Postcited I ll Make a Man Out of You as one of The best and the most underrated Disney songs writing Captain Shang s battle preparation anthem is the movie s most quotable with a memorable chorus and a slew of one liners from supporting characters 44 PopSugar ranked the song the nineteenth Catchiest Disney Song 64 In 2012 Entertainment Weekly readers voted the song 18th on their list of 20 all time greatest Disney songs citation needed Osmond himself acknowledged the accomplishment in a Facebook post writing In my grandkids eyes this is easily my greatest accomplishment yet 65 Comedy Central Josh Pappenheim called I ll Make a Man Out of You one of the most iconic Disney songs of all time 66 Hannah Yasharoff writing for USA Today dubbed the track an iconic moment in pop culture 28 On Empire s list of the twenty Most Awesome Training Montages In Cinema History I ll Make a Man Out of You was ranked 14th The author identified it as a solid training montage in which Mulan and her friends go from hapless duffers to fearless warriors in just over two minutes 67 Similarly Men s Fitnessalso ranked I ll Make a Man Out of You among the greatest training montages in film history 53 Stephen Fiorentine of Sneaker Report wrote that Training montages aren t limited to just live action movies With movies like Mulanand Hercules Disney mastered the art of the montage in their animated films 68 In 2018 Entertainment Weekly contributor Maureen Lee Lenker wrote that the song has successfully endured since the film s release and remained a perennial favorite despite being more upbeat than typical Disney songs 6 Actress Daisy Ridley said that she listens to the song to prepare for action sequences in film roles 69 particularly for her performance in Star Wars The Force Awakens 2015 70 Ridley explained that the song makes me feel empowered and revive her energy comparing her character Rey finding her strength to Mulan 70 Media publications have lamented the fact that the 2020 live action adaptation of the film might not include any songs particularly I ll Make a Man Out of You with Yasharoff writing Any 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