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Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)

"Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" is the theme song for the Pirates of the Caribbean attractions at Disney theme parks. The music was written by George Bruns, with lyrics by Xavier Atencio.[1] The version heard at Disneyland and Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom was sung by the Mellomen, featuring Thurl Ravenscroft.[2]

"Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)"

1992: The song was parodied in a promotional spot for the series, TaleSpin, as sung by Don Karnage and the Air Pirates.

Disney Afternoon

1996: recorded a cover version for the Disney's Music From The Park album.

The Pointer Sisters

2002: The song is featured briefly in the Disney film . The robot B.E.N. (Martin Short) sings a few bars while aboard the RLS Legacy.

Treasure Planet

2003: The song is featured in the Disney film . A few bars are sung by young Elizabeth Swann (Lucinda Dryzek) in the film's opening. An older Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) later teaches it to Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) while they are marooned on an island. As according to her plan, Jack Sparrow falls drunk and she is able to destroy the rum. Later, when Captain Jack Sparrow once again becomes captain of the Black Pearl, he sings it, astonished that he remembered it.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

2005: The teaser trailer opened with archived audio of young Elizabeth singing the song.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

2006: A version is sung by the in DisneyMania 4; the refrain "Drink up me hearties" is replaced with "Stand up me hearties".

Jonas Brothers

2007: As with Dead Man's Chest, archive audio of young Elizabeth singing the song played at the opening of the teaser trailer for . The instrumentals and dialogue from the attraction are heard as well in the fade to black after the descent over the waterfall of World's End. A few bars of the song are sung again near the end of the film by Jack Sparrow, and after the credits by the son of Elizabeth.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

2010: show briefly plays the song prior to the main Pirates of the Caribbean segment.

Disney's World of Color

2011: The lyrics serve as part of Jack Sparrow's last line in , "It's a pirate's life for me. Savvy?"

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

2011: covered it in a medley on his album In the Key of Disney, which was released on October 25, 2011.

Brian Wilson

2017: The song was featured in the teaser trailer for the film .[3]

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

2018: briefly features the song prior to the main Pirates of the Caribbean theme in Adventureland section.

Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland

2019: A version with alternate lyrics is featured in the video game in a level based on Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. It is used to catch players up on the story of the previous film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

Kingdom Hearts III

2021: A playable shanty version was added to the video game during their Season 3 launch on June 22, 2021, which brought the world and characters of Pirates of the Caribbean to the game.

Sea of Thieves

2022: fireworks show briefly plays the song as part of the revamped version of the show that features the attraction segments.

Disney Enchantment

1994: In , when the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim are at home, a stadium organ version of the song is played during the opening faceoff of each period. This is a reference to Disney owning the team at the time.

NHL 95

2007–????: 's Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a pirate ship in the north end zone of Raymond James Stadium. During football games they play the song over the loudspeakers and jumbotron (courtesy of Disney), at which time patrons on the ship throw beads and other prizes into the crowd.

NFL