Friend Like Me - Ne-Yo (We Love Disney) - MP3 instrumental karaoke

Three-time Grammy winner and naughties R&B luminary Ne-Yo stepped up to the Disney plate in 2015 to give his voice to this finger-snapping Aladdin number from the compilation album We Love Disney. "Life is your restaurant / And I'm your maitre d'," he croons, over a jazzy backdrop brimming with pizzazz. "C'mon, whisper what it is you want / You ain't never had a friend like me." "Friend Like Me" was originally performed by the late Robin Williams (1951-2014) as Genie in the 1992 animated blockbuster Aladdin, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 65th Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 50th Golden Globe Awards in 1993. Ne-Yo's bouncy reimagining served as the opening track for the 2015 We Love Disney release, with contemporary pop icons like Gwen Stefani, Ariana Grande, and Jason Derulo also putting a fresh spin on a selection of much-loved Disney favourites.