The Bare Necessities
| "The Bare Necessities" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman | |
| from the album The Jungle Book | |
| B-side | "Trust in Me" (Sterling Holloway) |
| Released | 1967 |
| Recorded | 1966 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 4:51 |
| Label | Disneyland |
| Songwriter(s) | Terry Gilkyson |
"The Bare Necessities" is a jazz song, written by Terry Gilkyson, from Disney's 1967 animated feature film The Jungle Book, sung by Phil Harris as Baloo and Bruce Reitherman as Mowgli. Bill Murray and Neel Sethi, in the same roles, performed the song in the 2016 remake.