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“WHEN THE LOVE BUG BITES” 223
David (Marcus Lovett) and is smitten, she reflects upon her willingness to
do anything for him because of her deep love.
“When Love Is Gone” is the heartfelt torch song Paul Williams wrote for
the film The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992). The pretty Englishwoman
Belle (Meredith Braun) sings to the young man Ebenezer Scrooge (Raymond
Coulthard) about how his love of money has replaced his love for her
and she bids him farewell. At the end of the movie, the old and reformed
Scrooge (Michael Caine) sings the number as “When Love Is Found” as he
celebrates Christmas with the Cratchit family. Martina McBride sings the
song over the closing credits of the film, and her recording received some
airplay.
“When She Loved Me” is the heart-tugging torch song not about lovers
parting, but about the loss of a friend, used so effectively in the computeranimated
movie sequel Toy Story 2 (1999). In a flashback, the cowgirl doll
Jessie (voice of Joan Cusack) recalls when she was the favorite toy of the
little girl Emily. But as Emily grew up and her interests changed, she neglected
Jessie and eventually left her as a donation to charity. Randy Newman
wrote the simple but moving ballad, which is sung on the soundtrack
by Sarah McLachlan during the potent sequence. Out of context, the song
could be performed as a love song, as with heartfelt recordings by Brian
Sutherland, Steve Tyrell, Michael Crawford, Kerry Butler, and Jordan
Pruitt.
“When the Buzzards Return to Hinckley Ridge” is the mock opera
aria Mel Leven wrote for the sly animated documentary short It’s Tough
to Be a Bird (1969) about the history of birds before and after the arrival
of man. During live-action film footage of the annual buzzard festival in
Hinckley, Ohio, Ruth Buzzi’s earsplitting soprano voice is heard on the
soundtrack singing this tribute to all the buzzards that descend on the town
each spring.
“When the Love Bug Bites” is the menacing yet comic song about the
effects of love written by Michael and Patty Silversher for the animated
television special Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You (1999). Winnie the
Pooh (voice of Jim Cummings) learns that his friend Christopher Robin is
“smitten” by love, and his friends Rabbit (Ken Sansom) and Tigger (Paul
Winchell) sing about the medical symptoms of love, none of them pleasant.