Mickey Mouse March

Mickey Mouse March (The Mickey Mouse Club March), is the opening theme for the The Mickey Mouse Club TV show, broadcast weekday afternoons in the US from October 1955^[1] to 1959, on the ABC television network. (Who’s the leader of the Club that’s made for you and me? M-I-C-K-E-Y-M-O-U-S-E!) The song is reprised with the slower "it's time to say goodbye" verse, at the end of each episode. The song remains popular as a children's music standard. It is Mickey Mouse's official theme.

The song was written by the Mickey Mouse Club host Jimmie Dodd. It was published by Hal Leonard Corporation, July 1, 1955.^[2] Dodd wrote other songs used over the course of the series. Dodd was a guitarist and musician hired by Walt Disney as a songwriter. Dodd also wrote the “theme day” songs accompanying it on the show.

The song was also covered by Andrew W.K. on the Japanese only release Mosh Pit On Disney.

Characters featured in song

• Mickey Mouse
• Minnie Mouse
• Donald Duck
• Goofy
• Daisy Duck
• Pluto Pup
• Black Pete
• Clarabelle Cow
• Horace Horsecollar
• Chip 'n Dale
• Humphrey the Bear
• J. Audubon Woodlore
• Huey, Dewey, and Louie
• Scrooge McDuck
• Jiminy Cricket
• Dumbo
• Timothy Q. Mouse
• The Three Little Pigs
• Zeke Wolf

References in popular culture

• Full Metal Jacket: The concluding scene is with the marines' ironic rendition of the "Mickey Mouse March" as they march into the night.
• Alexei Sayle's Stuff: Titles for series 2 featured a pastiche of the "Mickey Mouse March", proclaiming "Who's an ugly bastard and as fat as he can be? A-L-E-X-E-I S-A-Y-L-E" ^[3]
• Captain Jack: In the song "Together & Forever" the tune is sung to this song replacing M-I-C-K-E-Y-M-O-U-S-E to C-A-P-T-A-I-N-J-A-C-K

References

1. ^ http://www.chud.com/articles/articles/808/1/DVD-REVIEW-MICKEY-MOUSE-CLUB-THE---WEEK-ONE/Page1.html
2. ^ CD notes: Disney Children's Favorites 4, 1990 Walt Disney Records
3. ^ Alexei Sayle's Stuff Opening titles - Youtube