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Dem Bones" (also called "Dry Bones" and "Dem Dry Bones") is a spiritual song. The melody was composed by author and songwriter James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson. [1] It was first recorded by The Famous Myers Jubilee Singers in 1928. Both a long and a shortened version of the song are widely known.
(which was released on DVD as Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Happy Haunting in 2006). They paired the song with the 1929 animated short film The Skeleton Dance by Ub Iwerks. [2] In 2010, YouTube user TJ Ski remade the video from the VHS tape, pairing the animated short with the song, after he was unable to find the original video online. [2]
The song is the second one in the movie, and vital to the plot. The character Bonejangles (voiced by Danny Elfman) introduces the song with the following lyrics: "What a story it is; a tragic tale of romance, passion and a murder most foul." Then, Bonejangles and other skeletons and corpses from the Land of the Dead sing the song with a fast ...
The music video for "Bones" marks the music-video-directing debut of film director Tim Burton. [2] Clips of the band were shot Aug. 17–18, 2006, and were edited together along with CGI backgrounds and characters, including a (fitting) Burton staple: skeletons. Michael Steger and Devon Aoki star in the video.
The full short film The Skeleton Dance The short film begins with an owl perched on a branch, in front of the full moon, then shows an empty graveyard with a church in the background. The minute hand on the church's clock strikes twelve, causing its bell to start tolling, which causes a group of bats to flee from the belfry.
The mom of three has been capturing videos of the kids and Mr. Bones since last year. In September, she posted her now-viral video to Instagram of the family's adventures. Voyles' reel has been ...
In the U.S, it peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. The music video features Williams trying to impress a female DJ by stripping naked and eventually resorting to removing his skin and muscles, ending up as a skeleton. The song won British Single of the Year, and the video won British Video of the Year at the 2001 Brit ...
It took "a few months" for Thorogood to write the song, [3] while the lyrics took longer to write. [5] Thorogood said "If we don’t write a song called ‘Bad to the Bone,’ somebody else will, so it might as well be us." [6] Thorogood first wanted Muddy Waters to record the song, but his manager declined the offer.