Colors Of The Wind - End Title

This was the theme song to Pocahontas, the hugely popular animated Disney film about the Native American princess who saved the life of American explorer John Smith, ultimately contributing to the founding of the United States. The song finds Pocahontas chastising Smith for his arrogance and ignorance, telling him that he doesn't understand the wonders of nature. The line "Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?" is where she makes the point that even though he stakes his claim to the Earth, he doesn't know how to nurture it. The song makes reference to the Circle of Life in the lines, "We are all connected to each other in a circle, in a hoop that never ends." The previous year, this was the theme of the Disney movie The Lion King.

The music was written by Alan Menken and the lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. Menken also wrote the music for "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)." Schwartz also wrote lyrics for songs in the Disney movies The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Enchanted.

In the movie, this was sung by Judy Kuhn, who was the singing voice of Pocahontas. The Vanessa Williams version played over the end credits and was released as the single. The movie version contains an additional verse that begins: You think I'm an ignorant savage And you've been so many places I guess it must be so The single release, which at 4:12 is about a minute longer than the movie version, starts with the line, "You think you own whatever land you land on," but adds an extra chorus and is performed at a slower tempo.