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"A Guy Like You" is a song featured in Disney's 1996 animated feature film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. It is the gargoyles' chance to sing, assuring Quasimodo that Esmeralda loves him in the same way he loves her in a fun, Broadway-style musical number. Placing a comedic song after a dark, intense scene, such as "Hellfire" and the virtual destruction of Paris is a common technique allowing the audience to release tension in an appropriate time, thus allowing the climax to be appropriately dramatic for them. In Der Glöckner von Notre Dame, the song is akin to the movie, only the gargoyles use more French words and phases into the song instead of making visual gags.

Lyrics[]

Hugo:
Paris, the city of lovers
Is glowing this evening
True, that's because it's on fire
But still, there's "l'amour"

Somewhere out there in the night
Her heart is also alight
And I know the guy she just might be burning for

A guy like you
She's never known, kid
A guy like you
A girl does not
Meet every day

You've got a look
That's all your own, kid
Could there be two...?

Victor and Laverne:
...Like you?

All Three:
No way!

Hugo:
Those other guys
That she could dangle
All look the same
From every boring
Point of view

You're a surprise
From every angle
Mon Dieu above
She's gotta love
A guy like you

Victor:
A guy like you
Gets extra credit
Because it's true
You've got a certain something more

Hugo:
You're aces, kid

Laverne:
You see that face
You don't forget it

Victor and Laverne:
Want something new?

Hugo:
That's you

Victor and Laverne:
For sure!

Laverne:
We all have gaped
At some Adonis

Victor:
But then we crave a meal
More nourishing
To chew

Hugo:
And since you're shaped
Like a croissant is

All Three:
No question of
She's gotta love
A guy like you!

Laverne:
Call me a hopeless romatic
But Quasi, I feel it

Victor:
She wants you so, any moment
She'll walk through that door

All Three:
For

Hugo and Victor:
A guy so swell

Laverne:
A guy like you
I tell you Quasi

Hugo and Victor:
With all you bring her

Laverne:
There never was
Another, was he?

Hugo and Victor:
A fool could tell
It's why she fell

Laverne:
From king to serf
To the bourgeoisie

Hugo and Victor:
For you-know-who

Laverne:
They're all a second-stringer

Hugo:
You ring the bell

All Three:
You're the bell ringer!
When she wants ooh-la-la
Then she wants you-la-la

She will discover, guy
You're one heck of a guy
Who wouldn't love a guy
Like you?

Hugo:
You got a lot
The rest have not
So she's gotta love
A guy like you!

Antoine:
Paris, the city of lovers
Is glowing this evening
True, that's because it's on fire
But still, there's "l'amour"

Somewhere out there in the night
Her heart is also alight
And I know the guy she just might
Be burning for

A guy like you
She's never known, boy
A guy like you
Has charms a girl has rarely shown

You've got a look
That's all your own, kid
Could there be two?

Gargoyles:
Like you?
Mais non!

Antoine:
Those other guys
That she could dangle
All look the same
From every boring point of view

You're a surprise
From every angle
Mon Dieu above
She's gotta love
A guy like you

Charles:
A guy like you
Gets extra credit
For having, so to speak
His own unique allure

Loni:
You see that face
You don't forget it

Gargoyles::
Want something new?

Antoine:
That's you

Gargoyles::
Bien sur!

Loni:
We all have gaped
At some Adonis

Charles:
But then we crave a meal
More nourishing to chew

Antoine:
And since you've shaped
Like a croissant is

Gargoyles::
No question of
She's gotta love
A guy like you!

Loni:
Sometimes the truth can be cruel,
Cheri, But let's face it

Charles:
There's no dispute
about who is the cutest of us

Gargoyles::
Thus…
This mademoiselle

Quasimodo::
My dear Miss E.

Gargoyles::
What joy you bring her

Quasimodo::
So sweet and shy like

Gargoyles::
A fool could tell

Quasimodo::
I'm sure that she

Gargoyles::
It's why she fell

Quasimodo::
Would like what I like

Gargoyles::
For you-know-who

Quasimodo::
And Mon Ami,

Gargoyles::
You ring the bell

Quasimodo:
I am a guy like you know who

Gargoyles:
You're the bell ringer!
When she wants oo-la-la
Then she wants you la-la

She will discover why
You're one prince of a guy
Who wouldn't love a guy
Like you?

Quasimodo:
I've got a lot
The rest have not
So she's gotta love
A guy like me!

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Trivia[]

  • At one point, when the gargoyles give Quasimodo a makeover, he’s seen wearing a tall white wig, which is supposedly a reference to his voice actor, Tom Hulce’s, previous role in the 1984 bio drama, Amadeus.
  • The song is absent from the US stage musical as the gargoyles are absent too.


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Media
Films: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (video/soundtrack/Studio Cast Recording) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame IIHunchback

Television: House of MouseEsmeralda
Video Games: The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Topsy Turvy GamesKingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop DistanceDisney Sorcerer's Arena

Disney Parks
Disney Animation Building

Entertainment: Disney Classics: The Music & The MagicOne Man's Dream II: The Magic Lives OnMickey's Gift of DreamsThe Golden MickeysThe Hunchback of Notre Dame: A Musical Adventure
Restaurants: Clopin's Festival of Foods
Parades: Disney's Party ExpressThe Hunchback of Notre Dame Topsy Turvy Cavalcade
Fireworks: Believe... There's Magic in the StarsDisney Dreams!Happily Ever AfterHarmoniousMomentousWorld of ColorWonderful World of AnimationWondrous Journeys
Spring: Disney's Easter Wonderland
Summer: Stitch and Friends Summer Surprise
Halloween: Frightfully Fun ParadeHappy HallowishesIt's Good to be Bad with the Disney VillainsKooky Spooky Halloween NightRe-Villains! Halloween ParadeThe Disney Villains Halloween ShowtimeVillains GroveVillains Mix and MingleVillains Night Out! Chapter 2
Christmas: A Christmas Fantasy Parade

Characters
Original: QuasimodoEsmeraldaClaude FrolloPhoebusVictor, Hugo, and LaverneDjaliClopinArchdeaconAchillesBrutish and Oafish GuardsFrollo's SoldiersOld PrisonerQuasimodo's MotherQuasimodo's FatherSnowball

Sequel: MadellaineZephyrSarousch

Songs
Original: The Bells of Notre DameOut ThereTopsy TurvyHumiliationGod Help the OutcastsThe Bell TowerHeaven's LightHellfireParis BurningA Guy Like YouThe Court of MiraclesSanctuaryAnd He Shall Smite the WickedInto the SunlightSomeday

Sequel: Le Jour D'AmourAn Ordinary MiracleI'd Stick With YouFa la la la Fallen In LoveI'm Gonna Love You
Musical: Balancing ActRest and RecreationRhythm of the TambourineInto Notre DameTop of the WorldThai Mol PiyasEsmeraldaCity Under SiegeFlight Into EgyptOut of Love (Reprise) • Made of StoneFinale Ultimo
Deleted Songs: In a Place of MiraclesAs Long As There's a MoonSomeday

Locations
ParisNotre Dame de ParisPalace of JusticeCourt of Miracles
Miscellaneous
MusicalDisney Sing Along Songs: Topsy TurvyThe Making of The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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