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The Gospel Truth
The Gospel Truth
Originally performed by
Composer Alan Menken
Lyrics David Zippel
Performer(s) Muses (Lillias White, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Cheryl Freeman, and Vanéese Y. Thomas)
Length 2:26
Films Hercules
Shows
Attractions Video games
Albums Hercules - An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
Preceded by
Followed by The Gospel Truth II

The Gospel Truth I is the introductory song for Disney's Hercules. It starts in a museum where the narrator is interrupted by the Muses when he was "making the story sound like some Greek tragedy". The Muses, which consist of Calliope, Clio, Melpomene, Terpsichore and Thalia, break into song to tell the story, instead of the boring old narration. This song acts as the prologue to the story and gives us the information about the time before Hercules before actually getting into the movie.

Lyrics

Back when the world was new
The planet Earth was down on its luck
And everywhere gigantic brutes called Titans ran amok

It was a nasty place
There was a mess wherever you stepped
Where chaos reigned and earthquakes and volcanoes never slept

And then along came Zeus
He hurled his thunderbolt
He zapped

Locked those suckers in a vault

They're trapped
And on his own stopped chaos in its tracks
And that's the gospel truth
The guy was too type "A" to just relax

And that's the world's first dish
Zeus tamed the globe while still in his youth
Though, honey, it may seem impossible
That's the gospel truth
On Mt. Olympus life was neat and smooth as sweet vermouth
Though, honey, it may seem impossible
That's the gospel truth


Hercules
Hercules
Media: Hercules | Hercules (official soundtrack) | Video game | TV series (Aladdin crossover) | Kingdom Hearts | Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories | Kingdom Hearts II | Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days | Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep | Kingdom Hearts coded

Characters: Hercules | Hades | Pegasus | Philoctetes | Megara | Pain and Panic | Fates | Muses | Zeus | Hera | Hermes | Hephaestus | Athena | Ares | Poseidon | Aphrodite | Demeter | Artemis | Apollo | Dionysus | Titans | Cerberus | Hydra | Nessus | Nymphs | Amphytryon and Alcmene | Icarus | Cassandra | Adonis | Tempest | Triton | Galatea | Pandora | Medusa | Echidna | Echidna's Children | Hecate | Nemesis | Mr. Parentheses | Homer | Fear and Terror | Minor characters | Minor Gods | Minor villains

Locations: Ancient Greece | Mount Olympus | Underworld | Phil's Island | Thebes | Prometheus Academy

Songs: The Gospel Truth I | The Gospel Truth II | The Gospel Truth III | Go the Distance | Go the Distance (Reprise) | One Last Hope | Zero to Hero | I Won't Say (I'm in Love) | A Star Is Born

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