In Pixar’s Toy Story 2, what song plays during Jessie’s memory of Emily?

In Pixar’s Toy Story 2, the song accompanying Jessie’s memory of Emily is “When She Loved Me.”

The song plays over a montage showing Jessie’s life with Emily, from joyful childhood play to the moment Emily grows older and leaves the cowgirl toy behind. Its lyrics and Sarah McLachlan’s performance communicate Jessie’s grief without requiring extended dialogue.

Randy Newman wrote the song for Toy Story 2, and it became one of the film’s best-known musical moments. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. The title is sometimes confused with “You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” the signature Toy Story theme, but that song is associated primarily with Woody and Andy’s friendship rather than Jessie’s abandonment.