What is the first song in Tangled?

The first song in Tangled is “When Will My Life Begin?”

Rapunzel sings it near the beginning of the film while describing her carefully scheduled life inside the tower. She reads, paints, bakes, cleans, practices music and explores countless hobbies, yet still feels that her real life has not started. The song introduces her curiosity and her longing to see the outside world.

The number is often called Rapunzel’s “I Want” song, a Disney musical term for a character’s main expression of desire. Mandy Moore provides Rapunzel’s singing voice, while Alan Menken composed the music and Glenn Slater wrote the lyrics. The song also has a reprise later in the film.

A common mix-up is “I See the Light,” the later romantic duet sung by Rapunzel and Flynn Rider during the lantern sequence. “Mother Knows Best” appears earlier in Rapunzel’s backstory, but it is not the film’s opening featured song.