What is the name of the training song in Mulan?

The training song in Mulan is “I'll Make a Man Out of You.” It plays during Captain Li Shang’s boot-camp montage, as Mulan and the other recruits struggle to become soldiers.

The song was written by composer Matthew Wilder and lyricist David Zippel. It replaced an earlier planned number, “We’ll Make a Man of You,” after Stephen Schwartz left the project. Wilder and Zippel built the replacement around the deliberately ironic title: Shang is trying to make soldiers out of his recruits without realizing that Mulan is secretly a woman.

Donny Osmond provides Shang’s singing voice, while BD Wong supplies his speaking voice. Lea Salonga sings for Mulan, and several cast members contribute to the recruits’ chorus. A common mix-up is calling the number simply “Be a Man,” because that phrase is repeatedly sung in its chorus; “Training Song” is a descriptive label, not the official title. The sequence ends when Mulan retrieves Shang’s arrow, proving that intelligence and persistence can matter as much as brute strength.