Mind Over Matter (song)

"Mind Over Matter" is a song from the 1966 musical film featurette "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree". The song was also subsequently incorporated into the 1977 musical film, "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" which is an amalgamation of the three previous Winnie-the-Pooh featurettes including "Honey Tree".

The song was written by Robert & Richard Sherman who have written most of the music for the Winnie-the-Pooh franchise over the years.

Originally the song was about tempting Pooh to think about getting thinner again. The original lyrics can be heard on the soundtrack album from Disneyland Records. In the end, it ended up being the "Heave Ho" song in the final film.

Literary sources

*cite book|last=Greene|first=Katherine|coauthors=and Richard Greene|title=Inside the Dream: The Personal Story of Walt Disney|year=2001|publisher=Disney Editions|location=New York|id=ISBN 0-7868-5350-6
*cite book|last=Peterson|first=Monique|title=The Little Big Book of Pooh|year=2002|publisher=Disney Editions|location=New York|id=ISBN 0-7868-5364-6
*cite book|last=Sherman|first=Robert B.|authorlink=Robert B. Sherman|title=|year=1998|publisher=Camphor Tree|location=Santa Clarita, Calif.|id=ISBN 0-9646059-3-7