Performed in the 1950 film Cinderella, by actress Verna Felton, the song is about the Fairy Godmother transforming an orange pumpkin into a white carriage, four brown mice into white horses, a gray horse into a white-haired coachman and a brown dog into a white-haired footman.
[2] Ilene Woods and the Woodsmen with Harold Mooney and His Orchestra recorded the song in Hollywood on October 26, 1949.
[3] On the Cash Box Best-Selling Record charts, where all versions were combined, the song reached number 7.
The Kings Men performed the song on the Fibber McGee and Molly radio program on January 10, 1950.
This song was used in a Gatorade commercial starring Sergio Ramos, Leo Messi, David Luiz, and Landon Donovan promoting the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
The first line of the lyric was used as a mantra by Nellie McKay in a Guy Noir skit during episode 1482, January 24, 2015, of A Prairie Home Companion.
In the Disney/Square Enix crossover game Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, the song has been reorchestrated by Yoko Shimomura as the theme tune for the Cinderella world Castle of Dreams.
However, these names are spelt as "Bibidi", "Babidi", and "Majin Buu" respectively, in the English dub of the animated adaption.
The lyrics of the song are algebraically analyzed in a math lesson by Mr. Garrison in the South Park episode "Royal Pudding".
The popular radio show My Favorite Husband episode which aired on July 27, 1950, makes fun of the nonsense words of this song.
The Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique is a Cinderella inspired makeover salon in Disney Parks named for this song.