Not sure if it's my favourite exactly, but one Disney song which did make quite an impression on me was "Hellfire" from the Hunchback of Notre Dame. I suppose in part because it went completely over my head when I saw it on the big screen as a kid, but when I revisited it several years later I found the blatant implications of Frollo's words to be...eye-opening; not typical Disney territory at all. But it's really not the lyrics that make it so alluring - it's Tony Jay, who turns in a truly powerful performance as the vocals of the twisted old law enforcer. He was easily the most effective thing about the film as a whole.
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