What’s This?

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"What’s This?" is a lively, wonder-filled song sung by Jack Skellington in Tim Burton’s *The Nightmare Before Christmas* as he discovers the joys of Christmas Town.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical number
song
associatedHoliday Christmas NERFINISHED
Halloween NERFINISHED
composer Danny Elfman NERFINISHED
countryOfOriginOfWork United States of America
surface form: United States
directorOfContainingFilm Henry Selick NERFINISHED
featuredInFilm The Nightmare Before Christmas NERFINISHED
featuredInFranchise The Nightmare Before Christmas franchise NERFINISHED
featuredInWork The Nightmare Before Christmas NERFINISHED
fictionalSetting Christmas Town NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse The Nightmare Before Christmas universe NERFINISHED
genre Christmas song
film song
holiday song
show tune
hasCharacter Jack Skellington NERFINISHED
hasCultFollowing true
hasFandom The Nightmare Before Christmas fans
hasMusicalStyle orchestral
theatrical
hasTargetAudience animation fans
family audiences
holiday movie fans
language English
lyricist Danny Elfman NERFINISHED
narrativeContext Jack Skellington explores Christmas Town NERFINISHED
narrativePointOfView first-person
originalMedium stop-motion animated film
partOfSoundtrack The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack NERFINISHED
performedByCharacter Jack Skellington NERFINISHED
performedByVoiceActor Danny Elfman NERFINISHED
producerOfContainingFilm Tim Burton NERFINISHED
recordedFor The Nightmare Before Christmas NERFINISHED
releaseYearOfContainingFilm 1993
screenwriterOfContainingFilm Caroline Thompson NERFINISHED
sungByCharacterType skeletal pumpkin king
theme curiosity
discovery of Christmas
joy
title What’s This? NERFINISHED
tone lively
wonder-filled
usedIn film sing-along screenings
holiday playlists

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Christmas Town associatedMusicNumber What’s This?