What's This? (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

"What's This?" is a song from The Nightmare Before Christmas. It is sung by Jack Skellington after he arrives in Christmas Town.

The song was dubbed in the majority of the film's dubs, though the Catalan, Czech, Hungarian and Turkish dubs all left it in English.

This song is also notable for being dubbed into Norwegian and Swedish for incusion on sing-a-long specials, despite the fact that the film itself has not yet been dubbed into either of these languages.

English
Performed by Danny Elfman

What's this? There's white things in the air. What's this? I can't believe my eyes. I must be dreaming! Wake up, Jack! This isn't fair! What's this?
 * -|Lyrics=What's this? What's this? There's color everywhere.

What's this? What's this? There's something very wrong. What's this? There's people singing songs. What's this? The streets are lined with little creatures laughing. Everybody seems so happy. Have I possibly gone daffy? What is this? What's this?

There's children throwing snowballs instead of throwing heads. They're busy building toys, and absolutely no one's dead. There's frost on every window. Oh, I can't believe my eyes. And in my bones, I feel the warmth that's coming from inside.

Oh look, what's this? They're haning mistletoe. They kiss? Why, that looks so unique. Inspired! They're gathering around To hear a story, roasting chestnuts on a fire What's this?

What's this? In here, they've got a little tree. How queer! And who would ever think And why? They're covering it with tiny little things They've got electric lights on strings, and there's a smile on everyone So now, correct me if I'm wrong. This looks like fun! This looks like fun! Oh, could it be? I got my wish? What's this?

Oh my, what now? The children are asleep. But look, there's nothing underneath. No ghouls, no witches here to scream and scare them Or ensnare them, only little cozy things secure inside their dreamland. What's this?

The monsters are all missing, and the nightmares can't be found. And in their place, there seems to be good feeling all around. Instead of screams, I swear I can hear music in the air. The smell of cakes and pies are absolutely everywhere.

The sights, the sounds, they're everywhere and all around! I've never felt so good before! This empty place inside me is filling up. I simply cannot get enough! I want it! Oh, I want it! Oh, I want it for my own! I've got to know! I've got to know! What is this place that I have found? What is this?

(spoken) Christmas Town?

Arabic
Performed by Amr Yehia

Cantonese
Performed by Leung Ho Cheung

Sing-a-long version
This version was produced before the film itself received a full Dutch dub. It was included in a sing-a-long released on a special VHS edition of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Film version
Performed by Florus van Rooijen

This version is from the Dutch dub of the film itself. The lyrics are loosely based on the prior sing-a-long version.

French (France)
Performed by Olivier Constantin

German
Performed by Alexander Goebel

Greek
Performed by Konstantínos Staurídis

Italian
Performed by Renato Zero

Japanese
Performed by Masachika Ichimura

Korean
Performed by Nam Gyeong-ju

Mandarin
Performed by Wang Han

Norwegian
The film itself currently does not have an official Norwegian dub. The Norwegian-dubbed version of this song was produced for inclusion in a sing-a-long released on a special VHS edition of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Avazheh
Performed by Ashkan Sadeqi

Polish
Performed by Wojciech Paszkowski

1993
Performed by Nelson Machado

2003
Performed by Marcelo Coutinho

2012
Performed by Marcelo Coutinho

Portuguese (Portugal)
Performed by Pedro Bargado

Russian
Performed by Aleksey Kortnev

Slovak
Performed by Ján Gallovič

Spanish (Latin America)
Performed by Sergio Saldívar

Spanish (Spain)
Perfomed by Tony Cruz

Swedish
The film itself currently does not have an official Swedish dub. The Swedish-dubbed version of this song was produced for inclusion in a sing-a-long released on a special VHS edition of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.