Can You Feel the Love Tonight
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" | ||||
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Single by Elton John | ||||
from the album The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
B-side |
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Released | 2 May 1994 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 4:01 (album version) | |||
Label | ||||
Composer(s) | Elton John | |||
Lyricist(s) | Tim Rice | |||
Producer(s) | Chris Thomas | |||
Elton John singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" on YouTube |
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" is a song from
Background and release
The song, written by Tim Rice and Elton John, was performed in the film by Kristle Edwards (also known as Kristle Murden), Joseph Williams, Sally Dworsky, Nathan Lane, and Ernie Sabella, while another version used in the film's closing credits was performed by Elton John. It won the 1994 Academy Award for Best Original Song,[2] and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. It also earned Elton John the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. The single version contains background vocals by Rick Astley, Gary Barlow and Kiki Dee.
It was planned to be sung only by Timon and Pumbaa, but John disliked the comical nature of the concept as he declared that the song was meant to follow "Disney's tradition of great love songs", and that it could "express the lions' feelings for each other far better than dialogue could". The final result was the song mainly sung by an off-screen voice (Edwards) with short lines from Simba (Williams) and Nala (Dworsky), and the beginning and end parts by Timon (Lane) and Pumbaa (Sabella).[4] It also included Zulu vocals that, while mostly muted in the on-screen version, were much more prominently featured in the audio-only releases.[5]
Within around one and a half months before the film was released in June 1994, John's recording was released throughout radio stations as a commercial single and entered the US Billboard Hot 100.[6] The music video of John's recording, directed by Matthew Amos, contains montages of John performing the song and scenes from the film.[7][6]
In 2003, a remixed version of the song was included in the Special Edition soundtrack of The Lion King, again sung by Elton John. In the follow-up film, The Lion King 1½, the romantic scene where the song was originally featured also had the song playing, but with a difference: interspersed with the romantic scenes were short comedic shots of Timon and Pumbaa trying to disrupt Simba and Nala's night out with the "Peter Gunn Theme" playing while they try.
Reception
The single release of John's recording (the closing credits version) peaked at number one on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for eight weeks.[8] It also sold 500,000+ units in France.[9]
Swedish
A reviewer from Swedish
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" | 3:59 |
2. | "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (instrumental) | 3:59 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" | 3:59 |
2. | "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (instrumental) | 3:59 |
3. | "Hakuna Matata" | 3:31 |
4. | "Under the Stars" (instrumental) | 3:43 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" | 3:59 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" | 3:59 |
2. | "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (instrumental) | 3:59 |
3. | "Hakuna Matata" | 3:31 |
4. | "Under the Stars" (instrumental) | 3:43 |
Festival of the Lion King
In
Personnel
- Elton John – piano, lead vocals
- Davey Johnstone – guitar
- Chuck Sabo – strings, drums
- Phil Spalding – bass
- Guy Babylon – keyboards
- Rick Astley, Gary Barlow, Kiki Dee,Robert Englund – backing vocals
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[50] | Gold | 35,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[68] | Gold | 25,000* |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[69] | Gold | 45,000‡ |
France ( SNEP)[71]
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Gold | 500,000[70] |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[72] | Platinum | 10,000* |
Sweden (GLF)[73] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[74] Elton John version |
Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[75] Ernie Sabella/Joseph Williams version |
Silver | 200,000‡ |
United States (RIAA)[77] | Platinum | 1,000,000[76] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United States | 2 May 1994 |
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Japan | 25 June 1994 | CD | Rocket | [79] |
United Kingdom | 27 June 1994 |
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Mercury | [80] |
See also
- List of number-one singles of 1994 (Canada)
- List of number-one hits of 1994 (France)
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1994 (U.S.)
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The first single, Elton John's end-credit reprise of 'Can You Feel The Love Tonight,' was shipped to adult contemporary and top 40 radio May 2 by Hollywood Records.
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General
- Elton John; Bernie Taupin (4 October 1997). "Elton John: 30 Years of Music with Bernie Taupin". Billboard (Interview). Interviewed by Timothy White; Craig Rosen. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
External links
- The Lion King – Can You Feel The Love Tonight on YouTube(official upload by DisneyMusicVEVO)
- "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" composed by Elton John Piano sheet music | pdf