![]() ![]() Later, the song was planned to be sung this time only by Simba and Nala but in the end the idea was scrapped again, and the final result was the song mainly sung by an off-screen voice (Kristle Edwards) with short lines from Simba (Joseph Williams) and Nala (Sally Dworsky), and the beginning and end parts by Timon (Nathan Lane) and Pumbaa (Ernie Sabella). John declared that "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" 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 song was once planned to be sung only by Timon and Pumbaa, but Elton John disliked the comical nature of the concept. In the followup 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 Theme from Peter Gunn playing when they try. In 2003, a remixed version of the song was included in the Special Edition soundtrack of The Lion King, again sung by Elton John. It also earned Elton John the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. ![]() It won the 1994 Academy Award for Best Original Song, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. The song was performed in the film by Kristle Edwards, Joseph Williams, Sally Dworsky, Nathan Lane, and Ernie Sabella, while the end title version was performed by Elton John. ![]()
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