Can You Feel the Love Tonight

"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" is a classical pop song from the Disney's 1994 animated feature film, The Lion King. It was composed by Elton John with lyrics written by Tim Rice.
==Plot==
As the song begins, Timon and Pumbaa realize that Nala and Simba being alone together would most likely lead to the two falling romantically in love. The two worry that this will bring an end to their carefree days with Simba. Timon's prediction comes true, and Nala and Simba's longtime childhood friendship eventually blossoms into intense romance during a stroll through the jungle.
In The Lion King 1½, the romantic love scene is interspersed with scenes showing Timon and Pumbaa trying to disrupt Simba and Nala's romantic night out, accompanied by the theme to by playing in the background, while the refrain plays throughout their failure. Timon and Pumbaa's final verse is reprised at the end of the scene, albeit from a different angle.
Elton John, the composer, also sings his cover version during the end credits of the original film. This version was released as a single by Elton John and was also featured on The Lion King soundtrack.
==Lyrics==
<tabber>
Movie version=
Timon: I can see what's happening
Pumbaa: (spoken) What?
Timon: And they don't have a clue
Pumbaa: (spoken) Who?
Timon: They'll fall in love, and here's the bottom line
Our trio's down to two
Pumbaa: (spoken) Oh.
Timon: (sarcastically) The sweet caress of twilight
There's magic everywhere
And with all this romantic atmosphere
Disaster's in the air
Solo singer: Can you feel the love tonight?
The peace the evening brings
The world, for once, in perfect harmony
With all its living things	
Background Chorus: Mamela thuli
Mamela thuli
Mamela thuli
Mamela lelando we
Simba: So many things to tell her
But how to make her see
The truth about my past? Impossible
She'd turn away from me
Nala: He's holding back, he's hiding
But what, I can't decide
Why won't he be the king I know he is
The king I see inside?
Chorus: Can you feel the love tonight?
The peace the evening brings
The world, for once, in perfect harmony
With all its living things	
Background Chorus: Mamela thuli
Mamela thuli
Mamela thuli
Mamela lelando we
Can you feel the love tonight?
You needn't look too far
Steeling through the night's uncertainties
Love is where they are	
Mamela, mamela thuli
Mamela thuli
Timon: And if he falls in love tonight
It can be assumed
Pumbaa: His carefree days with us are history
Both: In short, our pal is doomed
|-|Broadway version=
Timon: I can see what's happening
Pumbaa (spoken) What?
Timon: And they don't have a clue
Pumbaa: (spoken) Who?
Timon: They'll fall in love and here's the bottom line
Our trio's down to two
Pumbaa: (spoken) Oh.
Timon: The sweet caress of twilight
There's magic everywhere
And with all this romantic atmosphere
Disaster's in the air
Chorus: Can you feel the love tonight
The peace the evening brings
The world for once in perfect harmony
With all its living things	
Uta lerato-weh
Mamela
Mamela, uta lerato-weh
Mamela lerato-weh
Simba: So many things to tell her
But how to make her see
The truth about my past? Impossible
She'd turn away from me
Nala: He's holding back, he's hiding
But what, I can't decide
Why won't he be the king I know he is
The king I see inside?
Simba, Nala, and Chorus: Can you feel the love tonight?
The peace the evening brings
The world, for once, in perfect harmony
With all its living things	
Mamela, mamela, mamela, uta lerato-weh, mamela
Mamela, uta lerato-weh
Mamela, lerato-weh
Mamela, lerato-weh
(instrumental aerial ballet verse; cut since 2010)
Can you feel the love tonight?
You needn't look too far
Stealing through the night's uncertainties
Love is where they are	
Mamela, mamela, mamela, uta lerato-weh, mamela
Mamela, uta lerato-weh
Mamela lerato-weh
Mamela lerato-weh
Nala: And if he feels the love tonight
In the way I do
Simba: It's enough for this restless wanderer
Both: Just to be with you
|-|Elton John's version=
There's a calm surrender
To the rush of day
When the heat of a rolling wind
Can be turned away
An enchanted moment
And it sees me through
It's enough for this restless warrior
Just to be with you
And can you feel the love tonight?
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far
And can you feel the love tonight?
How it's laid to rest
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best
There's a time for everyone
If they only learn
That the twisting kaleidoscope
Moves us all in turn
Patrick: There's a rhyme and reason
Jack: To the wild outdoors
Tasha: When the heart of this star-crossed voyager
Beats in time with yours
And can you feel the love tonight?
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far
And can you feel the love tonight?
How it's laid to rest
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best
|-|Festival of the Lion King version=
Nala:
There's a calm surrender
To the rush of day
When the heat of the rolling world
Can be turned away
Simba:
An enchanted moment
And it sees me through
It's enough for this restless warrior
Just to be with you
Simba and Nala: And can you feel the love tonight?
The peace the evening brings
The world, for once, in perfect harmony
With all its living things	
Background Chorus: Mamela thuli
Mamela thuli
Mamela lelando we
(instrumental verse)
Background Chorus: Mamela thuli
Mamela thuli
Simba and Nala: The world, for once, in perfect harmony
With all its living things
(cue to reprise of Circle of Life)
|-|Disneyland Holiday version=
Can you feel the love tonight?
The peace the evening brings
The world, for once, in perfect harmony
Is the most magical time of the year
|-|Walt Disney World Holiday version=
Can you feel the love tonight?
The peace the evening brings
The world, for once, in perfect harmony
It is the most wonderful time of the year
|-|First deleted version=
Timon: If I said I love you
Pumbaa: (spoken) Huh?
Timon: Had you on my brain
Pumbaa: (spoken): Hey!
Timon: It would mean a romantic atmosphere had rendered me insane!
Pumbaa: (spoken) Yup!
Timon: It's only an example, it don't apply to us
Pumbaa: (spoken) Phew! 
But over there, it's a different story
Timon: And one we must discuss!
Both: Oh, can you feel the love tonight?
Oh, the signs are there
Pumbaa: A starry sky and tons of tenderness
Timon: Disaster in the air!
And if he falls in love tonight
Pumbaa: (spoken) Oh no!
Timon: It can be assumed
Pumbaa: (spoken) What?
Timon: His carefree days with us are history
In short
Both: Our pal is doomed!
(Both start shedding noisy tears)
|-|Second deleted version=
Simba: There's a calm surrender
To the rush of day
When the heat of a rolling wind
Can be turned away
Nala: An enchanted moment
Any heart would fall
Paradise, and I can't help wondering
Should I be here at all?
Both: And can you feel the love tonight?
Won't you stay to see
Stealing through the night's uncertainties
A truth for you and me
Nala: Somewhere there's a reason
Why I had to go
To keep away from this star-crossed voyager
That I don't want to know
Simba: Never trust the future
Never miss the past
If you live for the shining moment
The moment may just last!
Both: And can you feel the love tonight?
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far
Can you feel the love tonight?
Won't you stay to see
Stealing through the night's uncertainties
A truth for you and me
Stealing through the night's uncertainties
A love for you and me
|-|S Club 7's version=
Verse 1:
Elton John: There's a calm surrender to the rush of day
When the heat of a rolling wind can be turned away
An enchanted moment, and it sees me through
It's enough for this restless warrior just to be with you
Chorus:
And can you feel the love tonight?
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we've got this far
And can you feel the love tonight?
How it's laid to rest
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best
Verse 2:
There's a time for everyone if they only learn
That the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn
Patrick: There's a rhyme and reason 
Jack: To the wild outdoors
Tasha: When the heart of this star-crossed voyager beats in time with yours
(yeah, yeah, yeah)
Chorus:
Elton John: And can you feel the love tonight? (can you feel the love?)
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far
And can you feel the love tonight? (Can you feel the love?)
How it's laid to rest? (Oooh)
It's enough
To make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best
Outro:
Oh, it's enough
To make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best
Good Night, Patrick.
Patrick: Good Night, everybody.
|-|2019 version=
Timon: I can see what's happening
Pumbaa: (spoken) I can't... What?
Timon: And they don't have a clue
Pumbaa: (spoken) Who's "they"?
Timon: They'll fall in love... And here's the bottom line
Our trio's down to two
Pumbaa: (spoken) Oh, I get it.
Timon: The sweet caress of twilight
Pumbaa: (spoken) Yeah.
Timon: There's magic everywhere
Pumbaa: (spoken) It's everywhere.
Timon: And with all this romantic atmosphere
Disaster's in the air
Nala/Simba: Can you feel the love tonight?
The peace the evening brings
The world, for once, in perfect harmony
With all its living things	
Background Chorus: Mamela thuli
Mamela thuli
Mamela thuli
Mamela lelando we
Simba: So many things to tell her
But how to make her see
The truth about my past? Impossible
She turned away from me
Nala: He's holding back, he's hiding
But what, I can't decide
Why won't he be the king I know he is
The king I see inside!
Nala/Simba: Can you feel the love tonight?
The peace the evening brings
The world, for once, in perfect harmony
With all its living things	
Background Chorus: Mamela thuli
Mamela thuli
Mamela thuli
Mamela lelando we
Can you feel the love tonight?
You needn't look too far
Steeling through the night's uncertainties
Love is where they are	
Background Chorus: Mamela thuli
Mamela thuli
Timon: And if he falls in love tonight
It can be assumed
Pumbaa: His carefree days with us are history
Both: In short, our pal is doomed
</tabber>
==Videos==
Cut Scene - Can You Feel The Love Tonight
The Lion King - Can You Feel The Love Tonight Elton John Version
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (From "The Lion King")
Elton John - Can You Feel the Love Tonight (From "The Lion King" Official Video)
Disney Music Box ǀ Can You Feel The Love Tonight-2
Disney Instrumental ǀ Makiko Hirohashi - Can You Feel The Love Tonight-2
Disney Instrumental ǀ Neverland Orchestra - Can You Feel The Love Tonight-2
Disney Instrumental ǀ Jack Jezzro - Can You Feel The Love Tonight-2
Disney Instrumental ǀ Fred Mollin - Can You Feel The Love Tonight-2
Disney Instrumental ǀ Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Can You Feel The Love Tonight-2
Disney Instrumental ǀ Kento Ohgiya & Masayoshi Ōishi - Can You Feel The Love Tonight-2
Disney Instrumental ǀ BBC Concert Orchestra - Can You Feel The Love Tonight
S Club - Can You Feel The Love Tonight?-2
Sara Paxton - Can You Feel The Love Tonight?-2
Elliott Yamin - Can You Feel The Love Tonight?-2
Can You Feel The Love Tonight?-Nants’ Ingonyama (From "The Lion King" - Visualizer)-2
Can You Feel The Love Tonight-2
Can You Feel the Love Tonight-2
Disney Peaceful Piano - Can You Feel the Love Tonight (Audio Only)-2
Lion King 1½- Can't Feel The Love Tonight-2
Lion King SNES Music - Can You Feel The Love Tonight-2
The Lion King (Sega Genesis) Soundtrack - Can You Feel the Love Tonight-2
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (Vocal)-2|Disney's Karaoke Series
Can You Feel The Love Tonight-3|Disney Music Block Party
Larry Stewart - Can You Feel The Love Tonight-2
DDR Disney Grooves- Can You Feel The Love Tonight-2
Disney Eurobeat - Can You Feel The Love Tonight-2
Can You Feel The Love Tonight (Hawaiian Version)
【曲のみ】愛を感じて from Disney Music Parade 【ミューパレ】
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (From "The Lion King")-2
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (From "A Whole New Sound")
File:Simple Plan - Can You Feel the Love Tonight (From "A Whole New Sound")
==Trivia==
*"Can You Feel The Love Tonight" won the 1994 and the .
*The song was nominated for AFI's "100 Years...100 Songs" as one of 15 from Disney and one of 17 from an animated movie to be nominated. The ones that eventually made the cut were: "When You Wish Upon a Star" (#7), "Someday My Prince Will Come" (#19), "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" (#36), Wind Beneath My Wings" (#44), "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" (#47), "Beauty and the Beast" (#62), and "Hakuna Matata" (#99).
*The song originally was storyboarded to be sung by Timon and Pumbaa in a comical fashion, but was changed at the insistence of Elton John to be the film's "Prince and Princess" moment. Plus, it wouldn't make sense to waste such a grand number on secondary characters.
*Throughout the song in the film itself during the verses where an offscreen singer is heard, background Zulu vocals can be heard saying, "Mamela thuli" (Listen to this quiet person) and "Mamela lelando we" (Hey, listen to this history).
*This song was the first song Elton John wrote for the film.
*It was only through the insistence of Elton John that the song was included in the movie.
*Several demos of the song were recorded during the film's production. One demo was sung just by Timon and Pumbaa, but Elton John disliked the comical nature of the concept; part of it is used for the final film. Another demo was recorded by Joseph Williams and Sally Dworsky as Simba and Nala, but it was also scrapped as it didn't connect with the African-themed music for the film. Part of that demo appeared in a behind-the-scenes teaser trailer for the film on the 1994 VHS release of The Fox and the Hound, which viewers will not find anywhere else except in the storyboard.
*In the original soundtrack version of the song, Timon and Pumbaa's sobbing at the end is prolonged, eventually cutting to them snoring, implying that they cried themselves to sleep.
**In the film version, Timon and Pumbaa's voices appear to be switched.
**The part where Timon and Pumbaa cry at the end of the song in the soundtrack was cut off from Radio Disney Junior broadcasts.
*According to Mouse Under Glass, Tim Rice wrote fifteen different drafts for the song before finally settling on the version included in the film.
*Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind featured the song performed by Arnold McCuller and Andrea Robinson (who unfortunately went uncredited), using the lyrics of the Elton John version but similar in style to the Simba/Nala demo version, set to a montage of clips featuring couples from The Lion King, Bambi, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Brave Little Tailor, Fun and Fancy Free, Cinderella, Robin Hood, Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians, Lady and the Tramp, and Melody Time. The music video was also featured (without on-screen lyrics) in the 1997 non-US compilation video Disney's Greatest Love Songs.
*There is a version of this song sung in the French track of The Lion King 1½ throughout the credits instead of "Grazing in the Grass" by Raven-Symoné and a reprise of "That's All I Need" by Timon, performed by Star Academy 3.
*In the midquel film, Timon and Pumbaa try to trip Nala and Simba up with a vine, which causes the lions to roll down the hill.
*The 2010 version cuts to the Broadway and North American tour versions of the show eliminated the aerial ballet (still evident in the original cast recording by an instrumental break in the song).
*The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar makes a nod to the song when Kion says, "Dad, we already had that talk! Can you feel the love tonight? I know all about that mushy stuff!"
*A parody of this song is seen in Zootopia on the playlist of Judy Hopps' music player under the name "Can You Feel the Fluff Tonight", though the rest of the song's name is covered by Judy's thumb.
*This song sometimes changed lyrics to "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (Walt Disney World version) and "It's the Most Magical Time of the Year" (Disneyland version) instead of the lyrics "With all its living things", which reflects the holiday season. It can be seen on 2017 edition of Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration.
*The music to part of the song can be heard when Zazu tells Simba and Nala how they are betrothed.
*Elton John sang his version of the song at the 1994 Academy Awards.
*It is very heavily implied that Simba and Nala mated at the end of the song, and also conceived Kiara in the process, hence foreshadowing the infant Kiara's brief cameo at the end of the film, with the joke in Return of the Roar seemingly confirming it. 
*In The Lion King 1½, Timon's verse is seen from a different angle where we see Simba and Nala walking off into the distance after they embraced.
==References==
==External links==
*
es:Can You Feel the Love Tonight
fr:L'Amour Brille Sous les Étoiles
it:L'amore è nell'aria stasera
ko:사랑으로 가득한
nl:'s Avonds Bloeit De Liefde Op
pl:Can You Feel the Love Tonight
pt-br:Can You Feel the Love Tonight
ru:Нынче ты узнал любовь
Category:Romance songs
Category:The Lion King songs
Category:Academy Award winning songs
Category:Closing songs
Category:Hero/Heroine songs
Category:Songs in Disney Sing Along Songs videos
Category:Songs in video games
Category:Golden Globe Award winning songs
Category:Songs with alternate lyrics
Category:Grammy Award winning songs
Category:Group songs
Category:Award-winning songs