Question: Which language was the #1 hit song recorded by The Tokens originally composed in?

Context articles: Sylvain Cossette
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Can We Talk
Mest ondt
Mitch Margo
Secret Love (Doris Day song)
Tættere på himlen
Ticket to Ride
Being with You (song)
Why (Frankie Avalon song)

Sylvain Cossette (born May 8, 1963) is a French-Canadian singer-songwriter from Grand-Mère, Quebec (located in the Mauricie region).
 Sylvain was a founding member of the Quebec-based English language band Paradox in 1984, before becoming a French language solo artist by 1994.
 During his career he has sold over one million albums (12 Gold and Platinum), recorded thirty-two #1 hit songs and eight Number 1 albums, earned six Silver, Gold and Platinum Tickets, won 10 Quebec Felix Music Awards, six Socan awards and four Juno nominations, and performed in Canada and Europe in the hit stage musicals "Notre Dame De Paris" and "Dracula".
 Cossette's 2001 album "Rendez-vous" was certified Platinum by the CRIA in November 2002.
 His 2007 album "70s" (#1 Quebec, #2 Canada) is his first all English release and produced four Number 1 hit singles and two Number 1 hit videos.
 The album went Gold (50,000 CDs sold) in 27 days and Platinum (100,000 CDs sold) in 15 weeks.
 The 70s concert tour went Silver Ticket (25,000 tickets sold) in three months and Gold Ticket (50,000 tickets sold) within a year.
 On October 21, 2008, he released the album "70s Volume 2" and produced three Number 1 hit singles and one Number 1 hit video.
 The album went Gold (50,000 CDs sold) in 19 days and Platinum (100,000 CDs sold) in 11 weeks.
 On October 25, 2010, the album 70s Volume 3 was released and quickly went Gold.
 The 70s project has so far sold almost 400,000 albums, 150,000 concert tickets and been seen by over a 650,000 people at outdoor festivals.
 In September 2011 he launched his new one-year tour «The Best of the 70s».
 In October 2011, two compilation albums were released of his greatest French language hits.
 On October 1, 2012, he release his first original French language album in 12 years called "Le jour d'après" (4 number one hit songs) which he wrote, co-arranged and co-produced.
 His next album RETROSPECTIVE spawned a tour throughout French Canada in 2013-2014.
 In April 2014 he released an album "Les numérous 1" of his career #1 hit songs that he composed.
 A new trilogy project (album/photobiography book/tour) called ACCORDS was released in October 2014 and spawned three Number 1 hit singles followed by a tour throughout French Canada in 2015.
 In 2014-16 he was the creative force behind two children projects (albums and live shows): Lily et le Lutin & Pyjama Party.
 In 2017 he released his first instrumental album Café et Guitares in over 200 countries.
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight", also known as "In The Jungle", or any of "Wimoweh", "Wimba Way" or "Awimbawe", is a song written and recorded originally by Solomon Linda with the Evening Birds for the South African Gallo Record Company in 1939, under the title "Mbube".
 Composed in Zulu, it was adapted and covered internationally by many 1950's and 60's pop and folk revival artists, including the Weavers, Jimmy Dorsey, Yma Sumac, Miriam Makeba and the Kingston Trio.
 In 1961, it became a number one hit in the United States as adapted in English with the best-known version by the doo-wop group the Tokens.
 It went on to earn at least US$15 million in royalties from cover versions and film licensing.
"Can We Talk" is a song recorded by American R&B singer Tevin Campbell and composed and produced by Babyface.
 It was the first single to be released from his double platinum second release "I'm Ready".
 The song hit top ten on the pop charts peaking at number nine on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and spent a total of three weeks at number one on the US R&B chart.
 It sold 500,000 copies and earned a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America.
 The song was also Nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male.
 It was also nominated and later won the Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single - Male ("Can We Talk").
 Cover versions of the hit song have been done by The Whispers, Sanchez, and Kirk Whalum (on his 2005 album "Kirk Whalum Performs the Babyface Songbook").
 The song was later covered by British boyband Code Red in 1996, for their debut album "Scarlet" and was released as the album's lead single becoming a modest hit and reaching #1 in Asia.
 The song has also been covered by a Japanese/Korean singer during June 2008.
 The song became the opening theme to the 2012 sitcom "1600 Penn".
 The song was sampled in hip hop duo Luniz's song "Playa Hata" from their debut album "Operation Stackola".
 The song was sung by 19-year-old Victor Sulfa during the semi-finals on season 3 of "New Zealand Idol" as well as Nikko Smith during the Top 10 round on season 4 of "American Idol".
 The song has been featured on at least two different compilation albums including Disc 14 of "Classic Soul Ballads" entitled "Tender Love" and Volume 6 of MTV's "Party to Go" compilation albums series entitled "MTV Party to Go 6".
"Mest ondt" is a Danish language hit song by Burhan G, a Danish pop singer, songwriter and producer of Kurdish origin, featuring Danish-Chilean singer Medina.
 "Mest ondt" (translated as What hurts the most) was released on the Danish record label Copenhagen Records.
 It is the first ever #1 hit for Burhan G on Tracklisten, the official Danish Singles Chart.
Mitch Margo (born May 25, 1947) is an American singer and songwriter who was a professional recording artist by the age of 14.
 Along with brother Phil Margo), he was, and still is, a member of The Tokens.
 The vocal group is best known for its hit recording of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", which rose to #1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and remained there for 3 weeks in 1961.
 Other hits by The Tokens include: "Tonight I Fell In Love" (which Mitch Margo co-wrote), "I hear Trumpets Blow" (written by Mitch Margo), "He’s In Town", and "Portrait of My Love".
 The Tokens are still recording and performing.
 Their schedule includes venues such as The Riviera in Las Vegas, Epcot in Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida, and much more.
"Secret Love" is a song composed by Sammy Fain (music) and Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) for "Calamity Jane", a 1953 musical film in which it was introduced by Doris Day in the title role.
 Ranked as a #1 hit for Day on both the "Billboard" and "Cash Box", the song also afforded Day a #1 hit in the United States.
 "Secret Love" has subsequently been recorded by a wide range of artists, becoming a C&W hit firstly for Slim Whitman and later for Freddy Fender, with the song also becoming an R&B hit for Billy Stewart, whose version also reached the Top 40 as did Freddy Fender's.
 In the U.K., "Secret Love" would become the career record of Kathy Kirby via her 1963 remake of the song.
 The melody is based on the opening theme of Schubert's A-major piano sonata, D.664.
"Tættere på himlen" is a Danish language hit song by Burhan G, a Danish pop singer, songwriter and producer of Kurdish/Turkish origin, featuring Danish duo Nik & Jay.
 "Tættere på himlen" (translated as Closer to heaven) appeared on he 2010 album "Burhan G" and was released on the Danish record label Copenhagen Records.
 It is the second #1 hit for Burhan G on Tracklisten, the official Danish Singles Chart.
"Ticket to Ride" is a song by the English rock group the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney.
 Issued as a single in April 1965, it became the Beatles' seventh consecutive number 1 hit in the United Kingdom and their third consecutive number 1 hit in the United States, and similarly topped national charts in Canada, Australia and Ireland.
 The song was also included on their 1965 studio album "Help!
" Recorded at EMI Studios in London in February that year, the track marked a progression in the Beatles' work through the incorporation of drone and harder-sounding instrumentation relative to their previous releases.
 Among music critics, Ian MacDonald describes the song as "psychologically deeper than anything the Beatles had recorded before" and "extraordinary for its time".
"Being with You" is a 1981 song recorded by American singer Smokey Robinson and is the title track from his Gold-certified album with the same name.
 The song spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart from March to early May 1981 and reached number two on the "Billboard" Hot 100, behind "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes, his highest charting solo hit on the "Billboard" pop charts.
 It hit No. 1 on the US "Cash Box" Top 100.
 The track was also a No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart in June 1981, becoming Robinson's second UK No. 1 single and his first as a solo artist.
"Why" is a hit song recorded by Frankie Avalon in 1959 that went to No. 1 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 chart published on the week of December 28, 1959 "for the week ending of January 2nd, 1960", making it the last No. 1 single of the 1950s, and the first No. 1 single of the 1960s at the same time.
 The single also became the first No. 1 single of the 1960s on the "Cashbox magazine" charts.
 The song was written by Avalon's manager and record producer Robert "Bob" Marcucci and Peter De Angelis.
 It was Avalon's second and final No. 1 hit.