Simple Plan cover Elton John’s ‘Can You Feel The Love Tonight’

Simple Plan have shared a cover of Elton John‘s ‘Can You Feel The Love Tonight’ – listen to their pop-punk take on the classic below.

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Today (July 12), the Canadian pop-punk outfit released their take on Elton John’s hit song from The Lion King, in collaboration with Disney. The track, per a Billboard report, is part of a larger Disney project titled ‘A Whole New Sound’, which will see new covers of iconic songs written for Disney films.

The ‘Can You Feel The Love Tonight’ cover comes as The Lion King celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.

Listen to Simple Plan’s cover of Elton John’s ‘Can You Feel The Love Tonight’ below.

Simple Plan said of their cover to Billboard: “When Disney reached out to us to be a part of this project, it was a bit overwhelming because there are so many amazing Disney songs. But it became obvious pretty quickly that The Lion King song book, and especially ‘Can You Feel The Love Tonight,’ stood out from the rest. The song just has such a classic feel, and the melodies are so memorable and timeless. We also felt like it would lend itself really well to our style and would sound awesome as a pop-punk version.”

Disney’s ‘A Whole New Sound’ has yet to receive a release date. It is also currently unknown who else will feature on the covers album.

In other news, Elton John is apparently working on two musicals and is “open to any great ideas”.

In May, the musician’s friend and co-writer Bernie Taupin has revealed that the singer’s 32nd studio album is “done” and will arrive soon. Taupin made the comments at ‘The Other Songs Live’, saying: “Elton and I have an album coming out very soon, but I daren’t say anything about it because I’m under strict orders to keep schtum. It’s all done and recorded.”

Taupin hinted that the album will “surprise” and “excite” people, adding: “I think it’s quite brilliant and quite contemporary and it will certainly surprise a lot of people and excite a lot of people and hopefully be successful.”

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