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{{Infobox song
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| cover = The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens single cover.jpg
| alt =
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| artist = [[The Tokens]]
| album = The Lion Sleeps Tonight
| A-side = Tina
| released = November 17, 1961
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| venue =
| genre =
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*[[doo-wop]]
| length = 2:41
| label = [[RCA Victor]]
| writer =
*[[Solomon Linda]]
*[[Hugo Peretti]]
*[[Luigi Creatore]]
*[[George David Weiss]]
*Albert Stanton
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"'''The Lion Sleeps Tonight'''" is a song originally written and recorded by [[Solomon Linda]]<ref name="In the Jungle">{{Cite news|last=Malan|first=Rian|authorlink=Rian Malan|title=In the Jungle|url=http://longform.org/stories/in-the-jungle-rian-malan|website=Longform.org|accessdate=23 April 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418131844/http://longform.org/stories/in-the-jungle-rian-malan|archivedate=18 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> under the title "'''Mbube'''" for the South African [[Gallo Record Company]] in 1939. Linda's original was written in [[Zulu language|Zulu]], while the English version's lyrics were written by [[George David Weiss]]. The song was adapted and [[cover version|covered]] internationally by many pop and [[Roots revival|folk revival]] artists in the 1950s and 1960s, 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 millions in [[royalties]] from cover versions and film licensing. The pop group [[Tight Fit]] had a [[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s|number one hit in the UK]] with the song in 1982.
==History==
"Mbube" ([[Zulu language|Zulu]] for "lion") was written in the 1920s by [[Solomon Linda]],<ref name="FRITH">Frith, Simon, [https://books.google.com/books?id=bxsUdjSnGZcC&printsec=frontcover ''Popular Music: critical concepts in media and cultural studies, Volume 4''], London: Routledge, 2004. {{ISBN|978-0-415-33270-5}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=bxsUdjSnGZcC&pg=PA271&lpg=PA271 p. 271]</ref> a South African singer of [[Zulu people|Zulu origin]], who later worked for the [[Gallo Record Company]] in [[Johannesburg]] as a [[cleaner]] and record packer. He spent his weekends performing with the Evening Birds, a musical ensemble, and it was at Gallo Records, under the direction of producer Griffiths Motsieloa, that Linda and his fellow musicians recorded several songs, including "Mbube", which incorporated a [[call and response (music)|call-response]] pattern common among many [[Sub-Saharan Africa]]n [[ethnic group]]s, including the Zulu.
According to journalist [[Rian Malan]]:<blockquote>"Mbube" wasn't the most remarkable tune, but there was something compelling about the underlying chant, a dense meshing of low male voices above which Solomon yodelled and howled for two exhilarating minutes, improvising occasionally. The third take was the best, achieving immortality when Solly took a deep breath, opened his mouth, and improvised the [[melody]] that the world now associates with these words:
:::<poem>''In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.''<ref name="In the Jungle" /></poem></blockquote>
Issued by Gallo as a 78-rpm [[phonograph record]] in 1939,<ref>{{cite web|last=Cad|first=Saint|title=Top 10 Famous Songs With Unknown Originals|url=http://listverse.com/2012/07/31/top-10-famous-songs-with-unknown-originals/|website=listverse.com|access-date=21 June 2013}}</ref> and marketed to black audiences, "Mbube" became a hit and Linda a star throughout [[South Africa]]. By 1948, the song had sold over 100,000 copies in Africa and among black South African immigrants in Great Britain. Linda also lent its name to [[Mbube (genre)|a style]] of African [[a cappella]] music that evolved into ''[[isicathamiya]]'' (also called ''mbube''), popularized by [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Frith |first=Simon | authorlink = Simon Frith|title=Popular music: critical concepts in media and cultural studies, Volume 4 |location=London |publisher=Routledge |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-415-33270-5}}</ref>
In 1949, [[Alan Lomax]], then working as folk music director for [[Decca Records]], brought Solomon Linda's 78 recording to the attention of his friend [[Pete Seeger]] of the [[folk music|folk]] group [[The Weavers]]. In November 1951, after having performed the song for at least a year in their concerts, The Weavers recorded an adapted version with brass and string orchestra and chorus and released it as a 78 single titled "Wimoweh", a mishearing of the original song's chorus of "''Uyimbube''", {{lang-zu|You are a lion}}. Their version contained the chanting chorus "Wimoweh" and Linda's improvised melodic line. The Weavers credited the song as "Traditional", with arrangement by "Paul Campbell", later found to be a pseudonym used by the Weavers in order to claim royalties.<ref name=hutcheon>David Hutcheon, "The Story Behind the Song: The Lion Sleeps Tonight", ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo '60s]]'', #9, 2017, pp.18-19</ref> It reached [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'s top ten and became a staple of The Weavers' live repertoire, achieving further exposure on their best-selling ''[[The Weavers at Carnegie Hall]]'' [[LP record|LP album]], recorded in 1955 and issued in 1957. The song was also covered extensively by other folk revival groups such as [[The Kingston Trio]], and [[exotica]] singer [[Yma Sumac]]. However, [[Miriam Makeba]], in 1960, recorded the same song as "Mbube", with the writing credit given to "J. Linda".<ref name=hutcheon />
In 1961, two [[RCA Records]] producers, [[Hugo Peretti]] and [[Luigi Creatore]], hired [[Juilliard School|Juilliard]]-trained musician and [[lyricist]] [[George David Weiss]] to arrange a [[pop music]] cover of "Wimoweh" for the B-side of a 45-rpm single called "Tina", sung by [[doo-wop]] group [[The Tokens]]. Weiss wrote the English lyrics: "''In the jungle, the mighty jungle, The lion sleeps tonight ...''" and "''Hush, my darling, don't fear, my darling ...''"
Weiss also brought in [[soprano]] [[Anita Darian]] to [[reprise]] Yma Sumac's version, before, during and after the [[soprano saxophone]] [[solo (music)|solo]].<ref name=pc18>{{cite web|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19768/m1/ |title=Show 18 — ''Blowin' in the Wind: Pop discovers folk music''. [Part 1] |work=[[Pop Chronicles]]|publisher=[[University of North Texas|UNT]] Digital Library|date=18 May 1969|access-date=24 September 2010}}</ref> "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" was issued by RCA in 1961, and it rocketed to number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. Weiss' Abilene Music Inc., was the publisher of this arrangement, and listed "Albert Stanton" (a [[pseudonym]] for Al Brackman, the business partner of [[Pete Seeger]]'s music publisher, [[Howie Richmond]]) as one of the song's writers or arrangers.
The song has also been popularized as an [[internet meme]].
==Copyright issues==
Social historian Ronald D. Cohen writes, "Howie Richmond copyrighted many songs originally in the public domain [sic] but now slightly revised to satisfy Decca and also to reap profits."<ref>{{cite book |first=Ronald D. |last=Cohen |title=Rainbow Quest: the Folk Music Revival and American Society |location=Amherst |publisher=[[University of Massachusetts Press]] |year=2002 |page=71}}</ref> Canadian writer [[Mark Steyn]], on the other hand, attributes the invention of the pseudonym "Paul Campbell" to Pete Seeger. Howie Richmond's claim of author's copyright could secure both the songwriter's royalties and his company's publishing share of the song's earnings.<ref name="In the Jungle" />
Although Linda was listed as a performer on the record itself, the Weavers thought they had recorded a [[Oral tradition|traditional]] Zulu song. Their managers, publisher, and their attorneys knew otherwise because they had been contacted by—and had reached an agreement with—Eric Gallo of Gallo Records in South Africa. The Americans maintained, however, that South African copyrights were not valid because South Africa was not a signatory to U.S. copyright law.<ref name="In the Jungle" /> In the 1950s, after Linda's authorship was made clear, Seeger sent Linda $1000. Seeger also said he instructed TRO/Folkways to henceforth pay his share of authors' earnings to Linda. The folksinger apparently trusted his publisher's word of honor and either saw no need, or was unable to make sure these instructions were carried out.<ref name="In the Jungle" />
In 2000, South African journalist [[Rian Malan]] wrote a feature article for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine in which he recounted Linda's story and estimated that the song had earned $15 million for its use in the [[Disney]] movie ''[[The Lion King]]'' alone. The piece prompted filmmaker [[François Verster]] to create the [[Emmy Award|Emmy]]-winning documentary ''[[A Lion's Trail]]'', that told Linda's story while incidentally exposing the workings of the multi-million dollar corporate music publishing industry.<ref>"National Television Academy Presents 27th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards" (press release), 25 September 2006.</ref>
In July 2004, as a result of the publicity generated by Malan's article and the subsequent documentary, the song became the subject of a lawsuit between Linda's estate and Disney, claiming that Disney owed $1.6 million in royalties for the use of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in the film and [[The Lion King (musical)|musical stage]] productions of ''The Lion King''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.3rdearmusic.com/forum/forumaug04/mbube_mmouse.html |title=3rd Ear Music Forum - Mbube - Mickey Mouse Under House Arrest in SAfrica? |website=3rdearmusic.com |accessdate=29 March 2014}}</ref> At the same time, the Richmond Organization began to pay $3,000 annually into Linda's estate. In February 2006, Linda's descendants reached a legal settlement with Abilene Music Publishers, who held the worldwide rights and had licensed the song to Disney, to place the earnings of the song in a trust.<ref>{{cite news|title=Penniless singer's family sue Disney for Lion King royalties|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1475434/Penniless-singers-family-sue-Disney-for-Lion-King-royalties.html|first=David|last=Blair|date=30 October 2004|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |accessdate=1 July 2017 |publisher=Telegraph Media Group}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=It's a Lawsuit, a Mighty Lawsuit|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,995466,00.html|date=25 October 2004|website=Time.com|accessdate=14 February 2007}}</ref>
In 2012, "Mbube" fell into the public domain due to the [[copyright law of South Africa]]. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", however is still in copyright.
==Selected list of recorded versions==
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The song has been recorded by numerous artists, and is a standard that has become a part of popular culture.
==="Mbube"===
* 1939 [[Solomon Linda]] and the Evening Birds<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/TheLionSleepsTonight1939 |title=The Lion Sleeps Tonight 1939 : Linda Solomon, The Evening Birds |website=Archive.org |accessdate=29 March 2014}}</ref>
* 1951 In the first [[Cry, the Beloved Country (1951 film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Cry, the Beloved Country]]''
* 1960 [[Miriam Makeba]], on ''[[Miriam Makeba (album)|Miriam Makeba]]''
* 1988 [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]], as "Mbube", during opening sequence of movie ''[[Coming to America#Production|Coming to America]]'' (but not on the soundtrack album)
* 1991 The Elite Swingsters Featuring Dolly Rathebe, as "Mbube" on ''Woza!''
* 1994 Ladysmith Black Mambazo, as "Mbube (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)", on ''Gift of the Tortoise''
* 1996 [[Soweto String Quartet]], as "Imbube" on ''Renaissance''
* 2005 [[Soweto Gospel Choir]], as "Imbube" on ''Blessed''
* 2006 Ladysmith Black Mambazo, as "Mbube", on ''Long Walk to Freedom''
* 2007 CH2 and [[Soweto String Quartet]], as "Imbube" on ''Pap & Paella''
* 2010 [[Angélique Kidjo]], as "Mbube" on ''Õÿö''
* 2019 [[Lebo M]], on ''[[The Lion King (2019 film)|The Lion King]]'' soundtrack
==="Wimoweh"===
* 1952: [[The Weavers]]: US No. 6
* 1952: [[Jimmy Dorsey]]
* 1952: [[Yma Sumac]]
* 1957: [[The Weavers]], live.
* 1959: [[Bill Hayes (actor)|Bill Hayes]] (on Kapp Records)
* 1959: [[The Kingston Trio]]
* 1961: [[Karl Denver]]: UK No. 4
* 1962: [[Bert Kaempfert]] on album [[A Swingin' Safari]], (on [[Polydor Records]]). Done mostly as an instrumental save for the "Wimoweh" chorus.
* 1962: [[Hugh Masekela]] on ''[[Trumpet Africaine]]''
* 1964: [[Glen Campbell]] on ''[[The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell]]''
* 1964: [[Chet Atkins]]
* 1971: [[Rumplestiltskin]] on ''Black Magician''
* 1993: [[Nanci Griffith]] with [[Odetta]], on ''[[Other Voices, Other Rooms (Nanci Griffith album)|Other Voices, Other Rooms]]''
* 1994: [[Roger Whittaker]], on ''Roger Whittaker Live!''
* 1994: [[Manu Dibango]] and [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]], on ''Waka Afrika''
* 1998: [[Pete Seeger]] on ''For Kids And Just Plain Folks''
* 1999: [[Desmond Dekker]] on ''Halfway To Paradise''
==="The Lion Sleeps Tonight"===
{{Infobox song
| name = The Lion Sleeps Tonight
| cover = The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight_-_Robert_John.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Single picture sleeve
| type = single
| artist = [[Robert John]]
| album = Robert John
| released = May 1972
| B-side = "Janet"
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| venue =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length =
| label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| writer =
*[[Hugo Peretti]]
*[[Luigi Creatore]]
*[[George David Weiss]]
*Albert Stanton
*[[Solomon Linda]]
| producer = Hank Medress and Dave Appell
}}
{{Infobox song
| name = The Lion Sleeps Tonight
| cover = The Lion Sleeps Tonight by Tight Fit.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Single picture sleeve
| type = single
| artist = [[Tight Fit]]
| album = [[Tight Fit (album)|Tight Fit]]
| released = January 1982
| format =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length = 3:18
| label = [[Jive Records|Jive]]
| writer =
*[[Hugo Peretti]]
*[[Luigi Creatore]]
*[[George David Weiss]]
*Albert Stanton
*[[Solomon Linda]]
| producer = [[Tim Friese-Greene]]<ref name="500 Number One Hits">{{cite book
| first= Jo
| last= Rice
| year= 1982
| title= The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits
| edition= 1st
| publisher= Guinness Superlatives Ltd
| location= Enfield, Middlesex
| page= 222
| isbn= 0-85112-250-7}}</ref>
| prev_title = Back to the Sixties Part II
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = Fantasy Island
| next_year = 1982
}}
* 1961: [[The Tokens]]: US No. 1, UK No. 11
* 1962: [[Henri Salvador]] – in [[French language|French]] as "Le lion est mort ce soir" ("The Lion Died Tonight") FR No. 1
* 1965: [[The New Christy Minstrels]]
* 1965: The Shangaans, on "Jungle Drums"
* 1967: The Hounds (Swedish Popgroup)
* 1968: [[The Tremeloes]], on ''Silence Is Golden''
* 1971: [[Eric Donaldson]]
* 1972: [[Robert John]]: US No. 3, [[Music recording sales certification|gold record]].
* 1972: [[David Newman (composer)|Dave Newman]]: UK No. 34
* 1974: [[Ras Michael]] and the Sons of Negus, as "Rise Jah Jah Children (The Lion Sleeps)"
* 1975: [[Brian Eno]], on single, later on ''Working Backwards: 1983-1973'' and ''Eno Box II: Vocal''
* 1979: [[The Stylistics]]
* 1980: [[Passengers (Italian band)|Passengers]]
* 1982: [[Tight Fit]]: UK No. 1,<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]
| edition= 19th
| publisher= [[Guinness World Records Limited]]
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 406}}</ref> This version has sold over a million copies in the UK.<ref name="guardian nov2012">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/nov/04/uk-million-selling-singles-full-list |title=UK's million-selling singles: the full list |first= Ami |last=Sedghi |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=4 November 2012 |accessdate=4 November 2012 }}</ref>
* 1982: [[The Nylons]]
* 1990: [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]] with [[The Mint Juleps]], on [[Spike Lee %26 Company: Do It a Cappella]] PBS documentary and album
* 1991: Hotline & P.J. Powers, on ''The Best Of''
* 1992: Talisman, on ''A Capella''
* 1992: [[They Might Be Giants]] with [[Laura Cantrell]], interpolated into "[[The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)]]"
* 1993: [[Pow woW]]: FR No. 1, cover of Salvador's version.
* 1993: [[R.E.M.]]: B-side of "[[The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite]]" and on ''[[The Automatic Box]]'' (Disc 3).
* 1993: [[The Nylons]]
* 1994: [[Dennis Marcellino]]
* 1994: [[Tonic Sol-Fa]]
* 1995: [[Lebo M.]] for ''[[Rhythm of the Pride Lands]]'', an album with songs inspired by the music of ''[[The Lion King]]''
* 1997: [['N Sync]]: B-side of "[[For the Girl Who Has Everything (song)|For the Girl Who Has Everything]]"
* 1998: [[The Undertones]], on ''8 Degrees and Rising''
* 1990s: [[Streetnix]]
* 2001: [[Baha Men]] featuring [[Imani Coppola]], sampled the chorus in the song "[[You All Dat]]" on ''[[Who Let the Dogs Out (album)|Who Let the Dogs Out]]''
* 2001: [[Rockapella]]
* 2002: [[Mango Groove]], on ''Eat a Mango''
* 2004: [[Daniel Küblböck]]
* 2005: [[The Mavericks]]
* 2009: [[Melo-M]], on ''Around the World''
* 2010: Cool Down Cafe featuring [[Gerard Joling]], on ''Goud''
* 2014: [[Billy Joel]] and [[Jimmy Fallon]], on ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon]]''{{cn|date=September 2018}}
* 2015: [[Justin Fletcher]] as Gail Force on ''[[Gigglebiz]]''
* 2016: [[Tight Fit]] new production Rainforest Radio Edit on ''Together'' ([[Almighty Records|Almighty]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almightyrecords.com/product/ALMYCD102/|title=Tight Fit — Together — Almighty Records|author=|date=|website=Almightyrecords.com|accessdate=21 March 2018}}</ref>
* 2019: [[Billy Eichner]] and [[Seth Rogen]], on ''[[The Lion King (2019 film)|The Lion King]]'' film and soundtrack
==="The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)"===
1997: [[Barbados (band)|Barbados]] (Swedish Dansband)
== Charted singles ==
=== The Tokens ===
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====Weekly charts====
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|-
!Chart (1961–62)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|Australia Kent Music Report
| style="text-align:center;"|15
|-
{{single chart|Belgium (Flanders)|6|artist=The Tokens|song=The Lion Sleeps Tonight|accessdate=June 15, 2018}}
|-
{{single chart|Belgium (Wallonia)|13|artist=The Tokens|song=The Lion Sleeps Tonight|accessdate=June 15, 2018}}
|-
{{single chart|Germany|23|artist=The Tokens|song=The Lion Sleeps Tonight|accessdate=June 15, 2018}}
|-
|New Zealand ''Lever''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=Lever+hit+parades&qyear=1962&qmonth=Mar&qweek=15-Mar-1962#n_view_location|title=flavour of new zealand - Lever hit parades|website=Flavourofnz.co.nz|accessdate=1 May 2019}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|11|artist=Tokens|accessdate=June 15, 2018}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=The Tokens|accessdate=June 15, 2018}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|7|artist=The Tokens|accessdate=June 15, 2018}}
|-
|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|}
{{col-2}}
====Year-end charts====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1962)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank
|-
|US ''Cash Box'' <ref>[http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1962YESP.html] {{dead link|date=May 2019}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|10
|-
|}
{{col-end}}
=== Robert John ===
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{{col-2}}
====Weekly charts====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1971–72)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|first= David |last= Kent |authorlink= David Kent (historian) |title= [[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970-1992]] |publisher= Australian Chart Book |location= [[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives]], N.S.W. |year= 1993 |isbn= 0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|31
|-
|Canadian ''RPM'' Top Tracks
| style="text-align:center;"|15
|-
|Canadian ''RPM'' Adult Contemporary
| style="text-align:center;"|17
|-
|German Singles Charts
| style="text-align:center;"|40
|-
|South Africa ([[Springbok Radio|Springbok]])<ref>{{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965–March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(J).html|accessdate=5 September 2018}}</ref>
|align="center"|15
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Top 100 Singles
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19720318.html|title=Cash Box Top 100 3/18/72|author=|date=|website=Tropicalglen.com|accessdate=21 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023135349/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19720318.html|archive-date=23 October 2016|dead-url=yes}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|}
{{col-2}}
====Year-end charts====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1972)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank
|-
|Australia
| style="text-align:center;"|172
|-
|Canada
| style="text-align:center;"|45
|-
|US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1972.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |accessdate=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427223218/http://musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1972.htm |archive-date=27 April 2017 |dead-url=yes }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|21
|-
|US ''Cash Box'' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1972YESP.html|title=Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1972|website=Tropicalglen.com|accessdate=1 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928150812/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1972YESP.html|archive-date=28 September 2018|dead-url=yes}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|10
|-
|}
{{col-end}}
=== Tight Fit ===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1982)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|UK Singles Charts
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|Ö3 Austria Top 40
| style="text-align:center;"|8
|-
|Belgian ''Ultratop'' 50
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|German ''Media Control'' Charts
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
|Danish Singles Charts
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|Dutch Singles Charts
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|Irish Singles Charts
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|Israel Singles Charts
| style="text-align:center;"|7
|-
|New Zealand Singles Charts
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
|Swedish ''Sverigetopplistan'' Charts
| style="text-align:center;"|17
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/03/26/solomon-linda-songwriter-who-penned-the-lion-finally-gets-his-just-desserts/ Solomon Linda, Songwriter Who Penned ‘The Lion,’ Finally Gets His Just Desserts]
* Sample of [https://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000001I1S001015 Mbube] performed by Solomon Linda's ''Original Evening Birds'' (WMA Stream).
* [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5300359 NPR: All Things Considered: Family of 'Lion Sleeps Tonight' Writer to Get Millions]
* [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1475434/Penniless-singers-family-sue-Disney-for-Lion-King-royalties.html Telegraph: Penniless singer's family sue Disney for Lion King royalties]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2010/07/100715_greatest_hits_pt2.shtml The Lion Sleeps Tonight. BBC World Service Documentary by Paul Gambaccini first broadcast 16 July 2010]
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/FLORENCOM/videos 200+ recordings of Mbube/Wimoweh/The Lion Sleeps Tonight on FLORENCOM's YouTube tribute channel]
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{{Infobox song
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*[[doo-wop]]
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*[[Hugo Peretti]]
*[[Luigi Creatore]]
*[[George David Weiss]]
*Albert Stanton
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"'''The Lion Sleeps Tonight'''" is a song originally written and recorded by [[Solomon Linda]]<ref name="In the Jungle">{{Cite news|last=Malan|first=Rian|authorlink=Rian Malan|title=In the Jungle|url=http://longform.org/stories/in-the-jungle-rian-malan|website=Longform.org|accessdate=23 April 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418131844/http://longform.org/stories/in-the-jungle-rian-malan|archivedate=18 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> under the title "'''Mbube'''" for the South African [[Gallo Record Company]] in 1939. Linda's original was written in [[Zulu language|Zulu]], while the English version's lyrics were written by [[George David Weiss]]. The song was adapted and [[cover version|covered]] internationally by many pop and [[Roots revival|folk revival]] artists in the 1950s and 1960s, 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 millions in [[royalties]] from cover versions and film licensing. The pop group [[Tight Fit]] had a [[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s|number one hit in the UK]] with the song in 1982.
==History==
"Mbube" ([[Zulu language|Zulu]] for "lion") was written in the 1920s by [[Solomon Linda]],<ref name="FRITH">Frith, Simon, [https://books.google.com/books?id=bxsUdjSnGZcC&printsec=frontcover ''Popular Music: critical concepts in media and cultural studies, Volume 4''], London: Routledge, 2004. {{ISBN|978-0-415-33270-5}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=bxsUdjSnGZcC&pg=PA271&lpg=PA271 p. 271]</ref> a South African singer of [[Zulu people|Zulu origin]], who later worked for the [[Gallo Record Company]] in [[Johannesburg]] as a [[cleaner]] and record packer. He spent his weekends performing with the Evening Birds, a musical ensemble, and it was at Gallo Records, under the direction of producer Griffiths Motsieloa, that Linda and his fellow musicians recorded several songs, including "Mbube", which incorporated a [[call and response (music)|call-response]] pattern common among many [[Sub-Saharan Africa]]n [[ethnic group]]s, including the Zulu.
According to journalist [[Rian Malan]]:<blockquote>"Mbube" wasn't the most remarkable tune, but there was something compelling about the underlying chant, a dense meshing of low male voices above which Solomon yodelled and howled for two exhilarating minutes, improvising occasionally. The third take was the best, achieving immortality when Solly took a deep breath, opened his mouth, and improvised the [[melody]] that the world now associates with these words:
:::<poem>''In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.''<ref name="In the Jungle" /></poem></blockquote>
Issued by Gallo as a 78-rpm [[phonograph record]] in 1939,<ref>{{cite web|last=Cad|first=Saint|title=Top 10 Famous Songs With Unknown Originals|url=http://listverse.com/2012/07/31/top-10-famous-songs-with-unknown-originals/|website=listverse.com|access-date=21 June 2013}}</ref> and marketed to black audiences, "Mbube" became a hit and Linda a star throughout [[South Africa]]. By 1948, the song had sold over 100,000 copies in Africa and among black South African immigrants in Great Britain. Linda also lent its name to [[Mbube (genre)|a style]] of African [[a cappella]] music that evolved into ''[[isicathamiya]]'' (also called ''mbube''), popularized by [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Frith |first=Simon | authorlink = Simon Frith|title=Popular music: critical concepts in media and cultural studies, Volume 4 |location=London |publisher=Routledge |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-415-33270-5}}</ref>
In 1949, [[Alan Lomax]], then working as folk music director for [[Decca Records]], brought Solomon Linda's 78 recording to the attention of his friend [[Pete Seeger]] of the [[folk music|folk]] group [[The Weavers]]. In November 1951, after having performed the song for at least a year in their concerts, The Weavers recorded an adapted version with brass and string orchestra and chorus and released it as a 78 single titled "Wimoweh", a mishearing of the original song's chorus of "''Uyimbube''", {{lang-zu|You are a lion}}. Their version contained the chanting chorus "Wimoweh" and Linda's improvised melodic line. The Weavers credited the song as "Traditional", with arrangement by "Paul Campbell", later found to be a pseudonym used by the Weavers in order to claim royalties.<ref name=hutcheon>David Hutcheon, "The Story Behind the Song: The Lion Sleeps Tonight", ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo '60s]]'', #9, 2017, pp.18-19</ref> It reached [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'s top ten and became a staple of The Weavers' live repertoire, achieving further exposure on their best-selling ''[[The Weavers at Carnegie Hall]]'' [[LP record|LP album]], recorded in 1955 and issued in 1957. The song was also covered extensively by other folk revival groups such as [[The Kingston Trio]], and [[exotica]] singer [[Yma Sumac]]. However, [[Miriam Makeba]], in 1960, recorded the same song as "Mbube", with the writing credit given to "J. Linda".<ref name=hutcheon />
In 1961, two [[RCA Records]] producers, [[Hugo Peretti]] and [[Luigi Creatore]], hired [[Juilliard School|Juilliard]]-trained musician and [[lyricist]] [[George David Weiss]] to arrange a [[pop music]] cover of "Wimoweh" for the B-side of a 45-rpm single called "Tina", sung by [[doo-wop]] group [[The Tokens]]. Weiss wrote the English lyrics: "''In the jungle, the mighty jungle, The lion sleeps tonight ...''" and "''Hush, my darling, don't fear, my darling ...''"
Weiss also brought in [[soprano]] [[Anita Darian]] to [[reprise]] Yma Sumac's version, before, during and after the [[soprano saxophone]] [[solo (music)|solo]].<ref name=pc18>{{cite web|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19768/m1/ |title=Show 18 — ''Blowin' in the Wind: Pop discovers folk music''. [Part 1] |work=[[Pop Chronicles]]|publisher=[[University of North Texas|UNT]] Digital Library|date=18 May 1969|access-date=24 September 2010}}</ref> "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" was issued by RCA in 1961, and it rocketed to number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. Weiss' Abilene Music Inc., was the publisher of this arrangement, and listed "Albert Stanton" (a [[pseudonym]] for Al Brackman, the business partner of [[Pete Seeger]]'s music publisher, [[Howie Richmond]]) as one of the song's writers or arrangers.
The song has also been popularized as an [[internet meme]].
==Copyright issues==
Social historian Ronald D. Cohen writes, "Howie Richmond copyrighted many songs originally in the public domain [sic] but now slightly revised to satisfy Decca and also to reap profits."<ref>{{cite book |first=Ronald D. |last=Cohen |title=Rainbow Quest: the Folk Music Revival and American Society |location=Amherst |publisher=[[University of Massachusetts Press]] |year=2002 |page=71}}</ref> Canadian writer [[Mark Steyn]], on the other hand, attributes the invention of the pseudonym "Paul Campbell" to Pete Seeger. Howie Richmond's claim of author's copyright could secure both the songwriter's royalties and his company's publishing share of the song's earnings.<ref name="In the Jungle" />
Although Linda was listed as a performer on the record itself, the Weavers thought they had recorded a [[Oral tradition|traditional]] Zulu song. Their managers, publisher, and their attorneys knew otherwise because they had been contacted by—and had reached an agreement with—Eric Gallo of Gallo Records in South Africa. The Americans maintained, however, that South African copyrights were not valid because South Africa was not a signatory to U.S. copyright law.<ref name="In the Jungle" /> In the 1950s, after Linda's authorship was made clear, Seeger sent Linda $1000. Seeger also said he instructed TRO/Folkways to henceforth pay his share of authors' earnings to Linda. The folksinger apparently trusted his publisher's word of honor and either saw no need, or was unable to make sure these instructions were carried out.<ref name="In the Jungle" />
In 2000, South African journalist [[Rian Malan]] wrote a feature article for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine in which he recounted Linda's story and estimated that the song had earned $15 million for its use in the [[Disney]] movie ''[[The Lion King]]'' alone. The piece prompted filmmaker [[François Verster]] to create the [[Emmy Award|Emmy]]-winning documentary ''[[A Lion's Trail]]'', that told Linda's story while incidentally exposing the workings of the multi-million dollar corporate music publishing industry.<ref>"National Television Academy Presents 27th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards" (press release), 25 September 2006.</ref>
In July 2004, as a result of the publicity generated by Malan's article and the subsequent documentary, the song became the subject of a lawsuit between Linda's estate and Disney, claiming that Disney owed $1.6 million in royalties for the use of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in the film and [[The Lion King (musical)|musical stage]] productions of ''The Lion King''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.3rdearmusic.com/forum/forumaug04/mbube_mmouse.html |title=3rd Ear Music Forum - Mbube - Mickey Mouse Under House Arrest in SAfrica? |website=3rdearmusic.com |accessdate=29 March 2014}}</ref> At the same time, the Richmond Organization began to pay $3,000 annually into Linda's estate. In February 2006, Linda's descendants reached a legal settlement with Abilene Music Publishers, who held the worldwide rights and had licensed the song to Disney, to place the earnings of the song in a trust.<ref>{{cite news|title=Penniless singer's family sue Disney for Lion King royalties|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1475434/Penniless-singers-family-sue-Disney-for-Lion-King-royalties.html|first=David|last=Blair|date=30 October 2004|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |accessdate=1 July 2017 |publisher=Telegraph Media Group}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=It's a Lawsuit, a Mighty Lawsuit|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,995466,00.html|date=25 October 2004|website=Time.com|accessdate=14 February 2007}}</ref>
In 2012, "Mbube" fell into the public domain due to the [[copyright law of South Africa]]. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", however is still in copyright.
==Selected list of recorded versions==
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The song has been recorded by numerous artists, and is a standard that has become a part of popular culture.
==="Mbube"===
* 1939 [[Solomon Linda]] and the Evening Birds<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/TheLionSleepsTonight1939 |title=The Lion Sleeps Tonight 1939 : Linda Solomon, The Evening Birds |website=Archive.org |accessdate=29 March 2014}}</ref>
* 1951 In the first [[Cry, the Beloved Country (1951 film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Cry, the Beloved Country]]''
* 1960 [[Miriam Makeba]], on ''[[Miriam Makeba (album)|Miriam Makeba]]''
* 1988 [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]], as "Mbube", during opening sequence of movie ''[[Coming to America#Production|Coming to America]]'' (but not on the soundtrack album)
* 1991 The Elite Swingsters Featuring Dolly Rathebe, as "Mbube" on ''Woza!''
* 1994 Ladysmith Black Mambazo, as "Mbube (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)", on ''Gift of the Tortoise''
* 1996 [[Soweto String Quartet]], as "Imbube" on ''Renaissance''
* 2005 [[Soweto Gospel Choir]], as "Imbube" on ''Blessed''
* 2006 Ladysmith Black Mambazo, as "Mbube", on ''Long Walk to Freedom''
* 2007 CH2 and [[Soweto String Quartet]], as "Imbube" on ''Pap & Paella''
* 2010 [[Angélique Kidjo]], as "Mbube" on ''Õÿö''
* 2019 [[Lebo M]], on ''[[The Lion King (2019 film)|The Lion King]]'' soundtrack
==="Wimoweh"===
* 1952: [[The Weavers]]: US No. 6
* 1952: [[Jimmy Dorsey]]
* 1952: [[Yma Sumac]]
* 1957: [[The Weavers]], live.
* 1959: [[Bill Hayes (actor)|Bill Hayes]] (on Kapp Records)
* 1959: [[The Kingston Trio]]
* 1961: [[Karl Denver]]: UK No. 4
* 1962: [[Bert Kaempfert]] on album [[A Swingin' Safari]], (on [[Polydor Records]]). Done mostly as an instrumental save for the "Wimoweh" chorus.
* 1962: [[Hugh Masekela]] on ''[[Trumpet Africaine]]''
* 1964: [[Glen Campbell]] on ''[[The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell]]''
* 1964: [[Chet Atkins]]
* 1971: [[Rumplestiltskin]] on ''Black Magician''
* 1993: [[Nanci Griffith]] with [[Odetta]], on ''[[Other Voices, Other Rooms (Nanci Griffith album)|Other Voices, Other Rooms]]''
* 1994: [[Roger Whittaker]], on ''Roger Whittaker Live!''
* 1994: [[Manu Dibango]] and [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]], on ''Waka Afrika''
* 1998: [[Pete Seeger]] on ''For Kids And Just Plain Folks''
* 1999: [[Desmond Dekker]] on ''Halfway To Paradise''
==="The Lion Sleeps Tonight"===
{{Infobox song
| name = The Lion Sleeps Tonight
| cover = The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight_-_Robert_John.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Single picture sleeve
| type = single
| artist = [[Robert John]]
| album = Robert John
| released = May 1972
| B-side = "Janet"
| format =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length =
| label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| writer =
*[[Hugo Peretti]]
*[[Luigi Creatore]]
*[[George David Weiss]]
*Albert Stanton
*[[Solomon Linda]]
| producer = Hank Medress and Dave Appell
}}
{{Infobox song
| name = The Lion Sleeps Tonight
| cover = The Lion Sleeps Tonight by Tight Fit.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Single picture sleeve
| type = single
| artist = [[Tight Fit]]
| album = [[Tight Fit (album)|Tight Fit]]
| released = January 1982
| format =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length = 3:18
| label = [[Jive Records|Jive]]
| writer =
*[[Hugo Peretti]]
*[[Luigi Creatore]]
*[[George David Weiss]]
*Albert Stanton
*[[Solomon Linda]]
| producer = [[Tim Friese-Greene]]<ref name="500 Number One Hits">{{cite book
| first= Jo
| last= Rice
| year= 1982
| title= The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits
| edition= 1st
| publisher= Guinness Superlatives Ltd
| location= Enfield, Middlesex
| page= 222
| isbn= 0-85112-250-7}}</ref>
| prev_title = Back to the Sixties Part II
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = Fantasy Island
| next_year = 1982
}}
* 1961: [[The Tokens]]: US No. 1, UK No. 11
* 1962: [[Henri Salvador]] – in [[French language|French]] as "Le lion est mort ce soir" ("The Lion Died Tonight") FR No. 1
* 1965: [[The New Christy Minstrels]]
* 1965: The Shangaans, on "Jungle Drums"
* 1967: The Hounds (Swedish Popgroup)
* 1968: [[The Tremeloes]], on ''Silence Is Golden''
* 1971: [[Eric Donaldson]]
* 1972: [[Robert John]]: US No. 3, [[Music recording sales certification|gold record]].
* 1972: [[David Newman (composer)|Dave Newman]]: UK No. 34
* 1974: [[Ras Michael]] and the Sons of Negus, as "Rise Jah Jah Children (The Lion Sleeps)"
* 1975: [[Brian Eno]], on single, later on ''Working Backwards: 1983-1973'' and ''Eno Box II: Vocal''
* 1979: [[The Stylistics]]
* 1980: [[Passengers (Italian band)|Passengers]]
* 1982: [[Tight Fit]]: UK No. 1,<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]
| edition= 19th
| publisher= [[Guinness World Records Limited]]
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 406}}</ref> This version has sold over a million copies in the UK.<ref name="guardian nov2012">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/nov/04/uk-million-selling-singles-full-list |title=UK's million-selling singles: the full list |first= Ami |last=Sedghi |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=4 November 2012 |accessdate=4 November 2012 }}</ref>
* 1982: [[The Nylons]]
* 1990: [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]] with [[The Mint Juleps]], on [[Spike Lee %26 Company: Do It a Cappella]] PBS documentary and album
* 1991: Hotline & P.J. Powers, on ''The Best Of''
* 1992: Talisman, on ''A Capella''
* 1992: [[They Might Be Giants]] with [[Laura Cantrell]], interpolated into "[[The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)]]"
* 1993: [[Pow woW]]: FR No. 1, cover of Salvador's version.
* 1993: [[R.E.M.]]: B-side of "[[The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite]]" and on ''[[The Automatic Box]]'' (Disc 3).
* 1993: [[The Nylons]]
* 1994: [[Dennis Marcellino]]
* 1994: [[Tonic Sol-Fa]]
* 1995: [[Lebo M.]] for ''[[Rhythm of the Pride Lands]]'', an album with songs inspired by the music of ''[[The Lion King]]''
* 1997: [['N Sync]]: B-side of "[[For the Girl Who Has Everything (song)|For the Girl Who Has Everything]]"
* 1998: [[The Undertones]], on ''8 Degrees and Rising''
* 1990s: [[Streetnix]]
* 2001: [[Baha Men]] featuring [[Imani Coppola]], sampled the chorus in the song "[[You All Dat]]" on ''[[Who Let the Dogs Out (album)|Who Let the Dogs Out]]''
* 2001: [[Rockapella]]
* 2002: [[Mango Groove]], on ''Eat a Mango''
* 2004: [[Daniel Küblböck]]
* 2005: [[The Mavericks]]
* 2009: [[Melo-M]], on ''Around the World''
* 2010: Cool Down Cafe featuring [[Gerard Joling]], on ''Goud''
* 2014: [[Billy Joel]] and [[Jimmy Fallon]], on ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon]]''{{cn|date=September 2018}}
* 2015: [[Justin Fletcher]] as Gail Force on ''[[Gigglebiz]]''
* 2016: [[Tight Fit]] new production Rainforest Radio Edit on ''Together'' ([[Almighty Records|Almighty]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almightyrecords.com/product/ALMYCD102/|title=Tight Fit — Together — Almighty Records|author=|date=|website=Almightyrecords.com|accessdate=21 March 2018}}</ref>
* 2019: [[Billy Eichner]] and [[Seth Rogen]], on ''[[The Lion King (2019 film)|The Lion King]]'' film and soundtrack
==="The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)"===
1997: [[Barbados (band)|Barbados]] (Swedish Dansband)
== Charted singles ==
=== The Tokens ===
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====Weekly charts====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1961–62)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|Australia Kent Music Report
| style="text-align:center;"|15
|-
{{single chart|Belgium (Flanders)|6|artist=The Tokens|song=The Lion Sleeps Tonight|accessdate=June 15, 2018}}
|-
{{single chart|Belgium (Wallonia)|13|artist=The Tokens|song=The Lion Sleeps Tonight|accessdate=June 15, 2018}}
|-
{{single chart|Germany|23|artist=The Tokens|song=The Lion Sleeps Tonight|accessdate=June 15, 2018}}
|-
|New Zealand ''Lever''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=Lever+hit+parades&qyear=1962&qmonth=Mar&qweek=15-Mar-1962#n_view_location|title=flavour of new zealand - Lever hit parades|website=Flavourofnz.co.nz|accessdate=1 May 2019}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|11|artist=Tokens|accessdate=June 15, 2018}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=The Tokens|accessdate=June 15, 2018}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|7|artist=The Tokens|accessdate=June 15, 2018}}
|-
|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|}
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====Year-end charts====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1962)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank
|-
|US ''Cash Box'' <ref>[http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1962YESP.html] {{dead link|date=May 2019}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|10
|-
|}
{{col-end}}
=== Robert John ===
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{{col-2}}
====Weekly charts====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1971–72)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|first= David |last= Kent |authorlink= David Kent (historian) |title= [[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970-1992]] |publisher= Australian Chart Book |location= [[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives]], N.S.W. |year= 1993 |isbn= 0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|31
|-
|Canadian ''RPM'' Top Tracks
| style="text-align:center;"|15
|-
|Canadian ''RPM'' Adult Contemporary
| style="text-align:center;"|17
|-
|German Singles Charts
| style="text-align:center;"|40
|-
|South Africa ([[Springbok Radio|Springbok]])<ref>{{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965–March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(J).html|accessdate=5 September 2018}}</ref>
|align="center"|15
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Top 100 Singles
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19720318.html|title=Cash Box Top 100 3/18/72|author=|date=|website=Tropicalglen.com|accessdate=21 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023135349/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19720318.html|archive-date=23 October 2016|dead-url=yes}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|}
{{col-2}}
====Year-end charts====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1972)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank
|-
|Australia
| style="text-align:center;"|172
|-
|Canada
| style="text-align:center;"|45
|-
|US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1972.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |accessdate=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427223218/http://musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1972.htm |archive-date=27 April 2017 |dead-url=yes }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|21
|-
|US ''Cash Box'' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1972YESP.html|title=Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1972|website=Tropicalglen.com|accessdate=1 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928150812/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1972YESP.html|archive-date=28 September 2018|dead-url=yes}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|10
|-
|}
{{col-end}}
=== Tight Fit ===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1982)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|UK Singles Charts
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|Ö3 Austria Top 40
| style="text-align:center;"|8
|-
|Belgian ''Ultratop'' 50
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|German ''Media Control'' Charts
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
|Danish Singles Charts
| style="text-align:center;"|1
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|Dutch Singles Charts
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/03/26/solomon-linda-songwriter-who-penned-the-lion-finally-gets-his-just-desserts/ Solomon Linda, Songwriter Who Penned ‘The Lion,’ Finally Gets His Just Desserts]
* Sample of [https://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000001I1S001015 Mbube] performed by Solomon Linda's ''Original Evening Birds'' (WMA Stream).
* [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5300359 NPR: All Things Considered: Family of 'Lion Sleeps Tonight' Writer to Get Millions]
* [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1475434/Penniless-singers-family-sue-Disney-for-Lion-King-royalties.html Telegraph: Penniless singer's family sue Disney for Lion King royalties]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2010/07/100715_greatest_hits_pt2.shtml The Lion Sleeps Tonight. BBC World Service Documentary by Paul Gambaccini first broadcast 16 July 2010]
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/FLORENCOM/videos 200+ recordings of Mbube/Wimoweh/The Lion Sleeps Tonight on FLORENCOM's YouTube tribute channel]
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">Rhythm and blues</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Doo-wop" title="Doo-wop">doo-wop</a></li></ul>
</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Length</th><td class="plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">2</span>:<span class="s">41</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="hlist"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/RCA_Victor" class="mw-redirect" title="RCA Victor">RCA Victor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="hlist">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Solomon_Linda" title="Solomon Linda">Solomon Linda</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hugo_Peretti" title="Hugo Peretti">Hugo Peretti</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Luigi_Creatore" title="Luigi Creatore">Luigi Creatore</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/George_David_Weiss" title="George David Weiss">George David Weiss</a></li>
<li>Albert Stanton</li></ul>
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<p>"<b>The Lion Sleeps Tonight</b>" is a song originally written and recorded by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Solomon_Linda" title="Solomon Linda">Solomon Linda</a><sup id="cite_ref-In_the_Jungle_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-In_the_Jungle-1">[1]</a></sup> under the title "<b>Mbube</b>" for the South African <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gallo_Record_Company" title="Gallo Record Company">Gallo Record Company</a> in 1939. Linda's original was written in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Zulu_language" title="Zulu language">Zulu</a>, while the English version's lyrics were written by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/George_David_Weiss" title="George David Weiss">George David Weiss</a>. The song was adapted and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cover_version" title="Cover version">covered</a> internationally by many pop and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Roots_revival" title="Roots revival">folk revival</a> artists in the 1950s and 1960s, including <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Weavers" title="The Weavers">the Weavers</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jimmy_Dorsey" title="Jimmy Dorsey">Jimmy Dorsey</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Yma_Sumac" title="Yma Sumac">Yma Sumac</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Miriam_Makeba" title="Miriam Makeba">Miriam Makeba</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Kingston_Trio" title="The Kingston Trio">the Kingston Trio</a>. In 1961, it became a number one hit in the United States as adapted in English with the best-known version by the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Doo-wop" title="Doo-wop">doo-wop</a> group <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Tokens" title="The Tokens">the Tokens</a>. It went on to earn millions in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Royalties" class="mw-redirect" title="Royalties">royalties</a> from cover versions and film licensing. The pop group <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tight_Fit" title="Tight Fit">Tight Fit</a> had a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_UK_Singles_Chart_number_ones_of_the_1980s" title="List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s">number one hit in the UK</a> with the song in 1982.
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Copyright_issues"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Copyright issues</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Selected_list_of_recorded_versions"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Selected list of recorded versions</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#"Mbube""><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">"Mbube"</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#"Wimoweh""><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">"Wimoweh"</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#"The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight""><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#"The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight_(Wimoweh)""><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">"The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)"</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Charted_singles"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Charted singles</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#The_Tokens"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">The Tokens</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10"><a href="#Weekly_charts"><span class="tocnumber">4.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Weekly charts</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-11"><a href="#Year-end_charts"><span class="tocnumber">4.1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Year-end charts</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Robert_John"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Robert John</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-13"><a href="#Weekly_charts_2"><span class="tocnumber">4.2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Weekly charts</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-14"><a href="#Year-end_charts_2"><span class="tocnumber">4.2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Year-end charts</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Tight_Fit"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Tight Fit</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>"Mbube" (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Zulu_language" title="Zulu language">Zulu</a> for "lion") was written in the 1920s by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Solomon_Linda" title="Solomon Linda">Solomon Linda</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FRITH_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FRITH-2">[2]</a></sup> a South African singer of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Zulu_people" title="Zulu people">Zulu origin</a>, who later worked for the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gallo_Record_Company" title="Gallo Record Company">Gallo Record Company</a> in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Johannesburg" title="Johannesburg">Johannesburg</a> as a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cleaner" title="Cleaner">cleaner</a> and record packer. He spent his weekends performing with the Evening Birds, a musical ensemble, and it was at Gallo Records, under the direction of producer Griffiths Motsieloa, that Linda and his fellow musicians recorded several songs, including "Mbube", which incorporated a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Call_and_response_(music)" title="Call and response (music)">call-response</a> pattern common among many <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa" title="Sub-Saharan Africa">Sub-Saharan African</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ethnic_group" title="Ethnic group">ethnic groups</a>, including the Zulu.
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According to journalist <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rian_Malan" title="Rian Malan">Rian Malan</a>:</p><blockquote><p>"Mbube" wasn't the most remarkable tune, but there was something compelling about the underlying chant, a dense meshing of low male voices above which Solomon yodelled and howled for two exhilarating minutes, improvising occasionally. The third take was the best, achieving immortality when Solly took a deep breath, opened his mouth, and improvised the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Melody" title="Melody">melody</a> that the world now associates with these words:
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<p><i>In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.</i><sup id="cite_ref-In_the_Jungle_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-In_the_Jungle-1">[1]</a></sup>
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<p>Issued by Gallo as a 78-rpm <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Phonograph_record" title="Phonograph record">phonograph record</a> in 1939,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> and marketed to black audiences, "Mbube" became a hit and Linda a star throughout <a href="/enwiki/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>. By 1948, the song had sold over 100,000 copies in Africa and among black South African immigrants in Great Britain. Linda also lent its name to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mbube_(genre)" title="Mbube (genre)">a style</a> of African <a href="/enwiki/wiki/A_cappella" title="A cappella">a cappella</a> music that evolved into <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Isicathamiya" title="Isicathamiya">isicathamiya</a></i> (also called <i>mbube</i>), popularized by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ladysmith_Black_Mambazo" title="Ladysmith Black Mambazo">Ladysmith Black Mambazo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup>
</p><p>In 1949, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alan_Lomax" title="Alan Lomax">Alan Lomax</a>, then working as folk music director for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca Records</a>, brought Solomon Linda's 78 recording to the attention of his friend <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pete_Seeger" title="Pete Seeger">Pete Seeger</a> of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk</a> group <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Weavers" title="The Weavers">The Weavers</a>. In November 1951, after having performed the song for at least a year in their concerts, The Weavers recorded an adapted version with brass and string orchestra and chorus and released it as a 78 single titled "Wimoweh", a mishearing of the original song's chorus of "<i>Uyimbube</i>", <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Zulu_language" title="Zulu language">Zulu</a>: <i lang="zu">You are a lion</i>. Their version contained the chanting chorus "Wimoweh" and Linda's improvised melodic line. The Weavers credited the song as "Traditional", with arrangement by "Paul Campbell", later found to be a pseudonym used by the Weavers in order to claim royalties.<sup id="cite_ref-hutcheon_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hutcheon-5">[5]</a></sup> It reached <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>'s top ten and became a staple of The Weavers' live repertoire, achieving further exposure on their best-selling <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Weavers_at_Carnegie_Hall" title="The Weavers at Carnegie Hall">The Weavers at Carnegie Hall</a></i> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/LP_record" title="LP record">LP album</a>, recorded in 1955 and issued in 1957. The song was also covered extensively by other folk revival groups such as <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Kingston_Trio" title="The Kingston Trio">The Kingston Trio</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Exotica" title="Exotica">exotica</a> singer <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Yma_Sumac" title="Yma Sumac">Yma Sumac</a>. However, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Miriam_Makeba" title="Miriam Makeba">Miriam Makeba</a>, in 1960, recorded the same song as "Mbube", with the writing credit given to "J. Linda".<sup id="cite_ref-hutcheon_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hutcheon-5">[5]</a></sup>
</p><p>In 1961, two <a href="/enwiki/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA Records</a> producers, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hugo_Peretti" title="Hugo Peretti">Hugo Peretti</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Luigi_Creatore" title="Luigi Creatore">Luigi Creatore</a>, hired <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Juilliard_School" title="Juilliard School">Juilliard</a>-trained musician and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lyricist" title="Lyricist">lyricist</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/George_David_Weiss" title="George David Weiss">George David Weiss</a> to arrange a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop music</a> cover of "Wimoweh" for the B-side of a 45-rpm single called "Tina", sung by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Doo-wop" title="Doo-wop">doo-wop</a> group <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Tokens" title="The Tokens">The Tokens</a>. Weiss wrote the English lyrics: "<i>In the jungle, the mighty jungle, The lion sleeps tonight ...</i>" and "<i>Hush, my darling, don't fear, my darling ...</i>"
</p><p>Weiss also brought in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Soprano" title="Soprano">soprano</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Anita_Darian" title="Anita Darian">Anita Darian</a> to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Reprise" title="Reprise">reprise</a> Yma Sumac's version, before, during and after the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Soprano_saxophone" title="Soprano saxophone">soprano saxophone</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Solo_(music)" title="Solo (music)">solo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pc18_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pc18-6">[6]</a></sup> "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" was issued by RCA in 1961, and it rocketed to number one on the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a>. Weiss' Abilene Music Inc., was the publisher of this arrangement, and listed "Albert Stanton" (a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pseudonym" title="Pseudonym">pseudonym</a> for Al Brackman, the business partner of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pete_Seeger" title="Pete Seeger">Pete Seeger</a>'s music publisher, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Howie_Richmond" title="Howie Richmond">Howie Richmond</a>) as one of the song's writers or arrangers.
The song has also been popularized as an <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Internet_meme" title="Internet meme">internet meme</a>.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Copyright_issues">Copyright issues</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Copyright issues">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>Social historian Ronald D. Cohen writes, "Howie Richmond copyrighted many songs originally in the public domain [sic] but now slightly revised to satisfy Decca and also to reap profits."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> Canadian writer <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mark_Steyn" title="Mark Steyn">Mark Steyn</a>, on the other hand, attributes the invention of the pseudonym "Paul Campbell" to Pete Seeger. Howie Richmond's claim of author's copyright could secure both the songwriter's royalties and his company's publishing share of the song's earnings.<sup id="cite_ref-In_the_Jungle_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-In_the_Jungle-1">[1]</a></sup>
</p><p>Although Linda was listed as a performer on the record itself, the Weavers thought they had recorded a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Oral_tradition" title="Oral tradition">traditional</a> Zulu song. Their managers, publisher, and their attorneys knew otherwise because they had been contacted by—and had reached an agreement with—Eric Gallo of Gallo Records in South Africa. The Americans maintained, however, that South African copyrights were not valid because South Africa was not a signatory to U.S. copyright law.<sup id="cite_ref-In_the_Jungle_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-In_the_Jungle-1">[1]</a></sup> In the 1950s, after Linda's authorship was made clear, Seeger sent Linda $1000. Seeger also said he instructed TRO/Folkways to henceforth pay his share of authors' earnings to Linda. The folksinger apparently trusted his publisher's word of honor and either saw no need, or was unable to make sure these instructions were carried out.<sup id="cite_ref-In_the_Jungle_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-In_the_Jungle-1">[1]</a></sup>
</p><p>In 2000, South African journalist <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rian_Malan" title="Rian Malan">Rian Malan</a> wrote a feature article for <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> magazine in which he recounted Linda's story and estimated that the song had earned $15 million for its use in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Disney" class="mw-redirect" title="Disney">Disney</a> movie <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Lion_King" title="The Lion King">The Lion King</a></i> alone. The piece prompted filmmaker <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Verster" title="François Verster">François Verster</a> to create the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Emmy_Award" title="Emmy Award">Emmy</a>-winning documentary <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/A_Lion%27s_Trail" title="A Lion's Trail">A Lion's Trail</a></i>, that told Linda's story while incidentally exposing the workings of the multi-million dollar corporate music publishing industry.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup>
</p><p>In July 2004, as a result of the publicity generated by Malan's article and the subsequent documentary, the song became the subject of a lawsuit between Linda's estate and Disney, claiming that Disney owed $1.6 million in royalties for the use of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in the film and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Lion_King_(musical)" title="The Lion King (musical)">musical stage</a> productions of <i>The Lion King</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> At the same time, the Richmond Organization began to pay $3,000 annually into Linda's estate. In February 2006, Linda's descendants reached a legal settlement with Abilene Music Publishers, who held the worldwide rights and had licensed the song to Disney, to place the earnings of the song in a trust.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup>
</p><p>In 2012, "Mbube" fell into the public domain due to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Copyright_law_of_South_Africa" title="Copyright law of South Africa">copyright law of South Africa</a>. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", however is still in copyright.
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<p>The song has been recorded by numerous artists, and is a standard that has become a part of popular culture.
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<h3><span id=".22Mbube.22"></span><span class="mw-headline" id=""Mbube"">"Mbube"</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: "Mbube"">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<ul><li>1939 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Solomon_Linda" title="Solomon Linda">Solomon Linda</a> and the Evening Birds<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup></li>
<li>1951 In the first <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cry,_the_Beloved_Country_(1951_film)" title="Cry, the Beloved Country (1951 film)">film adaptation</a> of <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cry,_the_Beloved_Country" title="Cry, the Beloved Country">Cry, the Beloved Country</a></i></li>
<li>1960 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Miriam_Makeba" title="Miriam Makeba">Miriam Makeba</a>, on <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Miriam_Makeba_(album)" title="Miriam Makeba (album)">Miriam Makeba</a></i></li>
<li>1988 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ladysmith_Black_Mambazo" title="Ladysmith Black Mambazo">Ladysmith Black Mambazo</a>, as "Mbube", during opening sequence of movie <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coming_to_America#Production" title="Coming to America">Coming to America</a></i> (but not on the soundtrack album)</li>
<li>1991 The Elite Swingsters Featuring Dolly Rathebe, as "Mbube" on <i>Woza!</i></li>
<li>1994 Ladysmith Black Mambazo, as "Mbube (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)", on <i>Gift of the Tortoise</i></li>
<li>1996 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Soweto_String_Quartet" title="Soweto String Quartet">Soweto String Quartet</a>, as "Imbube" on <i>Renaissance</i></li>
<li>2005 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Soweto_Gospel_Choir" title="Soweto Gospel Choir">Soweto Gospel Choir</a>, as "Imbube" on <i>Blessed</i></li>
<li>2006 Ladysmith Black Mambazo, as "Mbube", on <i>Long Walk to Freedom</i></li>
<li>2007 CH2 and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Soweto_String_Quartet" title="Soweto String Quartet">Soweto String Quartet</a>, as "Imbube" on <i>Pap & Paella</i></li>
<li>2010 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ang%C3%A9lique_Kidjo" title="Angélique Kidjo">Angélique Kidjo</a>, as "Mbube" on <i>Õÿö</i></li>
<li>2019 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lebo_M" class="mw-redirect" title="Lebo M">Lebo M</a>, on <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Lion_King_(2019_film)" title="The Lion King (2019 film)">The Lion King</a></i> soundtrack</li></ul>
<h3><span id=".22Wimoweh.22"></span><span class="mw-headline" id=""Wimoweh"">"Wimoweh"</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: "Wimoweh"">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<ul><li>1952: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Weavers" title="The Weavers">The Weavers</a>: US No. 6</li>
<li>1952: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jimmy_Dorsey" title="Jimmy Dorsey">Jimmy Dorsey</a></li>
<li>1952: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Yma_Sumac" title="Yma Sumac">Yma Sumac</a></li>
<li>1957: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Weavers" title="The Weavers">The Weavers</a>, live.</li>
<li>1959: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bill_Hayes_(actor)" title="Bill Hayes (actor)">Bill Hayes</a> (on Kapp Records)</li>
<li>1959: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Kingston_Trio" title="The Kingston Trio">The Kingston Trio</a></li>
<li>1961: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Karl_Denver" title="Karl Denver">Karl Denver</a>: UK No. 4</li>
<li>1962: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bert_Kaempfert" title="Bert Kaempfert">Bert Kaempfert</a> on album <a href="/enwiki/wiki/A_Swingin%27_Safari" title="A Swingin' Safari">A Swingin' Safari</a>, (on <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Polydor_Records" title="Polydor Records">Polydor Records</a>). Done mostly as an instrumental save for the "Wimoweh" chorus.</li>
<li>1962: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hugh_Masekela" title="Hugh Masekela">Hugh Masekela</a> on <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Trumpet_Africaine" title="Trumpet Africaine">Trumpet Africaine</a></i></li>
<li>1964: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Glen_Campbell" title="Glen Campbell">Glen Campbell</a> on <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Astounding_12-String_Guitar_of_Glen_Campbell" title="The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell">The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell</a></i></li>
<li>1964: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chet_Atkins" title="Chet Atkins">Chet Atkins</a></li>
<li>1971: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rumplestiltskin" class="mw-redirect" title="Rumplestiltskin">Rumplestiltskin</a> on <i>Black Magician</i></li>
<li>1993: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nanci_Griffith" title="Nanci Griffith">Nanci Griffith</a> with <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Odetta" title="Odetta">Odetta</a>, on <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Other_Voices,_Other_Rooms_(Nanci_Griffith_album)" title="Other Voices, Other Rooms (Nanci Griffith album)">Other Voices, Other Rooms</a></i></li>
<li>1994: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Roger_Whittaker" title="Roger Whittaker">Roger Whittaker</a>, on <i>Roger Whittaker Live!</i></li>
<li>1994: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Manu_Dibango" title="Manu Dibango">Manu Dibango</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ladysmith_Black_Mambazo" title="Ladysmith Black Mambazo">Ladysmith Black Mambazo</a>, on <i>Waka Afrika</i></li>
<li>1998: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pete_Seeger" title="Pete Seeger">Pete Seeger</a> on <i>For Kids And Just Plain Folks</i></li>
<li>1999: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Desmond_Dekker" title="Desmond Dekker">Desmond Dekker</a> on <i>Halfway To Paradise</i></li></ul>
<h3><span id=".22The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight.22"></span><span class="mw-headline" id=""The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight"">"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<table class="infobox vevent" style="width:22em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="summary" style="text-align:center;font-size:125%;font-weight:bold;background-color: khaki;">"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight_-_Robert_John.jpg" class="image"><img alt="The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Robert John.jpg" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/13/The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight_-_Robert_John.jpg/220px-The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight_-_Robert_John.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="219" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/1/13/The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight_-_Robert_John.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="299" /></a><div>Single picture sleeve</div></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="description" style="text-align:center;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Robert_John" title="Robert John">Robert John</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="description" style="text-align:center;background-color: khaki;">from the album <i>Robert John</i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a></span></th><td class="plainlist">"Janet"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Released</th><td class="plainlist">May 1972</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="category hlist"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">Pop</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="hlist"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Atlantic_Records" title="Atlantic Records">Atlantic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="hlist">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hugo_Peretti" title="Hugo Peretti">Hugo Peretti</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Luigi_Creatore" title="Luigi Creatore">Luigi Creatore</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/George_David_Weiss" title="George David Weiss">George David Weiss</a></li>
<li>Albert Stanton</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Solomon_Linda" title="Solomon Linda">Solomon Linda</a></li></ul>
</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></span></th><td class="hlist">Hank Medress and Dave Appell</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table class="infobox vevent" style="width:22em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="summary" style="text-align:center;font-size:125%;font-weight:bold;background-color: khaki;">"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight_by_Tight_Fit.jpg" class="image"><img alt="The Lion Sleeps Tonight by Tight Fit.jpg" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight_by_Tight_Fit.jpg/220px-The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight_by_Tight_Fit.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/8/80/The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight_by_Tight_Fit.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a><div>Single picture sleeve</div></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="description" style="text-align:center;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tight_Fit" title="Tight Fit">Tight Fit</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="description" style="text-align:center;background-color: khaki;">from the album <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tight_Fit_(album)" title="Tight Fit (album)">Tight Fit</a></i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Released</th><td class="plainlist">January 1982</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="category hlist"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">Pop</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Length</th><td class="plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">3</span>:<span class="s">18</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="hlist"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jive_Records" title="Jive Records">Jive</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="hlist">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hugo_Peretti" title="Hugo Peretti">Hugo Peretti</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Luigi_Creatore" title="Luigi Creatore">Luigi Creatore</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/George_David_Weiss" title="George David Weiss">George David Weiss</a></li>
<li>Albert Stanton</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Solomon_Linda" title="Solomon Linda">Solomon Linda</a></li></ul>
</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></span></th><td class="hlist"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tim_Friese-Greene" title="Tim Friese-Greene">Tim Friese-Greene</a><sup id="cite_ref-500_Number_One_Hits_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-500_Number_One_Hits-13">[13]</a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="description" style="text-align:center;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tight_Fit" title="Tight Fit">Tight Fit</a> singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center">
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<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;">"Back to the Sixties Part II" <br />(1981)
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<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>The Lion Sleeps Tonight</b>" <br />(1982)
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<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"Fantasy Island" <br />(1982)
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<ul><li>1961: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Tokens" title="The Tokens">The Tokens</a>: US No. 1, UK No. 11</li>
<li>1962: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Henri_Salvador" title="Henri Salvador">Henri Salvador</a> – in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> as "Le lion est mort ce soir" ("The Lion Died Tonight") FR No. 1</li>
<li>1965: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_New_Christy_Minstrels" title="The New Christy Minstrels">The New Christy Minstrels</a></li>
<li>1965: The Shangaans, on "Jungle Drums"</li>
<li>1967: The Hounds (Swedish Popgroup)</li>
<li>1968: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Tremeloes" title="The Tremeloes">The Tremeloes</a>, on <i>Silence Is Golden</i></li>
<li>1971: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Eric_Donaldson" title="Eric Donaldson">Eric Donaldson</a></li>
<li>1972: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Robert_John" title="Robert John">Robert John</a>: US No. 3, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification" class="mw-redirect" title="Music recording sales certification">gold record</a>.</li>
<li>1972: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/David_Newman_(composer)" title="David Newman (composer)">Dave Newman</a>: UK No. 34</li>
<li>1974: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ras_Michael" title="Ras Michael">Ras Michael</a> and the Sons of Negus, as "Rise Jah Jah Children (The Lion Sleeps)"</li>
<li>1975: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brian_Eno" title="Brian Eno">Brian Eno</a>, on single, later on <i>Working Backwards: 1983-1973</i> and <i>Eno Box II: Vocal</i></li>
<li>1979: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Stylistics" title="The Stylistics">The Stylistics</a></li>
<li>1980: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Passengers_(Italian_band)" title="Passengers (Italian band)">Passengers</a></li>
<li>1982: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tight_Fit" title="Tight Fit">Tight Fit</a>: UK No. 1,<sup id="cite_ref-British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-14">[14]</a></sup> This version has sold over a million copies in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_nov2012_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian_nov2012-15">[15]</a></sup></li>
<li>1982: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Nylons" title="The Nylons">The Nylons</a></li>
<li>1990: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ladysmith_Black_Mambazo" title="Ladysmith Black Mambazo">Ladysmith Black Mambazo</a> with <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Mint_Juleps" title="The Mint Juleps">The Mint Juleps</a>, on <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Spike_Lee_%26_Company:_Do_It_a_Cappella" title="Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella">Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella</a> PBS documentary and album</li>
<li>1991: Hotline & P.J. Powers, on <i>The Best Of</i></li>
<li>1992: Talisman, on <i>A Capella</i></li>
<li>1992: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/They_Might_Be_Giants" title="They Might Be Giants">They Might Be Giants</a> with <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Laura_Cantrell" title="Laura Cantrell">Laura Cantrell</a>, interpolated into "<a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Guitar_(The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight)" title="The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)">The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)</a>"</li>
<li>1993: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pow_woW" title="Pow woW">Pow woW</a>: FR No. 1, cover of Salvador's version.</li>
<li>1993: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/R.E.M." title="R.E.M.">R.E.M.</a>: B-side of "<a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Sidewinder_Sleeps_Tonite" title="The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite">The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite</a>" and on <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Automatic_Box" title="The Automatic Box">The Automatic Box</a></i> (Disc 3).</li>
<li>1993: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Nylons" title="The Nylons">The Nylons</a></li>
<li>1994: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dennis_Marcellino" title="Dennis Marcellino">Dennis Marcellino</a></li>
<li>1994: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tonic_Sol-Fa" class="mw-redirect" title="Tonic Sol-Fa">Tonic Sol-Fa</a></li>
<li>1995: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lebo_M." title="Lebo M.">Lebo M.</a> for <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rhythm_of_the_Pride_Lands" title="Rhythm of the Pride Lands">Rhythm of the Pride Lands</a></i>, an album with songs inspired by the music of <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Lion_King" title="The Lion King">The Lion King</a></i></li>
<li>1997: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/%27N_Sync" class="mw-redirect" title="'N Sync">'N Sync</a>: B-side of "<a href="/enwiki/wiki/For_the_Girl_Who_Has_Everything_(song)" title="For the Girl Who Has Everything (song)">For the Girl Who Has Everything</a>"</li>
<li>1998: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Undertones" title="The Undertones">The Undertones</a>, on <i>8 Degrees and Rising</i></li>
<li>1990s: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Streetnix" title="Streetnix">Streetnix</a></li>
<li>2001: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Baha_Men" title="Baha Men">Baha Men</a> featuring <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Imani_Coppola" title="Imani Coppola">Imani Coppola</a>, sampled the chorus in the song "<a href="/enwiki/wiki/You_All_Dat" title="You All Dat">You All Dat</a>" on <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Who_Let_the_Dogs_Out_(album)" title="Who Let the Dogs Out (album)">Who Let the Dogs Out</a></i></li>
<li>2001: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rockapella" title="Rockapella">Rockapella</a></li>
<li>2002: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mango_Groove" title="Mango Groove">Mango Groove</a>, on <i>Eat a Mango</i></li>
<li>2004: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Daniel_K%C3%BCblb%C3%B6ck" title="Daniel Küblböck">Daniel Küblböck</a></li>
<li>2005: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Mavericks" title="The Mavericks">The Mavericks</a></li>
<li>2009: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Melo-M" title="Melo-M">Melo-M</a>, on <i>Around the World</i></li>
<li>2010: Cool Down Cafe featuring <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gerard_Joling" title="Gerard Joling">Gerard Joling</a>, on <i>Goud</i></li>
<li>2014: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Billy_Joel" title="Billy Joel">Billy Joel</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jimmy_Fallon" title="Jimmy Fallon">Jimmy Fallon</a>, on <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_Starring_Jimmy_Fallon" title="The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon">The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon</a></i><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li>
<li>2015: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Justin_Fletcher" title="Justin Fletcher">Justin Fletcher</a> as Gail Force on <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gigglebiz" title="Gigglebiz">Gigglebiz</a></i></li>
<li>2016: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tight_Fit" title="Tight Fit">Tight Fit</a> new production Rainforest Radio Edit on <i>Together</i> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Almighty_Records" title="Almighty Records">Almighty</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup></li>
<li>2019: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Billy_Eichner" title="Billy Eichner">Billy Eichner</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Seth_Rogen" title="Seth Rogen">Seth Rogen</a>, on <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Lion_King_(2019_film)" title="The Lion King (2019 film)">The Lion King</a></i> film and soundtrack</li></ul>
<h3><span id=".22The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight_.28Wimoweh.29.22"></span><span class="mw-headline" id=""The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight_(Wimoweh)"">"The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)"</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)"">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>1997: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Barbados_(band)" title="Barbados (band)">Barbados</a> (Swedish Dansband)
</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Charted_singles">Charted singles</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Charted singles">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="The_Tokens">The Tokens</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: The Tokens">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
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<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Weekly_charts">Weekly charts</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Weekly charts">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4>
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<tbody><tr>
<th>Chart (1961–62)
</th>
<th>Peak<br />position
</th></tr>
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<td>Australia Kent Music Report
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">15
</td></tr>
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<td>Belgium (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop 50</a> Flanders)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Belgium_(Flanders)_The_Tokens_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Belgium_(Flanders)_The_Tokens-17">[17]</a></sup>
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">6
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<td>Belgium (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop 50</a> Wallonia)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Belgium_(Wallonia)_The_Tokens_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Belgium_(Wallonia)_The_Tokens-18">[18]</a></sup>
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">13
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Germany (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/GfK_Entertainment_Charts" class="mw-redirect" title="GfK Entertainment Charts">Official German Charts</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Germany_The_Tokens_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Germany_The_Tokens-19">[19]</a></sup>
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">23
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>New Zealand <i>Lever</i><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup>
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">1
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles</a> (Official Charts Company)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_UKsinglesbyname_Tokens_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_UKsinglesbyname_Tokens-21">[21]</a></sup>
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">11
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>US <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a><sup id="cite_ref-sc_Billboardhot100_The_Tokens_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboardhot100_The_Tokens-22">[22]</a></sup>
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">1
</td></tr>
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<td>US <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs</a> (<i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Billboardrandbhiphop_The_Tokens_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboardrandbhiphop_The_Tokens-23">[23]</a></sup>
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">7
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>US <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cashbox_(magazine)" title="Cashbox (magazine)">Cash Box</a></i> Top 100
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">1
</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p> 
</p>
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<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Year-end_charts">Year-end charts</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Year-end charts">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4>
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<tbody><tr>
<th align="left">Chart (1962)
</th>
<th style="text-align:center;">Rank
</th></tr>
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<td>US <i>Cash Box</i> <sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup>
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">10
</td></tr>
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<p> 
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Robert_John">Robert John</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Robert John">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
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<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Weekly_charts_2">Weekly charts</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Weekly charts">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4>
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<th>Chart (1971–72)
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</th></tr>
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<td>Australia (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">Kent Music Report</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup>
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">31
</td></tr>
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<td>Canadian <i>RPM</i> Top Tracks
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">15
</td></tr>
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<td>Canadian <i>RPM</i> Adult Contemporary
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">17
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<td>German Singles Charts
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">40
</td></tr>
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<td>South Africa (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Springbok_Radio" title="Springbok Radio">Springbok</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup>
</td>
<td align="center">15
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>US <i>Billboard</i> Top 100 Singles
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">3
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>US <i>Billboard</i> Adult Contemporary
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">6
</td></tr>
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<td>US <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cashbox_(magazine)" title="Cashbox (magazine)">Cash Box</a></i> Top 100<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a></sup>
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">2
</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p> 
</p>
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<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Year-end_charts_2">Year-end charts</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Year-end charts">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4>
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<tbody><tr>
<th align="left">Chart (1972)
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<th style="text-align:center;">Rank
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<td>Australia
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">172
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Canada
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">45
</td></tr>
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<td>US <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Hot 100</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a></sup>
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">21
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>US <i>Cash Box</i> <sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup>
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">10
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Tight_Fit">Tight Fit</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Tight Fit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<table class="wikitable sortable">
<tbody><tr>
<th>Chart (1982)
</th>
<th>Peak<br />position
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td>UK Singles Charts
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">1
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Ö3 Austria Top 40
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">8
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Belgian <i>Ultratop</i> 50
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">1
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>German <i>Media Control</i> Charts
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">3
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<td>Danish Singles Charts
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">1
</td></tr>
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<td>Dutch Singles Charts
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">1
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<td>Irish Singles Charts
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">1
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<td>Israel Singles Charts
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">7
</td></tr>
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<td>New Zealand Singles Charts
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">3
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Swedish <i>Sverigetopplistan</i> Charts
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">17
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Swiss <i>Ultratop</i> Charts
</td>
<td style="text-align:center;">8
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/03/26/solomon-linda-songwriter-who-penned-the-lion-finally-gets-his-just-desserts/">Solomon Linda, Songwriter Who Penned ‘The Lion,’ Finally Gets His Just Desserts</a></li>
<li>Sample of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000001I1S001015">Mbube</a> performed by Solomon Linda's <i>Original Evening Birds</i> (WMA Stream).</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5300359">NPR: All Things Considered: Family of 'Lion Sleeps Tonight' Writer to Get Millions</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1475434/Penniless-singers-family-sue-Disney-for-Lion-King-royalties.html">Telegraph: Penniless singer's family sue Disney for Lion King royalties</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2010/07/100715_greatest_hits_pt2.shtml">The Lion Sleeps Tonight. BBC World Service Documentary by Paul Gambaccini first broadcast 16 July 2010</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/FLORENCOM/videos">200+ recordings of Mbube/Wimoweh/The Lion Sleeps Tonight on FLORENCOM's YouTube tribute channel</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Miriam_Makeba_(album)" title="Miriam Makeba (album)">Miriam Makeba</a></i> (1960)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Many_Voices_of_Miriam_Makeba" title="The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba">The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba</a></i> (1962)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_World_of_Miriam_Makeba" title="The World of Miriam Makeba">The World of Miriam Makeba</a></i> (1963)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Voice_of_Africa_(album)" title="The Voice of Africa (album)">The Voice of Africa</a></i> (1964)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Makeba_Sings!" title="Makeba Sings!">Makeba Sings!</a></i> (1965)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/An_Evening_with_Belafonte/Makeba" title="An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba">An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba</a></i> (1965)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Magic_of_Makeba" title="The Magic of Makeba">The Magic of Makeba</a></i> (1965)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Magnificent_Miriam_Makeba" title="The Magnificent Miriam Makeba">The Magnificent Miriam Makeba</a></i> (1966)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/All_About_Miriam" title="All About Miriam">All About Miriam</a></i> (1966)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pata_Pata_(album)" title="Pata Pata (album)">Pata Pata</a></i> (1967)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Makeba!" title="Makeba!">Makeba!</a></i> (1968)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Keep_Me_in_Mind_(Miriam_Makeba_album)" title="Keep Me in Mind (Miriam Makeba album)">Keep Me in Mind</a></i> (1970)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/A_Promise_(Miriam_Makeba_album)" title="A Promise (Miriam Makeba album)">A Promise</a></i> (1974)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Miriam_Makeba_%26_Bongi" title="Miriam Makeba & Bongi">Miriam Makeba & Bongi</a></i> (1975)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Country_Girl_(Miriam_Makeba_album)" title="Country Girl (Miriam Makeba album)">Country Girl</a></i> (1978)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Comme_une_symphonie_d%27amour" title="Comme une symphonie d'amour">Comme une symphonie d'amour</a></i> (1979)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sangoma_(Miriam_Makeba_album)" title="Sangoma (Miriam Makeba album)">Sangoma</a></i> (1988)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Welela" title="Welela">Welela</a></i> (1989)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Eyes_on_Tomorrow" title="Eyes on Tomorrow">Eyes on Tomorrow</a></i> (1991)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sing_Me_a_Song_(Miriam_Makeba_album)" title="Sing Me a Song (Miriam Makeba album)">Sing Me a Song</a></i> (1994)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Homeland_(Miriam_Makeba_album)" title="Homeland (Miriam Makeba album)">Homeland</a></i> (2000)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Reflections_(Miriam_Makeba_album)" title="Reflections (Miriam Makeba album)">Reflections</a></i> (2004)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Harry_Belafonte_and_Miriam_Makeba" title="Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba">Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba</a></i> (1975)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Queen_of_African_Music" title="The Queen of African Music">The Queen of African Music</a></i> (1987)</li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Africa_(Miriam_Makeba_album)" title="Africa (Miriam Makeba album)">Africa</a></i> (1991)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>"<a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun" title="The House of the Rising Sun">The House of the Rising Sun</a>" (1960)</li>
<li>"<a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Click_Song" title="The Click Song">The Click Song</a>" / "<a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Lion Sleeps Tonight</a>" (1963)</li>
<li>"<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Malaika" title="Malaika">Malaika</a>" / "Malcolm X" (1965)</li>
<li>"<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pata_Pata" title="Pata Pata">Pata Pata</a>" (1967)</li>
<li>"<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mas_que_Nada" title="Mas que Nada">Mas que Nada</a>" (1967)</li>
<li>"<a href="/enwiki/wiki/I_Shall_Be_Released" title="I Shall Be Released">I Shall Be Released</a>" / "Iphi Ndilela (Show Me the Way)" (1969)</li>
<li>"<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Soweto_Blues" title="Soweto Blues">Soweto Blues</a>" (1988)</li>
<li>"<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brand_New_Day_(Van_Morrison_song)" title="Brand New Day (Van Morrison song)">Brand New Day</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chauffeur_Blues" title="Chauffeur Blues">Chauffeur Blues</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika">Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika</a>"</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bongi_Makeba" title="Bongi Makeba">Bongi Makeba</a> (daughter)</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hugh_Masekela" title="Hugh Masekela">Hugh Masekela</a> (3rd husband)</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Stokely_Carmichael" title="Stokely Carmichael">Stokely Carmichael</a> (4th husband)</li></ul>
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