Simple Plan with Mickey & &Friends Disney
Simple Plan‘s pop punk take on Sir Elton John‘s The Lion King classic “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” is the first single from the upcoming Disney album A Whole New Sound. The group’ s handle the rising ballad– which goes down at twelve o’clock at night Friday (July 12)– is the very first preference of the Mouse House’s 30th wedding anniversary party of the legendary computer animated standard.
“When Disney reached out to us to be a part of this project, it was a bit overwhelming because there are so many amazing Disney songs. But it became obvious pretty quickly that The Lion King song book, and especially ‘Can You Feel The Love Tonight,’ stood out from the rest,” Simple Plan informsBillboard “The tune simply has such a traditional feeling, and the tunes are so unforgettable and classic. We likewise seemed like it would certainly provide itself truly well to our design and would certainly appear amazing as a pop-punk variation.
“It’s also one of those songs and movies that has been such an important part of people’s lives. Lots of our fans grew up watching it and listening to the soundtrack and we also played them for our own kids,” the band proceeds. “So, it holds a special place in our hearts and felt like the rare song that could connect to a very wide range of listeners across many generations. Finally, the fact that the movie celebrates its 30th anniversary this year was just the icing on the cake! It’s such an honor to offer our own version of this song and to cover such an iconic artist like Sir Elton John. We’re not sure if he heard the song or not, but we hope he will enjoy this new version and feel like we did it justice.”
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The band is readied to execute the tune onAug 9 at the D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event.
According to a launch, the collection will certainly include a variety of option, rock and pop punk bands remodeling prominent Disney tunes, in addition to a fresh streetwise seek Mickey and his close friends, with Goofy and Donald Duck getting on tennis shoes, slim denims and in reverse baseball caps for the party.
Guitarist Jeff Stinco teased out the cooperation previously today when the band uploaded a video clip of him taking a Disney- driven test in which a person asked him to select his preferred Mouse House computer animated movie, with the shredder consistently picking The Lion King over such standards as Toy Story, Ratatouille, Lilo & & Stitch andTarzan
“Why are you always choosing Lion King?” an off-camera voice asked Stinco as he stood in the darkness of Cinderella’s castle. Stinco quietly shrugged and grinned, though the inscription on the blog post made good sense once the information was introduced. “Jeff’s really been feeling the love for The Lion King lately,” it checked out. “There must be a reason [chin stroke and shifty eyes emoji].”
Then, on Wednesday (July 10), Disney Music introduced a quick sneak peek of the Simple Plan tune, with Goofy and Donald shaking bent on it in addition to Mickey under a banner that check out“A Whole New Sound.”
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