Liz Mitchell provided the song's lead vocals, backed by Reggie Tsiboe, [ ]], Cathy Bartney, Madeleine Davis and Judy Cheeks.
The single performed poorly, reaching number 48 in the German charts and causing it to be omitted from the group's seventh album Ten Thousand Lightyears, released in 1984.
A meerkat and a warthog, Timon and Pumbaa, teach Simba, a lion cub that he should forget his troubled past and live in the present.
The song was written by Elton John (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics), who found the term in a Swahili phrasebook.
[3] Prior to the release of the 2019 remake, the trademark caused controversy in East Africa, where Disney was accused of cultural appropriation.