The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens

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Written by: Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Solomon Linda
Language: English
Released on: The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Single
October 1961
Chart placings: #1 in United States
Comments: Nr 1 US. The lyrics were rewritten by George David Weiss. Peretti and Creatore were the producers. For more information read Rian Malan's "Where does the Lion sleep tonight?".
Rating: (6th best version)
Licensing: Request a synchronization license

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Mbube [Wimoweh] written by Solomon Linda Zulu

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
Mbube	Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds	1939	First release
Wimoweh	The Weavers and Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus and Orchestra	January 1952
Wimoweh	Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch.	February 1952
Wimoweh	Yma Sumac	May 1952
Wimoweh	Pete Seeger	1954	Live
Wimoweh	Bill Hayes	1958
Wimoweh	The Kingston Trio	January 5, 1959	Live
Wimoweh (The Lion Sleeps)	Kitty White	October 1960
Mbube	Miriam Makeba	1960
Wimoweh	Karl Denver	1961
Wimoweh	Bobby Stevens	February 1962
Mambo Wimoweh	The Springfields with Accomp. directed by Ivor Raymonde	April 27, 1962
Wimoweh	Johnny Mann Singers	1963
Wimoweh	The Spinners [GB]	1965
Wimoweh	Dinger Bell	1969
Wimoweh (Mbube)	Arlo Guthrie - Pete Seeger	1982	Live
Wimoweh	Holly Near, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger	1985	Live
Wimoweh	Nanci Griffith	February 16, 1993
Mbube	Mahotella Queens	1993
Wimoweh	Red Grammer	1993
Wimoweh	Manu Dibango featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo	June 4, 1994
Mbube	Ladysmith Black Mambazo feat. Taj Mahal	2006
Mbube	Angélique Kidjo	January 19, 2010
Mbube	Lebo M	July 11, 2019
Mbube [Wimoweh]	Kronos Quartet	October 9, 2020

Mbube [Wimoweh] written by Solomon Linda instrumental

	Title	Performer	Release date	Info
i	Rockin' Already	The John Barry Seven Plus Four	February 12, 1960	Unverified
i	Wimeweh	Cal Carter	1962
i	The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)	Panama Francis	1962
i	Wimoweh	Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra	1962
i	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Aki Aleong and His Licorice Twisters	1962
i	Wimoweh	George Penman Jazzmen	March 1963
i	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Sammy Lowe	July 1963
i	Wimoweh	Hugh Masekela	1963
i	Wimoweh	Glen Campbell	April 1964
i	Wimoweh	Chris Barber	1965
i	Wimoweh	Chet Atkins, Guitarist - Boston Pops Orchestra - Arthur Fiedler, Conductor	July 1969
i	The Lion Sleeps Tonight - I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing - Son of My Father - Beg, Steal or Bo…	Klaus Wunderlich	1972	Medley
i	Wimoweh	Piccadilly Six	1973	Live
i	Wimoweh	The Alan Tew Orchestra	1973
i	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Gianni Oddi	April 1974
i	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Percy Sauerman	1983	Unverified
i	Wimoweh	Steppin Stompers	1988
i	Wimoweh	Greg MacDonald	1998
i	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Paul McDermand	2006
i	Imbube	CH2 & Soweto String Quartet	2007
i	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Dean Magraw's Red Planet	November 2009
i	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Celtica	2010	Unverified
i	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Blue Champagne	2011
i	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	8-Bit Universe	December 29, 2017
i	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	United Guitar Players	September 5, 2019

The Lion Sleeps Tonight written by Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti English

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The Tokens	October 1961	First release Hit song Definitive version
The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)	Bobby Stevens	January 1962
Wimoweh	Jimmie Rodgers [US2]	August 1963
Wimoweh	The New Christy Minstrels	September 1965
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The Townsmen	1966
Wimoweh	Roger Whittaker	November 1967
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The Hounds [SE]	1967
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The Tremeloes	July 1968
The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)	Robert John	December 1971	Hit song
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Terry Baxter His Orchestra and Chorus	1972
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Fingernails	1972
Wimoweh	James Last	1972
Lion Sleeps Tonight	The Sound Effects	1972
Rise Ja Ja Children (The Lion Sleeps)	Ras Michael & The Sons of Negus	1974
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Tyrone and The Clouds	1975
Lion Sleeps Tonight	Roy Alton and The Puzzle People	1975
The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)	Brian Eno	1975
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The Stylistics	1978
Wimoweh	Mary Schneider	1980
The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimowen)	Passengers [IT]	1980
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Cindy	1981
Wimoweh	Jowe Head	1981
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The Elegants	1981
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Tight Fit	January 1982	Hit song
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Top of the Pops	February 1982
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Mini★Pops	1982
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Party Service Band	1982
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The Nylons	1982
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Sound Sensation (Chevron Studio Artists)	1982
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Éva Csepregi	1983	Unverified
Christmas Medley	Weekend [GB2]	November 18, 1985	Medley
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Montezuma's Revenge	July 1989
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Ladysmith Black Mambazo & The Mint Juleps	1990
Welcome to the Jungle	Big Daddy	April 1991	Medley
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The Greenleafs	November 1991	A cappella
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	R.E.M.	February 1993
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The Octaves	May 1993	A cappella
Mbube (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)	Ladysmith Black Mambazo	1994	Medley
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Steve Forbert	1994
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Xtension Chords	March 1995	A cappella
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Sugar Beats	1995
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Ally & Jo	1995
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Awaken a cappella	1995	A cappella
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Tonic Sol-fa	1995
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Lebo M	1995
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Stormy Weather	July 1996	A cappella
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Voice Male [US]	1996	A cappella
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Jay, Ray and Gee	1996	A cappella
Lion Sleeps Tonight	*NSYNC	August 18, 1997	Unverified
Vocal Styles of the 60's	Turtle Creek Chorale	1997	Medley
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Perikles	1997
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Barbados	1997
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Helmut Lotti	1998
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Voice Male [BE]	1998	A cappella
Caribbean Folk Medley	Two Guitars	1998	Medley
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Danny Supply	1998
Wimoweh	Desmond Dekker	1999
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The Dodecaphonics	1999
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Party Animals [DK]	May 29, 2000
Lion Sleeps Tonight	Boyz Nite Out	2000
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	InsideOut	2000
Lion Sleeps Tonight	Grains of Time	2000
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Pumpbolaget	2001
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Scallwags	2001
Lion Sleeps Tonight	Out of the Blue [Oxford]	2002	A cappella
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The Mighty Echoes	September 2003
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Morgan Arons with Jay Siegel and The Tokens	2003
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Boppin' B	2003
Lion Sleeps Tonight	4:2:Five	April 8, 2004	A cappella
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The Jungle Boys	2004
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Ac·Rock	2004
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Showvinistics	2005
Lion Sleeps Tonight	Chuck Lawson	2005
The Lion	Skafari	March 31, 2006
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	VeggieTales	August 1, 2006
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Five by Design	2008
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Sinners	2009
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Sing n Play	2009
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Morgan Heritage	June 8, 2010
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The GrooveBarbers	2010
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Prebens Pågar	2010
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Paris Encore	2010	Unverified
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	MC6 a cappella	2011	A cappella
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Roberto Blanco	2011	Unverified
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	East Coast Acappella	March 2012
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Union of Sound (One Media Studio Artists)	October 19, 2012
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Audio Quattro	2012	A cappella
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The SilverBalls	2012
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Boom the Bass	2013	Unverified
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Ali McGregor	October 1, 2014
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Mariachi Voces de América	February 16, 2016
Lion Sleeps Tonight	Ondřej Ruml	October 14, 2016
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Beau Davidson featuring Jay Siegel's Tokens (Jay Siegel)	2016	Unverified
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Anne Reburn	November 18, 2017	A cappella
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Billy Eichner, Seth Rogen	July 11, 2019
The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Jared Halley	February 28, 2023	A cappella

The Lion Sleeps Tonight written by Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti instrumental

	Title	Performer	Release date	Info
i	Le lion est mort ce soir	Les Guitares du Diable	1962
i	Wimoweh	Roberto Delgado & His Orchestra	1963	Unverified
i	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Os Populares	1972
i	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The Longines Symphonette Society	1973
i	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Harald Winkler	1974
i	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Piano Tribute Players	November 29, 2011
i	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Geoffrey Castle	July 2012
i	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The Surf Dawgs	2013
i	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Jimbo Mathus	November 24, 2017

Kniha džunglí written by Zdeněk Rytíř Czech

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Kniha džunglí	Vlaďka Prachařová a sbor L. Pánka - Taneční orchestr Ćs. rozhlasu řídí Josef Vobruba	1973	First release

Lev dnes v noci spí written by Eduard Krečmar Czech

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Lion Sleeps Tonight	4TET	2004	First release

Wimmersvej written by Bamse Danish

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Wimmersvej	Bamses Venner	1975	First release

De leeuw slaapt vannacht written by Jan Vuik Dutch

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		De leeuw slaapt van nacht!	Ilonka	1962	First release

Oek' ndana written by Lex Colman, Jean Vanhoren Dutch

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Oek' ndana	The Strangers [BE]	1962	First release

Daar slaapt de leeuw vannacht written by Kapitein Winokio Dutch

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Daar slaapt de leeuw vannacht	Kapitein Winokio	June 1, 2012	First release

The Tiger's Wide Awake written by Jack Keller [US1], Larry Colber English

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		The Tiger's Wide Awake	The Romeos	January 1962	First release

The Guitar - The Lion Sleeps Tonight written by John Flansburgh, John Linnell English

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)	They Might Be Giants	March 1992	First release
		The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)	They Might Be Giants featuring Laura Cantrell	July 30, 1992

Ei saa häiritä leijonaa written by Sauvo Puhtila Finnish

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Ei saa häiritä leijonaa	Danny [FI]	1972	First release
		Ei saa häiritä leijonaa	Government Girls & The Senator's Sons - Boston Promenade	2006

Le lion est mort ce soir written by Henri Salvador French

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
Le lion est mort ce soir	Henri Salvador	1962	First release
Le lion est mort ce soir	Jacques Hélian et son nouvel orchestre	1962
Le lion est mort ce soir	Nancy Holloway acc. par Didier Boland	1962	Unverified
Le lion est mort ce soir	Patrick Jaque	1963
Le lion est mort ce soir	Bibi Flash	1982
Le lion est mort ce soir	Pow woW	1992	Hit song
Le lion	Gema 4	1999	A cappella
Le lion est mort ce soir	Banda Los Divinos	2002	Unverified
Le lion est mort ce soir	Jacques Haurogné	2008
Le lion est mort ce soir	MB14	October 13, 2017
Le lion est mort ce soir	Kids United [FR]	August 17, 2018
The Lion Song (Mbube)	Clare Gordon	September 9, 2020

Der Löwe schläft heut' Nacht written by Kurt Feltz German

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
Der Löwe schläft heut' Nacht	Henri Salvador	February 1962	First release
Der Löwe schläft heut' Nacht	Freddie Davis & Die Colibris - Sammy Bird und sein Orchester	1962
Der Löwe schläft heut' Nacht - Teeny - Hippy Hippy Shake - Shakin' All Over - Ready Teddy	Drafi Deutscher and His Magics	1964	Medley
Der Löwe schläft heut Nacht	Die Flippers	1996
Der Löwe schläft heut' Nacht	Wirtschaftswunder	1999
Der Löwe schläft heut' Nacht	Rio Reiser	2000
Der Löwe schläft heut' Nacht	Crazy Jungle	2014	Unverified

Wo ist die Oase... das Ding ist weg! written by Bernd Meinunger, Werner Schüler German

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Wo ist die Oase... das Ding ist weg!	Jürgen Drews	1978	First release

Der Löwe schläft heut' Nacht (Awimbohe) written by Volker Rosin German

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Der Löwe schläft heut' Nacht (Awimbohe)	Volker Rosin und die Lollypops	November 1998	First release

De liew is weg written by Jack Wijckmans Limburgan

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		De liew is weg	FietseFreem	1993	First release

Gjedda kjæm i kveld (på Vingrom) written by Eldar Vågan Norwegian

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Gjedda kjæm i kveld (på Vingrom)	Vazelina Bilopphøggers	1984	First release

Hoy duerme el león written by Francisco Carreras Spanish

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
Hoy duerme el león	Continuados	1972	First release
Hoy duerme el león	Chispas	1972
Hoy duerme el león	La Brigada	1972

Mr Walker written by Svängis Höglund Swedish

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Mr Walker	Jonny Cutz	1975	First release

Där äljaan kommer ifrå written by Gördis Dobermann Swedish (not verified yet)

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Där äljaan kommer ifrå	Bröderna Dobermann	2004	Unverified

Dormido Está El León written by [Unknown] Spanish (not verified yet)

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Dormido Está El León	Óscar Mas, Miguel Ángel Jenner	2019	Unverified

Touma (Wimowe) written by Mory Kanté Banda (not verified yet)

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Touma (Wimowe)	Mory Kanté	1990	Unverified

In de jungle written by Hanneke van Bogget, Jan Derk Beck Dutch (not verified yet)

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		In de jungle	Laurenz Hoorelbeke, Mike Wauters	2019	Unverified

Quem Dorme É o Leão written by Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Solomon Linda, Vanessa Alves Portuguese (not verified yet)

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Quem Dorme É o Leão	Xuxa	September 12, 2011	Unverified

Bemberle written by Michael Flechsler German (not verified yet)

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Bemberle	Herrn Stumpfes Zieh & Zupf Kapelle	2012	Unverified

Der Löwe Schläft Heut Nacht written by Frank Lenart, Nina Schneider German (not verified yet)

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Der Löwe Schläft Heut Nacht	Marius Claren, Daniel Zillmann	July 11, 2019	Unverified

In De Jungle written by Jan Derk Beck Dutch (not verified yet)

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		In De Jungle	Laurenz Hoorelbeke, Mike Wauters	2019	Unverified

El León Rey Duerme Ya written by Gaby Cárdenas, Elena Oria, Omar Canals, Walterio Pesqueira, Renato López Spanish (not verified yet)

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		El León Rey Duerme Ya	Luis Leonardo Suárez, Seth Rogen (Seth Rogen)	2019	Unverified

Sher Toh So Raha Hain written by Mayur Puri Hindi (not verified yet)

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Sher Toh So Raha Hain	Rishikesh Kamerkar, Seth Rogen (Seth Rogen)	2019	Unverified

Il leone si è addormentato written by [Unknown] Italian (not verified yet)

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Il leone si è addormentato	Edoardo Leo, Stefano Fresi	2019	Unverified

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