Originally, we sang the whole thing, Lane said.
Elton John was mortified that the warthog and the meerkat were singing it.
He said, The reason I wrote the score was because I wanted to have a Disney love song.
Timon and PumbaaGetty
I didnt want it to be sung by the rat and the pig.'
We did [record] a version, Lane said.
We sang the whole thing in our character voices.
It wasnt like we were going to do our legit Broadway version.
We were doing two very character-jot down voices.
Its hard to do that and be romantic.
Thankfully, everyone came to their senses, Lane joked.
