Ron Fell and Diane Rufer from the Gavin Report said it is "sure-to-be a summer of '94 anthem." Alan Jones from Music Week gave it four out of five, noting that it is "a heavily orchestrated and dead slow ballad" and "one of Elton's more memorable recent melodies." The Network Forty deemed it an "elegant ballad". A reviewer from Expressen called it a "typical Elton ballad with echoes of several of his old successes". Another editor, Leah Greenblatt, described the song as a "soaring Simba tribute". A winner." ĭavid Browne from Entertainment Weekly noted that John's "croon and piano skills are aging quite well".
Augusto from Cashbox commented, "From Hollywood’s The Lion King soundtrack comes the always welcome voice of Elton John, who takes a stab at reclaiming his talent for crossover hitmaking with this orchestrated ballad, his most affecting single choice in years." They added, "Moving performance and a heady theme add up to hits radio action as well the usual adult formats and even some classic rock attention. He added, "He taps into the song's pensive lyric, giving it a warm, human dimension that would be lost on a lesser performer." Troy J. Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "John's distinctive voice slices through the quasi-orchestral tone of this power ballad". Heather Phares from AllMusic stated that it is a "Lion King classic". Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet described "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" as a "really good ballad". The single release of John's recording (the closing credits version) peaked at number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for eight weeks. In the follow-up The Lion King 1½, the romantic scene where the song was originally featured also had the song playing, but with a difference: interspersed with the romantic scenes were short comedic shots of Timon and Pumbaa trying to disrupt Simba and Nala's night out with the " Peter Gunn Theme" playing while they try. In 2003, a remixed version of the song was included in the Special Edition soundtrack of The Lion King, again sung by Elton John. The music video of John's recording contains montages of John performing the song and scenes from the film. Within around one and a half months before the film was released in June 1994, John's recording was released throughout radio stations as a commercial single and entered the Billboard Hot 100. It also earned Elton John the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. It won the 1994 Academy Award for Best Original Song, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. The song, written by Tim Rice and Elton John, was performed in the film by Kristle Edwards (also known as Kristle Murden), Joseph Williams, Sally Dworsky, Nathan Lane, and Ernie Sabella, while another version used in the film's closing credits was performed by Elton John.
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