I Just Can't Wait to Be King
| "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Jason Weaver, Rowan Atkinson, and Laura Williams from the album The Lion King | |
| Released | 1994 |
| Genre | Worldbeat, rock and roll |
| Length | 02:49 |
| Label | Walt Disney |
| Writer(s) | Tim Rice, Elton John |
"I Just Can't Wait to Be King" is a song from Disney's 1994 animated film, The Lion King. With music by Elton John and words written by Tim Rice, the song is performed by the characters of Simba (Jason Weaver), Nala (Laura Williams) and Zazu (Rowan Atkinson) in the film.
The song was written for the 1994 film The Lion King.
The song is about the naive desire to do whatever you want once you assume a form of power, or reach the age of majority. However, often when you achieve your goals, you don't acquire freedom in the way your teenage mind imagined it. With great power comes great responsibility. The song is "An ode to youthful arrogance, invincibility and above all, impatience".
The New York Times Theater Reviews 1997-1998 described the song as "conventionally comic and upbeat".The New York Times Film Reviews 1993-1994 deemed the "derivativeness" of the "cute, lilting...safe" pop song "irritating", and described it as sounding "as if Michael Jackson were singing "Under the Sea". At a Hayes Centre summer youth camp, the song was "the favourite song for our kids".Lakeland Ledger described it as a "dazzling Busby Berkeley-style dancefest" with a "Rockettes kickline".The Cavalier Daily called it a "festive number", and reminiscent of songs from The Little Mermaid. It has been described as "strutting ", "bouncy ", "grand ", and a “hubris-filled fantasy song”. The song was ranked the 5th song from The Lion King out of 6, describing it as "catchy", "irritating", and "a little too close to 'River of Dreams'". BoingBoing listed it as the 11th best Disney I Want song; it is ranked so low due to not being very "thematically rich". News.com deemed it the underdog song of The Lion King, adding "this showstopper about the future didn’t get the accolades its brethren received."
The Cavalier Daily deemed the Elton John reworking "uneventful and boring".
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