by DGFone » November 18th, 2015, 2:16 am
I actually disagree in that the song does what it's supposed to do very well: It's a temporary intermediate step/break between the horrors of the first part of the movie and the return of Simba to the Pride Lands in the second part.
Just listen to the music in Circle of Life, Hakuna Matata, and Can You Feel The Love Tonight: Hakuna Matata out of the three is the least musical of the pick. It has long segments where not much is going on, because in the movie, characters are talking. Apart from the excellent bridge where the trio are walking... on a log bridge, the song is rather bland for most of it.
Story wise, it serves to show how Simba abandoned his identity to become carefree, and for the movie audience, it is a comedic break from right after seeing Mufasa die. Howerever, Circle of Life has a much better message and very much serves as a one-song summary of the movie, and CYFTLT is well... there's a reason why it still gets played on the radio.
What Hakuna Matata is supposed to do, it does very well. But in terms of actually being a song, it doesn't quite cut it, which is why I can't really agree that it is the best song.
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