--- title: Watch Vin Diesel Sing Karoke on Jimmy Fallon VIDEO description: The Fate of the Furious star Vin Diesel isn't scared by a Chipmunks song on The Tonight Show canonical: https://time.com/4724699/vin-diesel-karaoke/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-04T17:11:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:30.897Z og:title: You've Never Heard Vin Diesel Sing Karaoke Quite Like This og:description: The Fate of the Furious star isn't afraid to rock out to a Chipmunks song og:url: https://time.com/4724699/vin-diesel-karaoke/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: You've Never Heard Vin Diesel Sing Karaoke Quite Like This twitter:description: The Fate of the Furious star isn't afraid to rock out to a Chipmunks song twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # You Won't Be Able to Recognize Vin Diesel Singing This Romantic Karaoke Tune by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 4, 2017 5:11 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 4, 2017 5:11 PM CUT Vin Diesel loves to sing and frequently posts videos of his karaoke performances on [his Facebook page.](http://time.com/2253/6-things-we-learned-from-watching-vin-diesel-dance-to-katy-perry-and-beyonce/?iid=sr-link10 "undefined") So when he stopped by _The Tonight Show_, [Jimmy Fallon](http://time.com/4074895/vin-diesel-jimmy-fallon-tonight-show/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") suggested he serenade the audience—with a Chipmunks twist. “Since this is _The Tonight Show_ we wanted to do something a little different,” said Fallon, handing Diesel a microphone with a Chipmunks implant that would transform Diesel’s normal singing voice into one that would help him blend right in with Alvin, Simon, and Theodore. _The Fate of the Furious_ star was game to try (after all, this is the same man who showed off his [breakdancing moves](http://time.com/3057619/vin-diesel-jimmy-fallon-breakdancing/?iid=sr-link4 "undefined") on set) and let loose with a memorable rendition of “Lean on Me.” As the show went to commercial, their house band The Roots joined in to make the song sound good enough to earn a feature in the next Chipmunks [squeakquel](http://entertainment.time.com/2010/09/23/top-10-worst-movie-sequel-titles/slide/alvin-and-the-chipmunks-the-squeakquel/?iid=sr-link3 "undefined"). Maybe now James Corden will [let him be](http://time.com/4639335/vin-diesel-on-james-corden/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") on Carpool Karaoke. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4724699/vin-diesel-karaoke/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4724699/vin-diesel-karaoke/"},"headline":"You Won't Be Able to Recognize Vin Diesel Singing This Romantic Karaoke Tune","datePublished":"2017-04-04T17:11:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:30.897Z","description":"The Fate of the Furious star isn't scared by a Chipmunks song","url":"https://time.com/4724699/vin-diesel-karaoke/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","movies","jimmy fallon","Vin Diesel","The Tonight Show","Late Night Comedy"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4724699/vin-diesel-karaoke/","name":"You Won't Be Able to Recognize Vin Diesel Singing This Romantic Karaoke Tune"}}]}] ```