--- title: Jimmy Fallon Billy Joel Sing Lion Sleeps Tonight description: Jimmy Fallon and Billy Joel sing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. canonical: https://time.com/33613/icymi-billy-joel-and-jimmy-fallon-sing-the-lion-sleeps-tonight/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-21T19:52:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:02.318Z og:title: WATCH: Jimmy Fallon and Billy Joel Sing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" og:description: They become a 2-man doo-wop group, thanks to an iPad app og:url: https://time.com/33613/icymi-billy-joel-and-jimmy-fallon-sing-the-lion-sleeps-tonight/ 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: WATCH: Jimmy Fallon and Billy Joel Sing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" twitter:description: They become a 2-man doo-wop group, thanks to an iPad app twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # ICYMI: Billy Joel and Jimmy Fallon Sing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 21, 2014 7:52 PM UTC by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 21, 2014 7:52 PM UTC _Every Friday we round up some stories you might have missed this week and publish them in one neat little post. Think of it as our gift to you, only it’s not really free because you’re repaying us in likes and shares. No…thank YOU._ With the help of an iPad app, Jimmy Fallon and Billy Joel performed a two-man doo-wop version of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” on the _Tonight Show_ Thursday night. ([NBC](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU-eAzNp5Hw)) The ultimate multi-tasker takes selfies of the hot men running behind her during a half-marathon. ([New York _Daily News_](http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/woman-takes-selfies-13-hot-guys-marathon-article-1.1726861)) Guy sings “Let It Go” from _Frozen_ in the voice of various Pixar and Disney characters. ([Slate](http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/03/17/frozen%5Fs%5Flet%5Fit%5Fgo%5Fsung%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fvoices%5Fof%5Fover%5F20%5Fdisney%5Fand%5Fpixar%5Fcharacters.html)) A toddler survived a three-story fall thanks to a couple that placed mattress below just in time. ([Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/19/us-usa-baby-catch-idUSBREA2I1T620140319?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews)) Here’s a Euromaiden LEGO reenactment. ([BuzzFeed](https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/445636101412110336)) How a nonprofit is using Snapchat to engage with disadvantaged young people. ([NationSwell](http://www.nationswell.com/nonprofit-using-snapchat-connect-youths/)) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/33613/icymi-billy-joel-and-jimmy-fallon-sing-the-lion-sleeps-tonight/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/33613/icymi-billy-joel-and-jimmy-fallon-sing-the-lion-sleeps-tonight/"},"headline":"ICYMI: Billy Joel and Jimmy Fallon Sing \"The Lion Sleeps Tonight\"","datePublished":"2014-03-21T19:52:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:02.318Z","description":"The week's honorable mentions","url":"https://time.com/33613/icymi-billy-joel-and-jimmy-fallon-sing-the-lion-sleeps-tonight/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"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/33613/icymi-billy-joel-and-jimmy-fallon-sing-the-lion-sleeps-tonight/","name":"ICYMI: Billy Joel and Jimmy Fallon Sing \"The Lion Sleeps Tonight\""}}]}] ```