These two pop superstars are set to re-record the 'Beauty and the Beast' title song for the live-action film

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Friday, 13 Jan 2017, 9:31AM

Singers Ariana Grande and John Legend are teaming up to re-record the iconic “Beauty and the Beast” title song for the upcoming live-action adaptation.

The ballad was previously performed by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson, and went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Song and Best Score in 1991. Angela Lansbury sang the song in the voice of her character, Mrs. Potts, in the film.

“Stepping into the shoes of an Oscar and Grammy Award-winning classic is not small potatoes. But with today’s two greatest plutonium singers — John Legend and Ariana Grande — we are bringing the song back with a new school-old school fresh treatment that shows the soulfulness and power of what a great melody and lyric can inspire,” said song producer Ron Fair.

The original motion picture soundtrack for “Beauty and the Beast” will be released on March 10, one week before the film starring Luke Evans, Emma Watson, Josh Gad, Dan Stevens, Ewan McGregor and Stanley Tucci hits theaters.

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