"Under the Sea" is an Academy Award-winning song from Disney's 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid, composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Howard Ashman and is heavily influenced by the Calypso style of the Caribbean. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Little Mermaid is a 1989 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation with a pencil test beginning on September 23, 1988 and Alan Menken (born July 22 1949 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American Broadway and an eight-time Academy Award Howard Ashman ( May 17, 1950 - March 14, 1991) was an American playwright and movie music lyricist Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean Music which originated in Trinidad and Tobago at about the start of the 20th century The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting The song was performed in the film by Samuel E. Wright. Samuel E Wright (born November 20 1946 in Camden South Carolina) is an American Actor who is best known as the voice of Sebastian
The song is a plea by the crab Sebastian imploring Ariel to remain sea-bound, and resist her desire to become a human in order to spend her life with the prince she has fallen in love with. Crabs are decapod Crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (βραχύ / brachy Sebastian the crab (full name "Horatio Thelonious Ignacious Crustaceous Sebastian" is a fictional character who first appears in Disney 's 1989 feature film Prince Eric is a fictional character who first appears in the animated Disney film The Little Mermaid. Sebastian warns of the struggles of human life while at the same time expounding the benefits of a care-free life underwater.
In 2006, the song was featured in the Square Enix RPG, Kingdom Hearts II. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. is a Japanese video game and publishing company best known for its Console role-playing game franchises which include the Final Fantasy series the Dragon is an Action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and published by Square Enix and Buena Vista Games (now Disney Interactive Studios in 2005 for the Sony The song, which was part of a minigame in the Atlantica world, was rearranged to have parts for Sebastian, Ariel, and Sora. A minigame (also spelled mini-game or mini game) sometimes called a subgame, is a short Video game often contained within another Atlantica was an ancient Continent theorised to have formed about two billion years ago Kingdom Hearts is a series of action role-playing video games developed and published by Square Enix (formerly Square) The music was arranged by Yoko Shimomura. is a Japanese Video game music Composer and Musician. Biography Early life Yoko Shimomura was born in Hyōgo Prefecture
In 2007, the Broadway musical version uses this as the featured production number with the role of Sebastian played by Tituss Burgess. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. This is the article about the stage musical For the 1989 film see The Little Mermaid (1989 film. It should be noted that because Burgess is a tenor (unlike the baritone Wright), the key of the song was raised from A to D.
Cover versions
It is very often performed by Suburban Legends during their live performances. Suburban Legends are a seven piece pop / rock / Third wave ska band from Orange County California. The band performed frequently at Downtown Disney at the Disneyland Resort in their early years, and still often play at Disneyland's Tomorrowland Terrace. Location and history Downtown Disney District lies between the Disneyland Resort's two theme parks and its hotels The Disneyland Resort is a recreational Resort complex Tomorrowland Terrace is a restaurant located in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in Anaheim California that is notable for its unique concert stage which
The song is also covered by the A*Teens for DisneyMania and later by Raven-Symoné for DisneyMania 3. The A*Teens (pronounced A-Teens were a Pop music group from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 1998 as an ABBA tribute called ABBA Teens DisneyMania is the first of a series of six albums released by Walt Disney Records featuring various musical artists performing Disney songs Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman (born December 10 1985 known professionally as Raven-Symoné or Raven, is an American actress and R&B DisneyMania 3, is the third album released in the DisneyMania series A remix of Raven's version is also featured on DisneyRemixMania. DisneyRemixMania is Disney's first remix album in the DisneyMania series
Parodies
In 1991, this song was parodied by musician Tom Smith with his song, “On The PC”. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Tom Smith is a singer-songwriter from, who got his start in the Filk genre This song was re-written in 1999 as "PC99". Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)
The song was parodied on the TV show Kappa Mikey where Mikey tries to convince a squid to live on land with him. Kappa Mikey is an American animated television series geared toward families and is created by Larry Schwarz. Squid are marine Cephalopods of the order Teuthida, which comprises around 300 species
The song was parodied on the TV show Bobby's World as "Underwater the Fish Don't Stink". Bobby's World is a children's animated series, which ran from 1990 to 1998, on FOX. The context was a dream of Bobby's in which he was a merman -- it turned out he was having the dream because he was sleeping outside and the lawn sprinklers had turned on. Mermen are mythical Male Legendary creatures who are Human from the Waist up and Fish -like from the waist down Irrigation sprinklers are used on farms golf courses residential yards and other places to water crops, Lawns Gardens or other plants in the
The song was parodies on the TV show The Simpsons in the episode "Homer Badman" in which Homer imagines living under water and eating all of the characters. " Homer Badman " also known as Homer Bad Man is the ninth episode of The Simpsons ' sixth season and originally aired
The song in part inspired the song "That's How You Know" from Enchanted, which also had music by Menken. "That's How You Know" is a musical number from the 2007 film Enchanted, with music composed by Alan Menken and lyrics by Enchanted is a 2007 Musical film, directed by Kevin Lima and produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney
| Preceded by "Let the River Run" from Working Girl |
Academy Award for Best Original Song 1989 |
Succeeded by "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" from Dick Tracy |
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