Kiss the Girl

"**Kiss The Girl**" is a love song from the 1989 Disney animated fantasy movie *The Little Mermaid*. Midway through the film, the mermaid princess Ariel has already been turned into a human by the evil sea witch Ursula, but she can no longer speak as she exchanged her voice to become human. If Ariel can't get her true love, Prince Eric, to kiss her before her three days have passed, she will turn back into a mermaid and belong to Ursula. Sebastian, Flounder, and Scuttle try to get Eric to kiss Ariel so that she can be a human permanently, while the two sit in a rowboat in a lagoon. Sebastian makes the suggestion that Eric does want to kiss Ariel but he is too shy to do so, and that he should go ahead and "Kiss The Girl" to see if she likes him too, so he and the lagoon residents play this song to get Eric in the mood to kiss Ariel. It was composed by Alan Menken, with lyrics by Howard Ashman. In the movie, Samuel E. Wright performs it. The song was nominated for the Academy Award For Best Song, along with the song "Under The Sea" from the same film in 1990.

## =Movie Version

There you see her

Sitting there across the way

She don't got a lot to say

but there's something about her

And you don't know why

But you're dying to try

you wanna kiss the girl

Yes, you want her

Look at her, you know you do

Possible she want you too

There is one way to ask her

It don't take a word

Not a single word

Go on and kiss the girl

*(sing with me, now)*

Sha-la-la-la-la-la

My, oh, my!

Look like the boy too shy

He ain't gonna kiss the girl

Sha-la-la-la-la-la

Ain't that sad?

Ain't it a shame? Too bad

He gonna miss the girl

(Instrumental Bridge)

Now's your moment

Floating in the blue lagoon

Boy, you better do it soon

No time will be better (Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya)

She don't say a word

And she won't say a word

Until ya kiss the girl

Sha-la-la-la-la-la

Don't be scared (sha-la-la-la-la-la)

You got the mood prepared

Go on and kiss the girl (whoa, whoa)

Sha-la-la-la-la-la

Don't stop now

Don't try to hide it how

You wanna kiss the girl (whoa, whoa)

Sha-la-la-la-la-la

Float along

And listen to the song (WA WA WA WA LAAAA!!)

Song say kiss the girl (whoa, whoa)

Sha-la-la-la-la-la

Music play

So what the music say

You gotta kiss the girl

Kiss the girl

### Ashley Tisdale's Version

Ohhhhhh

Kiss the girl

Kiss the girl

There you see her

Sitting there across the way

She don't got a lot to say

but there's something about her

And you don't know why

But you're dying to try

you wanna kiss the girl

Yes, you want her

Look at her, you know you do

It's possible she want you too

There is one way to ask her

It don't take a word

Not a single word

Go on and kiss the girl

(Kiss the girl)

Sha-la-la-la-la-la

My, oh, my!

Looks like the boy's too shy

Ain't gonna kiss the girl

Sha-la-la-la-la-la

Ain't that sad?

It's such a shame, too bad

You're gonna miss the girl

Go on and kiss the girl

(Kiss the girl)

Now's your moment

Floating in the blue lagoon

Boy, you better do it soon

No time will be better

She don't say a word

And she won't say a word

Until you kiss the girl

(Kiss the girl)

Sha-la-la-la-la-la

My, oh, my!

Looks like the boy's too shy

Ain't gonna kiss the girl

Sha-la-la-la-la-la

Ain't that sad?

It's such a shame too bad

You're gonna miss the girl

Sha-la-la-la-la-la

Don't be scared

You gotta be prepared

Go on and kiss the girl

Sha-la-la-la-la-la

Don't stop now

Don't try to hide it how

You wanna kiss the girl

Go on and kiss the girl

(Kiss the girl)

Ohhhhhh

Kiss the girl

Kiss the girl

La la la la, la la la la

Go on and kiss the girl

(Kiss the girl)

La la la la, la la la la

Go on and

Kiss the girl

Sha-la-la-la-la-la

My, oh, my!

Looks like the boy's too shy

Ain't gonna kiss the girl

Sha-la-la-la-la-la

Ain't that sad?

It's such a shame, too bad

You're gonna miss the girl

La la la la, La la la la

Go on and kiss the girl

(Go on and kiss that girl)

La la la la, La la la la

Go on and kiss the girl

Go on and kiss the girl

Kiss the girl

(Kiss the girl)

Go on and kiss the girl

## Trivia

* The British musical group Soul II Soul recorded a version for the music album *Simply Mad About The Mouse*.
* The Chipmunks recorded a version with The Chipettes singing background vocals for the album *When You Wish Upon A Chipmunk*. In this version, Simon sings the lead vocals to persuade Alvin to kiss a girl named Vanessa.
* Country music band Little Texas recorded a version on the 1996 album *The Best Of Country Sing The Best Of Disney*. This rendition peaked at #52 on the Hot Country Songs charts.
* Vitamin C performed a pop version of this song in the *Disneymania 3* album.
* In 2006, when *The Little Mermaid* was re-released on DVD as a 2-Disc Platinum Edition, another rendition of the song was recorded by Ashley Tisdale. The song was first heard on Radio Disney on September 4, 2006 and the music video premiered on September 6, 2006 on Disney Channel, immediately following an episode of the sitcom *The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody*. It was also included on *Disneymania 5*.
* The song's music video consists of a girl at a school dance. As she hangs out with her friends, she notices a boy repeatedly glancing at her. The boy's friend encourages him to talk to Tisdale, but every time he gets close, she goes somewhere else. The video ends with Tisdale asking him to dance, and then at the end she kisses him on the cheek. Tooth Tunes included the song in one of their products.

The Spanish group "La Década Prodigiosa" covered this song for their album: "La Década: DisneyMania"

* In the first week of April 2007, Ashley Tisdale 's version of "Kiss The Girl" managed to debut on the Billboard's *Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles* at #16 (which is equivalent to #116). One week later, the song debuted on the *Billboard Hot 100* at #81.
* During The *Kingdom Keepers* book *Disney At Dawn*, Jessica, trapped in the sewers of the Tiger exhibit, manages to use her iPod to play Kiss The Girl and Under The Sea over Animal Kingdom's music speakers. This helped the other Kingdom Keepers find her (Kiss The Girl was used to identify it was Jessica, and Under The Sea because her hiding spot was under the "C" on the map).
* In an episode of *Phineas And Ferb*, this scene of the movie is parodied with Candace And Jeremy.
* A parody was also performed on the ABC show *Galavant*.
* The song makes a cameo in *Descendants 2* as the song that Uma waltzes with a mesmerized Ben.
* At the 1990 Academy Awards, Geoffrey Holder performed this song.

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