Kiss the Girl

"**Kiss the Girl**" is a song performed by Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina and Jacob Tremblay from Walt Disney's 2023 theatrical film, *The Little Mermaid*, whose music was composed by Alan Menken and lyrics were composed by Howard Ashman & Lin-Manuel Miranda.

## Meaning of the Song

This is a group song sung by Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina and Jacob Tremblay, as their respective characters Sebastian, Scuttle and Flounder try convincing Prince Eric into kissing Ariel, after the trio realize Ursula spelled Ariel into forgetting.

## Lyrics

[Intro: SEBASTIAN, *SCUTTLE*, **FLOUNDER**]

Percussion

*Strings*

**Winds**

Words

[Verse 1: SEBASTIAN]

There you see her

Sitting there across the way

She don't got a lot to say

But there's somet'ing about her

And you don't know why

But you're dying to try

You wanna kiss the girl

[Verse 2: SEBASTIAN]

Yes, you want her

Look at her, you know you do

Possible she want you too

Use your words, boy, and ask her

If the time is right and the time is tonight

Go on and kiss the girl

[Chorus: ALL, *SCUTTLE*, **SEBASTIAN**]

Sha-la-la-la-la-la, my, oh, my

Look like the boy too shy

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*

**Hey, pull it back, Scuttle, pull it back!**

[Verse 3: SEBASTIAN, *FLOUNDER & SCUTTLE*, **ALL**]

Now's your moment (*Ooh*)

Floatin' in a blue lagoon (*Ooh*)

**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 ya**

Kiss the girl (*Kiss the girl*, *kiss the girl*)

[Chorus: ALL, *SEBASTIAN*, **FLOUNDER & SCUTTLE**, ***SCUTTLE***]

Sha-la-la-la-la-la, *don't be scared* (**Sha-la-la-la-la-la**)

*You got the mood prepared* (**Sha-la-la-la-la-la**)

*Go on and* kiss the girl (***Woah***, ***woah***)

Sha-la-la-la-la-la, *don't stop now* (**Sha-la-la-la-la-la**)

*Don't try to hide it* (**Sha-la**)

*How* you wanna kiss the girl

Sha-la-la-la-la-la, *float along* (**Sha-la-la-la-la-la**)

*And listen to the song* (**Sha-la**)

The song say, "Kiss the girl"

Sha-la-la-la-la-la, *the music play* (**Sha-la**)

Do what the music say

You got to kiss the girl

[Outro: SEBASTIAN, *ALL*, **FLOUNDER**, ***SCUTTLE***]

You've gotta *kiss the girl*

**Why don't you** *kiss the girl*

***C'mon and*** *kiss the girl*

Go on and *kiss the girl*

## Trivia

* For this sequence, Alan Menken explained the changes to Vanity Fair. “There are some lyric changes in “Kiss the Girl” because people have gotten very sensitive about the idea that [Prince Eric] would, in any way, force himself on [Ariel].” Director Rob Marshall talked about the cultural changes as well in the new movie. “We asked Lin-Manuel [Miranda] to make some slight adjustments to the original lyrics for ‘Kiss the Girl,’ because it’s important to remember that the culture and sensitivities have changed over the last 34 years, and it’s vital that we are respectful to those changes.”
	+ The change was this line “There is one way to ask her, It don’t take a word, not a single word,” from the 1989 film and it was swapped for “Use your words, boy, and ask her. If the time is right and the time is tonight.”