"Kiss the Girl" is a song from the Disney animated film The Little Mermaid. It was composed by Alan Menken and the lyrics were written by Howard Ashman. In the movie, Samuel E. Wright performs it. The song was nominated Academy Award for Best Song with the song Under the Sea.
The Little Mermaid[]
By this point in the movie, Ariel has already been turned into a human by Ursula, but she can no longer speak. If Ariel can't get her true love, 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.
Lyrics[]
Sebastian: Percussion, strings, winds, words.
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
(with Lagoon Animals)
Yes, you want her
Look at her, you know you do
Possible she wants 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
Sebastian: Sing wit' me now.
Sebastian and Lagoon Animals:
Sha-la-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-la
Ain't that sad,
Ain't a shame, too bad?
He gonna miss the girl!
Now's your moment, (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Floating in a blue lagoon (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Boy, you better do it soon,
No time will be better (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
She don't say a word,
And she won't say a word
Until you kiss the girl!
Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la
Don't be scared,
Ya' got the mood prepared,
Go on and kiss the girl (Whoa, whoa)
Sha-la-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-la
Float along
And listen to the song,
The song say kiss the girl! (Whoa, whoa)
Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la
The music play,
Do what the music say,
You gotta kiss the girl
You got to kiss the girl
Oh, don't you wanna kiss the girl?
Go on, you gotta kiss the girl
You gonna kiss the girl
Go on and kiss the girl...
Ashley Tisdale's version[]
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. It was included on the re-release of the film's soundtrack on October 3, 2006. It was later included on DisneyMania 5.
Music video[]
The music video, released on September 6, 2006, 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 music video is included as a bonus feature on the 2006 Walt Disney Platinum Edition release of the film.
Lyrics[]
There you see her
Sitting there across the way
She don't got alot 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 wants you too
There's one way to ask her
You 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 a 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 that 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 better 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
Oh, kiss the girl, kiss the girl
La la la la, la la la la
Go on and 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!