Under the Sea

"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. The song was performed in the film by Samuel E. Wright.

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. Sebastian warns of the struggles of human life while at the same time expounding the benefits of a care-free life underwater.

In 1991, this song was parodied by musician Tom Smith with his song, “On The PC”. This song was re-written in 1999 as PC99.

In 2006, the song was featured in the Square-Enix RPG, Kingdom Hearts II. The song, which was part of a minigame in the Atlantica world, was rearranged to have parts for Sebastian, Ariel, and Sora. The music was arranged by Yoko Shimomura. In 2007 the new Broadway musical version will use this as the featured production number with the role of Sebastian played by Tituss Burgess.

Cover versions

It is very often performed by Suburban Legends during their live performances. The band performed frequently at Downtown Disney at the Disneyland Resort in their early years, and still often play at Disneyland's Tomorrowland Terrace.

The song is also covered by the A*Teens for DisneyMania and later by Raven-Symoné for DisneyMania 3. A remix of Raven's version is also featured on Disney's Remix Mania.