Kiss the Girl

{{Featured}}{{Infobox Song
|image = Kiss the Girl.png
|composer = [[Alan Menken]]
|lyrics_by = [[Howard Ashman]]
|singer = [[Sebastian]] ([[Samuel E. Wright]])<br>Chorus
|films = ''[[The Little Mermaid]]<br>[[Descendants 2]]''
|attractions = ''[[The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure]]<br>[[Storybook Land Canal Boats]]''
|albums = ''[[The Little Mermaid - An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack]]<br>[[The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song]]<br>[[Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic|Classic Disney]] - Volume I<br>[[Disney's Greatest]] Volume 1<br>[[Now That's What I Call Disney]]'' (UK version)<br>''Now That's What I Call Disney!<br>[[When You Wish Upon a Chipmunk]]''
|preceded_by = [[Les Poissons]]
|video = The Little Mermaid kiss the girl HD.wmv}}"'''Kiss the Girl'''" is a love song from the [[Disney]] [[wikipedia:animated film|animated film]] ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989)|The Little Mermaid]]''. It was composed by [[wikipedia:Alan Menken|Alan Menken]], with lyrics by [[wikipedia:Howard Ashman|Howard Ashman]]. In the movie, [[Samuel E. Wright]] performs it. The song was nominated for the [[wikipedia:Academy Award for Best Song|Academy Award for Best Song]], along with the song ''[[Under the Sea]] ''from the same film.

Midway through the film, [[Ariel]] has already been turned into a human by [[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|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.

==Lyrics==
<tabber>
Movie version=
<poem>
''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''
</poem>
|-|Ashley Tisdale's version=
<poem>
''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''
</poem>
</tabber>

==Notable recordings of "Kiss the Girl"==
===Soul II Soul===
Soul II Soul recorded a version for the album ''[[Simply Mad About the Mouse (album)|Simply Mad About the Mouse]]''.
===The Chipmunks and the Chipettes===
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chipmunks The Chipmunks] recorded a version with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chipettes 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.

===Little Texas===
Country music band [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Texas 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs Hot Country Songs] charts.
===Peter Andre===
When ''The Little Mermaid'' was re-released in cinemas, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom UK] artist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Andr%C3%A9 Peter André] performed a remix version of the song in 1998, where it got to number 9 in the UK Singles Chart. The video shows Andre performing the song in a recording studio. Scenes from the film are intercut with the video or shown on a backdrop behind Andre and the backing singers. There are slight references to water and the undersea world in the video. As Andre performs a beautiful girl comes in carrying water. Andre sees her and is immediately taken with her. He helps her clean up the water as she spills it and follows her into the next room where they gaze at each other through a fishtank. Andre tries to kiss the girl but she backs away. He follows her again as she goes outside and they share a kiss.
===Ashley Tisdale===
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|-
! colspan="2" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(240, 230, 140); "|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_(music) Single] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Tisdale Ashley Tisdale]
|-
! colspan="2" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(240, 230, 140); "|from the album ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisneyMania_5 DisneyMania 5]''
|-
! scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; "|Released
| style="vertical-align: top; "|2006
|-
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| style="vertical-align: top; "|2006
|-
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|-
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| style="vertical-align: top; "|3:23
|-
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| style="vertical-align: top; "|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Records Walt Disney Records]
|-
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| style="vertical-align: top; "|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Menken Alan Menken], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Ashman Howard Ashman]
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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. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth_Tunes Tooth Tunes] included the song in one of their products.
===La Década===
The Spanish group "La Década Prodigiosa" covered this song for their album: "[[La Década: DisneyMania]]"

==Charts==
*In the first week of April 2007, [[Ashley Tisdale]] 's version of "Kiss the Girl" managed to debut on the Billboard's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubbling_Under_Hot_100_Singles Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles] at #16 (which is equivalent to #116). One week later, the song debuted on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100 Billboard Hot 100] at #81.

==Trivia==
*During the [[Kingdom Keepers]] Book [[Kingdom Keepers II: Disney at Dawn|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 Flynn|Candace]] and [[Jeremy Johnson|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 (Descendants)|Ben]].

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