# Songs with "Under the Sea" or "Ocean" theme **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 3, 2006, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-under-the-sea-or-ocean-theme/367152 "2006-08-03T05:14:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-under-the-sea-or-ocean-theme/367152/1 "2006-08-03T05:14:57Z")
Well, it’s time for my one big party of the year and this year we’re having an “Under the Sea” theme (i.e, “Sea of Love”, “Octopus’s Garden”, etc.). Does anybody have any song ideas for my party playlist? Any suggestions would be most appreciated! Thanks! :-). ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-under-the-sea-or-ocean-theme/367152/2 "2006-08-03T05:22:36Z")
I came in to suggest Octopus’s Garden. Darn. Well, the Beatles also give us Yellow Submarine. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-under-the-sea-or-ocean-theme/367152/3 "2006-08-03T05:28:55Z")
There’s “Under the sea” from “The Little Mermaid.” ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-under-the-sea-or-ocean-theme/367152/4 "2006-08-03T05:38:12Z")
_Rock Lobster_ by **The B52s**. Also a great party dance tune. ---
**Author:** ![Sharky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Sharky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sharky)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-under-the-sea-or-ocean-theme/367152/5 "2006-08-03T05:58:54Z")
Kip Addotta’s _Wet Dream (The Fish Song) (Cruising Through the Gulf Stream)_ is a novelty song that is absolutely hilarious (but then again, I’m easily amused). You can find his CDs [here](http://www.kipaddotta.com/kips-cds.html) as well as a sample mp3. Scroll down to the _The Comedian of the United States_ CD. Have a great party! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-under-the-sea-or-ocean-theme/367152/6 "2006-08-03T06:07:01Z")
“Beyond the sea” as covered by Robbie Williams for _Finding Nemo_ ---
**Author:** ![Cherry\_Garcia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@Cherry\_Garcia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry_Garcia)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-under-the-sea-or-ocean-theme/367152/7 "2006-08-03T06:07:39Z")
Who can forget “Beyond The Sea” by Bobby Darin? ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-under-the-sea-or-ocean-theme/367152/8 "2006-08-03T06:16:02Z")
Would “Aqualung” from Jethro Tull count? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-under-the-sea-or-ocean-theme/367152/9 "2006-08-03T06:21:17Z")
Atlantis by Donovan ---
**Author:** ![Sharky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Sharky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sharky)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-under-the-sea-or-ocean-theme/367152/10 "2006-08-03T06:24:16Z")
_Southern Cross_ by Crosby, Stills & Nash is another good one. I had that song stuck in my head for a couple of weeks while delivering a sailboat to the Bahamas a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Sharky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Sharky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sharky)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-under-the-sea-or-ocean-theme/367152/11 "2006-08-03T06:31:31Z")
> [@Sharky](#): > > _Southern Cross_ by Crosby, Stills & Nash is another good one. On second thought, that one might be a bit too slow and mellow for a party. Never mind. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-under-the-sea-or-ocean-theme/367152/12 "2006-08-03T07:56:35Z")
To the Sea - Razorlight From the Sea - Eskimo Joe Lost at Sea - The Bangles Seven Seas - Echo and the Bunnymen Six Months In a Leaky Boat - Split Enz ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-under-the-sea-or-ocean-theme/367152/13 "2006-08-03T09:11:26Z")
_Captain Nemo_—Sarah Brightman _Katy Allen_—Grey DeLisle _Hymn to Red October_—Basil Poledoris _The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald_—Gordon Lightfoot Er…that’s not much of a “party mix,” now that I think of it. Unless you have a bunch of seafaring old Goths. (“Yarr…th’ pain o’ existance shivers me down to me old Doc Martins! _Arr_…”) So, unless you want something somber to play in the makeout room for “Seven Minutes in Davy Jones’ Locker,” ye might want to avoid those last ones. Instead, maybe… _Sink the Bismark_—Johnny Horton _A Whale of a Tale_—Kirk Douglas, in _20,000 Leagues Under the Sea_ _Heart of Oak_—(Anthem of the Royal Navy. Various recordings—but [this one sounds good, to me.](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001ZM8W2/sr=8-2/qid=1154595957/ref=sr_1_2/102-1164093-9321719?ie=UTF8) Captain Picard sang this one on Star Trek, once.) _“Arr, me lads, did I ever tell ye of when I spyed Moby Bauhaus, through a chink in me deadlights as I were steamin’ round the Horn…”_ ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-under-the-sea-or-ocean-theme/367152/14 "2006-08-03T09:30:53Z")
_Islands_, King Crimson - but it’s a bit of an acquired taste. ---
**Author:** ![Roberta\_Plant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c89c15/32.png) [@Roberta\_Plant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roberta_Plant)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-under-the-sea-or-ocean-theme/367152/15 "2006-08-03T09:51:58Z")
Down by the Seaside off Physical Graffiti, third side, fourth song, I think. Not your classic “party” tune, but it’s Zep. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-under-the-sea-or-ocean-theme/367152/16 "2006-08-03T12:00:45Z")
If King Crimson is an acquired taste and you’re being bold, try Nektar - A Tab in the Ocean. Basically an LSD experience described in underwater imagery. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-under-the-sea-or-ocean-theme/367152/17 "2006-08-03T12:19:11Z")
> [@jellyblue](#): > > Well, it’s time for my one big party of the year and this year we’re having an “Under the Sea” theme… Well, as a movie reference, you could throw in _Earth Angel_ and _Johnny B. Goode_😉 I’ll give a second vote to Donovan’s _Atlantis_, plus: Jimi Hendrix’s _1983… (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)_ (from _Electric Ladyland_) Led Zeppelin, _The Ocean_, from _Houses of the Holy_ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-under-the-sea-or-ocean-theme/367152/18 "2006-08-03T12:20:39Z")
Wooden Ships–Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young Sailing Away–Grand Funk Railroad ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-under-the-sea-or-ocean-theme/367152/19 "2006-08-03T12:31:07Z")
[Homer] “There’ll be no frustrations, Just friendly crustaceans Under the seaaaa…” [/Homer] ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-under-the-sea-or-ocean-theme/367152/20 "2006-08-03T12:39:39Z")
> [@robardin](#): > > Well, as a movie reference, you could throw in _Earth Angel_ and _Johnny B. Goode_😉 Darn you! I thought I’d be so clever for recommending that first. Well, I’ll still recommend **Sloop John B** by the Beach Boys. Or, really, half the Beach Boys’ catalogue when you come right down to it – ie all those surfing songs. Or just put on a Jimmy Buffet album. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-under-the-sea-or-ocean-theme/367152.md?page=2)