"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 and is heavily influenced by the Calypso style of the Caribbean. 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 with whom she...
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Under the Sea
Award-Winning Work
Awards Won:
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Oscar for Best Song Winners
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
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