"Kiss the Girl" is a song was written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman for Walt Disney Pictures' twenty-eighth animated feature film The Little Mermaid (1989). Originally recorded by American actor Samuel Wright in his film role as Sebastian, "Kiss the Girl" is a calypso ballad, the song's lyrics encourage a young man to kiss his female love interest before it's too late.
"Kiss the girl" has received mostly positive reception. The song was nominated for both an Academy and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, but lost both to "Under the Sea," another song from The Little Mermaid soundtrack.
Famous quotes containing the words kiss the, kiss and/or girl:
“The New Right: kiss the bankers and spank the babies.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The novel can’t compete with cars, the movies, television, and liquor. A guy who’s had a good feed and tanked up on good wine gives his old lady a kiss after supper and his day is over. Finished.”
—Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961)
“There are two kinds of fathers in traditional households: the fathers of sons and the fathers of daughters. These two kinds of fathers sometimes co-exist in one and the same man. For instance, Daughter’s Father kisses his little girl goodnight, strokes her hair, hugs her warmly, then goes into the next room where he becomes Son’s Father, who says in a hearty voice, perhaps with a light punch on the boy’s shoulder: “Goodnight, Son, see ya in the morning.””
—Letty Cottin Pogrebin (20th century)