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Under the Sea

original film song composed by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman; from the 1989 Disney movie "The Little Mermaid"
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Under the Sea

Summary

Under the Sea is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (479 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Under the Sea's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Under the Sea's composer is recorded as Alan Menken[4].
  • Under the Sea's genre is popular music[5].
  • Under the Sea was performed by Samuel E. Wright[6].
  • Under the Sea is part of The Little Mermaid: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[7].
  • Under the Sea's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Under the Sea was released on 1989[9].
  • Under the Sea's lyricist is recorded as Howard Ashman[10].
  • Under the Sea's tonality is recorded as B-flat major[11].
  • Under the Sea's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Under the Sea'}[12].
  • Under the Sea's has characteristic is recorded as film song[13].
  • Under the Sea's derivative work is recorded as Havet är djupt[14].
  • Under the Sea's form of creative work is recorded as song[15].
  • Under the Sea's music created for is recorded as The Little Mermaid[16].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[17]

  • Genre(s): pop[18]

  • Community tags: animated film, disney song, pop, soundtrack[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: fa5e488d-296d-3a4f-9625-3e1cf071b03a[20]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Under the Sea was Samuel E. Wright[6].

Publication

Under the Sea was released on 1989[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is popular music[5]. It is part of The Little Mermaid: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[7].

Why It Matters

Under the Sea ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (479 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

Related Entities

Alan Menken

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Samuel E. Wright
    Form of creative work → song
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0701942462, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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