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Mark Harrison and Blaise Smith composed the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song. [122] Its lyrics were written by Stephen Hillenburg and the series' original creative director Derek Drymon. The melody was inspired by the sea shanty "Blow the Man Down". [39] An old oil painting of a pirate is used in the opening sequence.
On July 9, 2020, Interscope Records in collaboration with NEON16 announced the release of the soundtrack. [3] [4] It was preceded by the single "Agua", a reggaeton track performed by Tainy and J Balvin released on the same date as the announcement. [5]
"Agua" is a reggaeton track that samples the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song throughout the track, though Stephen Hillenburg was credited as a co-writer of "Agua". [2] Regarding this track, J Balvin expressed that the track "has good vibes and a lot of happiness, which we need during these moments."
The album is an example of the crew of SpongeBob SquarePants ' eclectic musical tastes. When The Flaming Lips member Wayne Coyne suggested a duet with Justin Timberlake, series creator Stephen Hillenburg responded with, "I don't want any of those sort of commercial weirdos on there.
"Goofy Goober Rock", a cover of the song with modified lyrics, was performed in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) by voice actor Jim Wise and musician Tom Rothrock. Dee Snider explained the experience of licensing the song for SpongeBob by saying, "Are you kidding me? This is my music. This is my art. How much? They paid me a lot of money.
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"Ocean Man" was most famously used as the end credits song for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004), [7] as well as the commercial for the Honda Civic coupe. In late 2015 and early 2016, "Ocean Man" became an Internet meme. During this time, the song began appearing in remix videos on video sharing platforms such as YouTube and Vine.
A soundtrack album, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Best Day Ever, was released on September 12, 2006. "Best Day Ever" pulled an average of 6.7 million viewers upon release. The song was actually used two years earlier in the credits of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.