Ocean Man

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"Ocean Man"
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Template:Infobox song/link by Ween
from the album The Mollusk
A-side"Mutilated Lips"
ReleasedOctober 6, 1997[1]
Recorded1995–1996
StudioThe Flood Zone (Holgate, New Jersey)
GenreAlternative rock, surf rock[2]
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LabelElektra
[[Songwriter|SongwriterTemplate:Pluralize from text]]
[[Record producer|ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Andrew Weiss
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"Mutilated Lips"
(1997) 		"Ocean Man"
(1997) 		"Even If You Don't"
(2000)

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"Ocean Man" is a song by the American alternative rock band Ween, the thirteenth track on their sixth studio album, The Mollusk (1997). It was released as a promotional CD single through Elektra Records in 1997, and also released as the B-side to the earlier single "Mutilated Lips" on June 24, 1997.[3]

"Ocean Man" is one of Ween's best-known songs, and has appeared on various film soundtracks and commercials since its release, most notably Nickelodeon's animated film The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie in 2004. The song has been performed live at several occasions, most notably Live in Chicago and Live at Stubb's and is the official SpongeBob SquarePants Movie ending theme song.

Composition

"Ocean Man" was written in the mid-'90s and recorded at a beach house in Jersey Shore (Mid-Atlantic) during the off-season, which Gene and Dean Ween had rented for the recording sessions of The Mollusk.[4] The first song recorded for the album was "Cold Blows the Wind", whose theme influenced the initial two weeks of recording. "The Mollusk," "Mutilated Lips," "The Golden Eel," "She Wanted to Leave," and "Ocean Man," were all recorded during these first two weeks.[4] "Aaron [Gene Ween] had a mandolin, he was always playing it," Dean Ween wrote in a retrospective of the album in 2017, "and we discounted it. [...] when we wrote the lyrics, it was just magic, man. Everything just fell into place."[4]

"Ocean Man" is composed in the key of E major.[5] However, when played live the song is transposed to the key of G major[6], probably so that Gene Ween can play the song with only open chords on the mandolin and is set in the time signature of common time with a tempo of 123 beats per minute.

Track listing

  • Elektra — PRCD-9858-2 — Promotional CD single[7]

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Reception

AllMusic referred to this song as an example of how Ween's "array of silly jokes and musical parody is richer and more diverse than most of its alternative rock contemporaries".[8]

"Ocean Man" was most famously used as the end credits song for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004),[9] as well as a commercial in 2003 for the Honda Civic coupe. In late 2015 and early 2016, "Ocean Man" became an Internet meme, with numerous edits depicting the song fitting over the closing credits of various films, TV shows, and video games. During this time, the song began appearing in remix videos on video sharing platforms such as YouTube and Vine.[10][better source needed] Becoming a meme also helped the band gain more listeners, with "Ocean Man" being their most listened to song on Spotify[11] and Apple Music.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Peel me a grape!" (PDF). Gavin report. No. 2170. August 29, 1997. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 26, 2025 – via World radio history.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hear Authentic Ween Music on Staimusic". Staimusic. Retrieved April 13, 2026.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mutilated Lips b/w Ocean Man". Six Appeal Music. July 27, 2011.
  4. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fortune, Drew (July 11, 2017). "Ween's The Mollusk Turns 20: An Oral History By Mickey Melchiondo". Stereogum. Stereogum Media. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Aaron, Freeman; Michael, Melchiondo; Boss, Sheet Music (August 30, 2017). "Ocean Man". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Key & BPM for Ocean Man - Live by Ween | Tunebat". tunebat.com. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ween – Ocean Man (CD)". Discogs. 1997. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2001). All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide to Popular Music. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 412. ISBN 9780879306274. Retrieved September 23, 2013. ocean man .
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mello, David (April 28, 2020). "Spongebob Squarepants: 5 Ways The Movies Improved On The Popular Series (& 5 Things The Series Does Better)". Screen Rant. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ocean Man". Know Your Meme. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ween". Spotify. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ween". Apple Music. Retrieved December 16, 2019.

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