--- description: Unsuspecting park goers were filmed as the New York City group burst into an acoustic version of the song to try to get them to smooch title: Watch This Disney Cover Band Get Couples to 'Kiss the Girl' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch This Disney Cover Band Try to Get Couples to 'Kiss The Girl'  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 9, 2015 6:21 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 9, 2015 6:21 PM CUT Meet your newest matchmaker, the Little Mermen. The Disney cover band recently dressed up in _The Little Mermaid_ costumes and serenaded random couples in Washington Square Park with “Kiss The Girl” in hopes of getting them to smooch on camera. Unsuspecting parkgoers were filmed as the New York City group burst into an acoustic version of the song to try to get them to kiss. Some couples obliged, some settled for a peck on the cheek and some didn’t know what to do. The final count? Seven yeses and two nos. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4068405/kiss-the-girl-disney-cover-band/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4068405/kiss-the-girl-disney-cover-band/"},"headline":"Watch This Disney Cover Band Try to Get Couples to 'Kiss The Girl'","datePublished":"2015-10-09T18:21:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:25:49.438Z","description":"Sha-la-la-la-la-la","url":"https://time.com/4068405/kiss-the-girl-disney-cover-band/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","New York City","Disney","kiss"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4068405/kiss-the-girl-disney-cover-band/","name":"Watch This Disney Cover Band Try to Get Couples to 'Kiss The Girl'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4068405/kiss-the-girl-disney-cover-band/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4068405/kiss-the-girl-disney-cover-band/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```