--- title: Spongebob Super Bowl Song Inspires Halftime Show Petition description: If it were up to some Spongebob Squarepants fans, the 2019 Super Bowl would feature a performance of David Glen Eisley's "Sweet Victory." canonical: https://time.com/5499416/spongebob-super-bowl-song-petition/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-10T19:27:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:52.954Z og:title: People Want This Spongebob Song to Be at the Super Bowl og:description: It would be a sweet, sweet victory og:url: https://time.com/5499416/spongebob-super-bowl-song-petition/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d4a3797ae721b15/69869f32cd804d011bccc4fb/t100_tv_spongebob_free1.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: t100_tv_spongebob_free1 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Want This Spongebob Song to Be at the Super Bowl twitter:description: It would be a sweet, sweet victory twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d4a3797ae721b15/69869f32cd804d011bccc4fb/t100_tv_spongebob_free1.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The People Have Spoken and They'd Be Grateful If This _Spongebob Squarepants_ Song Could Be the Super Bowl Halftime Show > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 10, 2019 7:27 PM UTC  Everett  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 10, 2019 7:27 PM UTC If it were up to some [_Spongebob Squarepants_ fans](http://time.com/4103402/teen-who-saved-choking-classmate-says-spongebob-taught-him-heimlich-maneuver/), the Super Bowl 53 halftime show would be an ’80s-inspired affair. As a tribute to Spongebob creator Stephen Hillenburg, who passed away in November 2018, one Spongebob enthusiast has started a [Change.org petition](https://www.change.org/p/nfl-have-sweet-victory-performed-at-the-super-bowl) for David Glen Eisley’s “Sweet Victory” — the rock ballad that the Bikini Bottom Super Band hilariously covers in the season 2 episode “Band Geeks” — to be performed during the big game. The appeal has been signed by more than 1.1 million people as of Thursday. “As some of you may or may not know, Stephen Hillenburg—the creator of Spongebob Sqaurepants—has passed away recently,” the petition description reads. “As a tribute to his legacy, his contributions to a generation of children, and to truly showcase the greatness of this song, we call for Sweet Victory to be performed at the Halftime Show.” Whether or not the petition will be successful is unclear, but one thing we know for certain is that [mayonnaise is still not an instrument](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1JA-nh0IfI). 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