So Long and Thanks for All the Fish MP3

I searched all over the web and had a terribly difficult time of finding a complete MP3 version of “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish,” the song at the beginning of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the movie based on the book by Douglas Adams (based on the radio series).

I found a Flash animation of the song, with some dolphins singing it and such. So I finally decided to use my new MuVo to encode it directly to MP3. It worked wonderfully.

Download So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish mp3 [2.17 MB]

Read on for the lyrics…

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Soundtrack Lyrics

So Long & Thanks for All the Fish Lyrics

So long and thanks for all the fish
So sad that it should come to this
We tried to warn you all but oh dear?

You may not share our intellect
Which might explain your disrespect
For all the natural wonders that
grow around you

So long, so long and thanks
for all the fish

The world’s about to be destroyed
There’s no point getting all annoyed
Lie back and let the planet dissolve

Despite those nets of tuna fleets
We thought that most of you were sweet
Especially tiny tots and your
pregnant women

So long, so long, so long, so long, so long
So long, so long, so long, so long, so long

So long, so long and thanks
for all the fish

(yeah)

So long and thanks for all the fish
So sad that it should come to this
We tried to warn you all but oh dear?

(oh dear)

Despite those nets of tuna fleets
We thought that most of you were sweet
Especially tiny tots and your
pregnant women

So long, so long, so long, so long, so long
So long, so long, so long, so long, so long

So long, so long and thanks
for all the fish

Give credit where due: the mp3 is encoded from this flash animation.

July 29, 2006: Comments closed. The MP3 is posted here; see the link near the top of the post. Use this form to contact me.

66 Responses to “So Long and Thanks for All the Fish MP3”

  1. Theik says:

    Ohoh. Post it please. ^_^

  2. Mike Weissman says:

    I’ve been looking for that song forever! Would it be too much to ask for you to post it, or send it to me?

  3. shoe-grrl says:

    I’ve been looking for that, too! Please do post it when you have a chance. Thanks.

  4. Kat says:

    I’ve been hunting that song down as well- and would be forever grateful (well…sincerely if not erternally…I’m easily distracted,lol) if you’d share.
    Thanks:)

  5. Tobias Jacobsson says:

    Ohh yes! I have scanned the net for days for that song. I would love if you posted it here! Pretty please!

  6. Btr0n says:

    I also am intrested. I would be very thankfully if you post it.

  7. Zzickle says:

    That is the ONE song from the soundtrack that I would really like to have, and like the rest of these ppl, I have so far been unable to find it. I hope you do decide to post it for us. In the meantime, I shall keep searching…

  8. davis says:

    Yes please. I’ve been looking for the mp3 for ages and i can’t find it anywhere.

  9. Flowens says:

    I love that song and I have been looking for it. Could you please send it to me. It would be wonderful. Thank you very much.
    Flowens

  10. chris says:

    I have been looking for it too, could you please email it to me, or maybe send me a link if you post it. Thanks

  11. Anonymous says:

    My god, I’m very interested in it. If you could mail me, it’d be wonderful !

  12. Aklex says:

    I LOVE THAT SONG! either post it, the link to the flash movie, or please send it to me, im dieing to hear it again!

  13. Aklex says:

    i found a site where you can download it, but you might have to pay.
    update you can now download it using the link above.

  14. Aurora says:

    Amazing! I’ve been going around singing that song for days, but did not knew all the words exactly. Thank you! (And a friend of mine sendt it to me today too:D)

  15. momo says:

    wow! I have been looking for it too. thanks.

  16. goesow says:

    thanx! this song is the best!

  17. sj choi says:

    Thank you!!!
    I love this song!

  18. Hello? says:

    Hi. Looks like the link is dead :-(

  19. prij says:

    Thanx soo much … i love the song too , but have been reduced to making up my own music and word because i couldnt remember the original

  20. shu says:

    thanks for this great song ^^

  21. Sum guy says:

    Theres this bit that they missed: “If i had just one last wish, i would like a tasty fish,” i forgot the rest.

  22. Sum guy says:

    Theres this bit that they missed: “If I had just one last wish
    I would like a tasty fish

    If we could just change one thing
    We would all have learned to sing

    Come one and all
    Man and mammal
    Side by side
    In life’s great gene pool”

  23. A White Mouse says:

    you are my new hero

  24. Person says:

    THANK YOU SO MUCH! have wanted that for AGES!

  25. Fish says:

    Wow!! I’ve been trying to find that for WEEKS