Walk on the Ocean

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"Walk on the Ocean"
Single by Toad the Wet Sprocket
from the album Fear
Released October 15, 1992
Format CD
Genre Rock
Length 3:00
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Toad the Wet Sprocket
Producer Gavin MacKillop
Toad the Wet Sprocket singles chronology
"Hold Her Down"
(1992)
"Walk on the Ocean"
(1992)
"I Will Not Take These Things for Granted"
(1993)

"Walk on the Ocean" is a song by the rock group Toad the Wet Sprocket on their 1991 album Fear. It was also on the compilation album Almost Kinda Acoustic. It is a rare example of triple metre in rock music.

Two different versions of the song were released: the album version with a cold ending, and the single version with the chorus repeated until fade.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Walk on the Ocean" (Single version) - 3:32
  2. "All in All" - 4:02

[edit] Charts

The single, released 15 October 1992, peaked at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100, but did not chart on the UK Singles Chart.

Charts Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 18
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 27
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 31

[edit] Covers

  • Pop rock singer John Mayer has sung the song with Glen Phillips on occasion at concerts.


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