This is the crown jewel. A remake of the 1976 classic, Missy Elliott turns this into a bouncy, beat-driven anthem. Christina’s vocals are in peak Stripped era form, and Missy’s rap verse about "Shark Tale" is pure nostalgia. If you were born in the 90s, this song is permanently burned into your brain.

Remember 2004? We were obsessed with trucker hats, low-rise jeans, and flip phones. DreamWorks Animation was riding high off the success of Shrek , and they decided to dip their toes into the ocean with Shark Tale . While the movie itself often gets remembered as the quirky, less-polished cousin to Finding Nemo , there is one area where the film remains undisputed royalty:

Revisiting the Shark Tale Soundtrack: The Ultimate Early 2000s Time Capsule

Listening to it in 2026 feels like opening a time capsule. You can almost smell the jelly bracelets and hear the dial-up internet tone in the background. Is Shark Tale a cinematic masterpiece? Debatable. Is the Shark Tale Soundtrack a masterpiece of the early 2000s? Absolutely.