Jimmy Fallon and The Lonely Island perform 'I'm on a Boat' on classroom instruments

The Lonely Island performs &quot;I&#039;m on a Boat&quot;

(Image credit: The Tonight Show)

published 17 May 2016

The Lonely Island — Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone — debuted "I'm on a Boat" in 2009, and it has aged pretty well. The song is also surprisingly versatile: They performed a much safer-for-work version on Monday's Tonight Show, using a dinky drum machine, kazoos, percussion, and a few props, and it worked. (Taccone is the one in the dunce cap, reading.) Unlike the original (which you can watch here, with decidedly NSFW language), the classroom-instrument version has Jimmy Fallon and The Roots instead of T-Pain. Both versions are fun, and you can watch the clean, new one below. Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.

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