"See You Later, Alligator" is a 1950s rock and roll song written and first recorded by American singer-songwriter Bobby Charles.

The song was featured in Rock Around the Clock, a musical film Haley and the Comets began shooting in January 1956.

Regarding the claim that Decca records released this disk on February 1, 1956, in both 45 and 78 formats,[5] Billboard had already listed the song as debuting on January 14, 1956, on the Best Sellers in Stores chart at no.

The ending of the song was virtually identical to the conclusion of Haley's earlier hit, "Shake, Rattle and Roll".

Bill Haley's recording of "See You Later, Alligator" popularized a catchphrase already in use at the time,[8] and Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom was quoted as saying it.