// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did the undertow say to the swimmer? You're pulled in.

Undertow may refer to:

• Undertow (water waves), a strong undercurrent flowing in a different direction from the surface current

Film

• The Undertow (1916 film), a silent drama
• The Undertow (1915 film), a short silent film directed by Jack Harvey
• Undertow (1930 film), a romantic drama starring Mary Nolan
• Undertow (1949 film), a crime thriller directed by William Castle
• Undertow (1996 film), a film directed by Eric Red
• Undertow (2004 film), a thriller directed by David Gordon Green
• Undertow (2009 film), a Peruvian film
• Undertow (2018 film), an Australian TV film

Television

• The Undertow (TV series), an upcoming Netflix series
• "Undertow" (CHiPs), an episode of CHiPs
• "Undertow" (The Killing), an episode of The Killing
• "Undertow" (Motive), an episode of Motive
• "Undertow" (The Wire), an episode of The Wire
• "The Undertow" (The O.C.), an episode of The O.C.

Music

Performers

• Undertow (band), a 1990s American punk music group
• Undertow Music, an American independent artists' collective
  • The Undertow Orchestra, an indie rock supergroup associated with the collective

Albums

• Undertow (Blind Idiot God album), 1988
• Undertow (Drenge album) or the title song, 2015
• Undertow (Mark Seymour album), 2011
• Undertow (Tool album) or the title song, 1993
• Undertow, by Firefall, 1980
• Undertow, by Sidsel Endresen, 2000
• Undertow, by Stan Meissner, 1992

Songs and compossitions

• "Undertow" (song), by Warpaint, 2010
• "Undertow", by Ane Brun from It All Starts with One, 2011
• "Undertow", by As I Lay Dying from Shaped by Fire, 2019
• "Undertow", by Bowling For Soup from Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies, 2005
• "Undertow", by Bryson Tiller from Bryson Tiller, 2024
• "Undertow", by Chroma Key from Dead Air for Radios, 1998
• "Undertow", by Coldrain from Vena II, 2016
• "Undertow", by Genesis from ...And Then There Were Three..., 1978
• "Undertow", by Ivy from Long Distance, 2000
• "Undertow", by James LaBrie from Impermanent Resonance, 2013
• "Undertow", by Kim Carnes from Voyeur, 1982
• "Undertow", by Leonard Cohen from Dear Heather, 2004
• "Undertow", by Lisa Hannigan from At Swim, 2016
• "Undertow", by Lush from Split, 1994
• "Undertow", by Madder Mortem from Mercury, 1999
• "Undertow", by Marty Friedman from Inferno, 2014
• "Undertow", by Molotov from Apocalypshit, 1999
• "Undertow", by Mr. Big from What If..., 2010
• "Undertow", by Pain of Salvation from Remedy Lane, 2002
• "Undertow", by Pet Shop Boys from Super, 2016
• "Undertow", by R.E.M. from New Adventures in Hi-Fi, 1996
• "Undertow", by Sara Bareilles from Careful Confessions, 2004
• "Undertow", by Stars from Sad Robots, 2008
• "Undertow", by Suzanne Vega from Suzanne Vega, 1985
• "Undertow", by Timbaland from Shock Value II, 2009
• "Undertow", by Ugly Kid Joe from Motel California, 1996
• "Undertow", by Warrant from Ultraphobic, 1995
• Undertow, a composition for concert band by John Mackey, 2008
• "The Undertow", by Crystal Lake from The Weight of Sound, 2026
• "The Undertow", by For the Fallen Dreams from Six, 2018
• "The Undertow", by Lamb of God from Resolution, 2012
• "The Undertow", by Passion Pit from Tremendous Sea of Love, 2017
• "The Undertow", by Red Fang from Murder the Mountains, 2011

Other uses

• Undertow (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, California
• Undertow (video game), on Xbox Live Arcade
• The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War, a 2023 book by Jeff Sharlet
• Undertow, a novel by Elizabeth Bear
• Undertow, an action figure in the toy series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero