- List of songs from Sesame Street
This article provides a list of songs written for or used on "
Sesame Street ":* "A, You're Adorable", sung by Guy Smiley (
Jim Henson )
* "A New Way to Walk", sung by The Oinker Sisters, written byJoe Raposo
* "Ain't No Road Too Long", byWaylon Jennings , in Follow That Bird
* "ABC-DEF-GHI ", sung by Big Bird (Caroll Spinney ), written byJon Stone andJoe Raposo
* "The Alligator King", sung/written/animated byBud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley. Later sung by Jerry Nelson as both characters, for "The Count Counts".
* "Air", written byEmily Kingsley andChristopher Cerf
*Antarctica written byEmily Kingsley andChristopher Cerf
* "'B' is for Bubble" (sung to the tune of "3 Blind Mice" and features kids blowing bubble gum bubbles).
* "The Batty Bat", sung byJerry Nelson ; written byJoe Raposo .
* "Bein' A Pig", sung/written byJoe Raposo .
* "Bein' Green ", sung byKermit the Frog (Jim Henson ), later covered byFrank Sinatra ,Van Morrison and many others; written byJoe Raposo
* "Believe in Yourself", covered byNSYNC .
* "Born to Add", sung by Bruce Stringbean (Christopher Cerf ); written byChristopher Cerf
* "But I Like You", sung byBert and Ernie (Frank Oz and Jim Henson); written byJeff Moss
* "C is for Cookie ", sung by theCookie Monster (Frank Oz ); written byJoe Raposo
* "Calcutta Joe", sung/written/animated byBud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley.
* "Captain Vegetable", sung by the Captain himself (Jim Henson ); written byJeff Moss
* "Caribbean Amphibian", from "Elmopalooza"; performed by Kermit the Frog andJimmy Buffett ; written by Mark Saltzman
* "Circles", sung by Herry and Cookie Monster; written byJeff Moss . Included on "Sesame Street 2 - Original Cast"
* "Do De Rubber Duck" sung by Ernie (Jim Henson ); written byChristopher Cerf andNorman Stiles
* "Do the Dog", sung by Prairie Dawn with a chorus "woofed" by Barkley
* "Doin' the Pigeon", sung byBert (Frank Oz ); written byJoe Raposo .
* "Doo-Wop Hop", sung byKermit the Frog (Jim Henson ); written byChristopher Cerf andNorman Stiles
* "Dressed Up", sung/written byJoe Raposo .
* "Easy Goin' Day", sung by Big Bird (Caroll Spinney ), from "Follow That Bird"
* "Eating", sung by Joe Raposo. The song features Raposo singing with himself, created through double-tracking.
* "Eight Penny Candy Man," sung/written/animated byBud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley. Later sung by Northern Calloway on "The Count Counts."
* "Elmo 's Song", sung by Elmo (Kevin Clash ); written byTony Geiss
* "Everybody Eats", sung/written byJoe Raposo .
* "Everybody Sleeps", sung/written byJoe Raposo .
* "Everyone Likes Ice Cream", written byJeff Moss .
* "Everyone Makes Mistakes", sung by Big Bird (Caroll Spinney ), written byJeff Moss .
* "Fat Cat Sat Hat"
* "Feeling All Right With Five", to accompany a film on swimming penguins, first season
* "Five People in My Family" (also "Five Monsters in My Family"), written byJeff Moss and sung by a Muppet family.
* "Four Big Lions," sung/written/animated byBud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley.
* "From Your Head", sung byDiane Schuur and Elmo, included on "Songs From The Street"
* "Fruit Song", sung/written byJoe Raposo .
* "Funny Farm," sung/written/animated byBud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley.
* "Goodbye Garbage!", aired in episode #198
* "Grasshopper", waltz instrumental byJoe Raposo , features a piano and harpsichord, created for an animal film
* "Habanera", an aria from the opera "Carmen " by Bizet, sung by a stop-motion animated orange lady.
* "Happy Tappin' With Elmo", sung byElmo (Kevin Clash ); written byChristopher Cerf . Included on "Platinum All-Time Favorites"
* "Hawk", slightly gloomy instrumental byJoe Raposo , created for an animal film
* "I Am A Fine Musician"
* "I Dance Myself To Sleep" sung by Ernie.
* "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon", sung by Ernie (Jim Henson ), written byJeff Moss
* "I Love My Chair"
* "I Love Trash" sung by Oscar the Grouch (Caroll Spinney ); written byJeff Moss
* "I Wonder About the World Above Up There", sung byKermit the Frog (Jim Henson ); written by Donald Siegal
* "If I Knew You Were Coming I'd Have Baked a Cake", sung by Ernie (Jim Henson )
* "If I Were", sung byKermit the Frog
* "I'm an Aardvark", written/sung byJoe Raposo
* "I'm Pretty", sung/written byJoe Raposo .
* "I'm So Blue", sung by Big Bird (Caroll Spinney ), from "Follow That Bird"
* "Imagine That", sung by Ernie
* "Infinity (That's About the Size of It)" sung/written/animated byBud Luckey
* "J Jump", sung/written byJoe Raposo .
* "Ladybugs' Picnic", sung/written/animated byBud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley.
* "Letter B", sung byThe Beetles ; written byChristopher Cerf
* "Little Things", sung/written byJoe Raposo .
* "Long Hard Climb", sung/written byJoe Raposo . A version byJerry Nelson is recorded on "Elmo's Lowdown Hoedown ".
* "Lovely Eleven Morning", written/animated byBud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley.
* "Martian Cutie", sung/written/animated byBud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley.
* "Monster in the Mirror", sung byGrover (Frank Oz ); written byChristopher Cerf andNorman Stiles
* A New Way to Walk.
* "On My Pond", sung byKermit the Frog ; written byChristopher Cerf andSarah Durkee
* "One of These Things [Is Not Like the Others] "; written byJoe Raposo andJon Stone
* "One Small Voice", sung by Elmo and Backstreet Boys
* "One Two Three," sung/written/animated byBud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley.
* "Peanut Butter", sung/written byJoe Raposo .
* "People In Your Neighborhood", written byJeff Moss .
* "Pretty Baby", regards kissing rhinos, sung byJoe Raposo
* "Put Down The Duckie", sung byHoots the Owl ,Ernie ,Carl Banks ,Celia Cruz ,Danny DeVito ,John Candy ,Andrea Martin ,Rhea Perlman , Pee-Wee Herman,Madeline Kahn ,Paul Simon ,Pete Seeger ,Keith Hernandez ,Mookie Wilson ,Sean Landeta , Mark L. Ingram,Karl Nelson ,Jeremy Irons ,Itzhak Perlman , Gordon Jackson,Wynton Marsalis ,Jane Curtin andLadysmith Black Mambazo ; written byChristopher Cerf andNorman Stiles
* "Rain Falls", sung by Oscar, included on "Let A Frown Be Your Umbrella"
* "Rubber Duckie", sung byErnie (Jim Henson ); written byJeff Moss
* "Run, Run, Everybody Run", sung byJoe Raposo
* "Sesame Street Theme (Sunny Day)", written byJoe Raposo ,Jon Stone , and Bruce Hart
* '"Sing"', written byJoe Raposo . A version of "Sing" recorded byThe Carpenters in 1973 reached #3 on the Billboard top singles chart.
* "Six Snails," sung/written/animated byBud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley.
* "Some, None, All"
* "Some Of Us Are Here", sung by Bip Bippadotta with the monsters,
* "Somebody Come and Play", written byJoe Raposo . It is the theme song to "Play With Me Sesame ".
* "The Square Song". This song later appeared in the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind ".
* "Take a Breath", written/sung byJoe Raposo . Elmo's later version appears on "Best of Elmo ".
* "Ten Tiny Turtles", sung/written/animated byBud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley.
* "Toucan Two-Step", sung/written/animated byBud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley.
* "Touch, Feel"/"Touch, Hold, Feel", sung/written byJoe Raposo .
* "Trying And Trying Again", sung/written byJoe Raposo .
* "Up and Down", sung by Harry Monster (Jerry Nelson ) andCookie Monster (Frank Oz )
* "Up And Down, Left And Right", sung byJoe Raposo .
* "Upside Down World", sung by Ernie and Bert from "Follow That Bird".
* "Water Baby", sung/written byJoe Raposo .
* "We All Sing With The Same Voice (My Name Is You)" written by J. Philip Miller and Sheppard M. Greene
* "Weaver Bird", sung/written byJoe Raposo .
* "We're a Family", accompanied film.
* "We are the Seven Dwarves"
* "Which Come First (The Chicken Or the Egg)", sung/written byJoe Raposo .
* "What Do You Do When You're A Kangaroo", sung/written byJoe Raposo .
* "What's the Name of That Song?", Words by David Axlerod Music by Sam Pottle,
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