List of songs from Sesame Street

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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 by Joe Raposo
• "Ain't No Road Too Long", by Waylon Jennings, in Follow That Bird
• "ABC-DEF-GHI", sung by Big Bird (Caroll Spinney), written by Jon Stone and Joe Raposo
• "The Alligator King", sung/written/animated by Bud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley. Later sung by Jerry Nelson as both characters, for "The Count Counts".
• "Air", written by Emily Kingsley and Christopher Cerf
• Antarctica written by Emily Kingsley and Christopher Cerf
• "'B' is for Bubble" (sung to the tune of "3 Blind Mice" and features kids blowing bubble gum bubbles).
• "The Batty Bat", sung by Jerry Nelson; written by Joe Raposo.
• "Bein' A Pig", sung/written by Joe Raposo.
• "Bein' Green", sung by Kermit the Frog (Jim Henson), later covered by Frank Sinatra, Van Morrison and many others; written by Joe Raposo
• "Believe in Yourself", covered by NSYNC.
• "Born to Add", sung by Bruce Stringbean (Christopher Cerf); written by Christopher Cerf
• "But I Like You", sung by Bert and Ernie (Frank Oz and Jim Henson); written by Jeff Moss
• "C is for Cookie", sung by the Cookie Monster (Frank Oz); written by Joe Raposo
• "Calcutta Joe", sung/written/animated by Bud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley.
• "Captain Vegetable", sung by the Captain himself (Jim Henson); written by Jeff Moss
• "Caribbean Amphibian", from Elmopalooza; performed by Kermit the Frog and Jimmy Buffett; written by Mark Saltzman
• "Circles", sung by Herry and Cookie Monster; written by Jeff Moss. Included on "Sesame Street 2 - Original Cast"
• "Do De Rubber Duck" sung by Ernie (Jim Henson); written by Christopher Cerf and Norman Stiles
• "Do the Dog", sung by Prairie Dawn with a chorus "woofed" by Barkley
• "Doin' the Pigeon", sung by Bert (Frank Oz); written by Joe Raposo.
• "Doo-Wop Hop", sung by Kermit the Frog (Jim Henson); written by Christopher Cerf and Norman Stiles
• "Dressed Up", sung/written by Joe 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 by Bud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley. Later sung by Northern Calloway on "The Count Counts."
• "Elmo's Song", sung by Elmo (Kevin Clash); written by Tony Geiss
• "Everybody Eats", sung/written by Joe Raposo.
• "Everybody Sleeps", sung/written by Joe Raposo.
• "Everyone Likes Ice Cream", written by Jeff Moss.
• "Everyone Makes Mistakes", sung by Big Bird (Caroll Spinney), written by Jeff 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 by Jeff Moss and sung by a Muppet family.
• "Four Big Lions," sung/written/animated by Bud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley.
• "From Your Head", sung by Diane Schuur and Elmo, included on Songs From The Street
• "Fruit Song", sung/written by Joe Raposo.
• "Funny Farm," sung/written/animated by Bud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley.
• "Goodbye Garbage!", aired in episode #198
• "Grasshopper", waltz instrumental by Joe 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 by Elmo (Kevin Clash); written by Christopher Cerf. Included on "Platinum All-Time Favorites"
• "Hawk", slightly gloomy instrumental by Joe 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 by Jeff Moss
• "I Love My Chair"
• "I Love Trash" sung by Oscar the Grouch (Caroll Spinney); written by Jeff Moss
• "I Wonder About the World Above Up There", sung by Kermit 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 by Kermit the Frog
• "I'm an Aardvark", written/sung by Joe Raposo
• "I'm Pretty", sung/written by Joe 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 by Bud Luckey
• "J Jump", sung/written by Joe Raposo.
• "Ladybugs' Picnic", sung/written/animated by Bud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley.
• "Letter B", sung by The Beetles; written by Christopher Cerf
• "Little Things", sung/written by Joe Raposo.
• "Long Hard Climb", sung/written by Joe Raposo. A version by Jerry Nelson is recorded on Elmo's Lowdown Hoedown.
• "Lovely Eleven Morning", written/animated by Bud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley.
• "Martian Cutie", sung/written/animated by Bud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley.
• "Monster in the Mirror", sung by Grover (Frank Oz); written by Christopher Cerf and Norman Stiles
• A New Way to Walk.
• "On My Pond", sung by Kermit the Frog; written by Christopher Cerf and Sarah Durkee
• "One of These Things [Is Not Like the Others]"; written by Joe Raposo and Jon Stone
• "One Small Voice", sung by Elmo and Backstreet Boys
• "One Two Three," sung/written/animated by Bud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley.
• "Peanut Butter", sung/written by Joe Raposo.
• "People In Your Neighborhood", written by Jeff Moss.
• "Pretty Baby", regards kissing rhinos, sung by Joe Raposo
• "Put Down The Duckie", sung by Hoots 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 and Ladysmith Black Mambazo ; written by Christopher Cerf and Norman Stiles
• "Rain Falls", sung by Oscar, included on Let A Frown Be Your Umbrella
• "Rubber Duckie", sung by Ernie (Jim Henson); written by Jeff Moss
• "Run, Run, Everybody Run", sung by Joe Raposo
• "Sesame Street Theme (Sunny Day)", written by Joe Raposo, Jon Stone, and Bruce Hart
• '"Sing"', written by Joe Raposo. A version of "Sing" recorded by The Carpenters in 1973 reached #3 on the Billboard top singles chart.
• "Six Snails," sung/written/animated by Bud 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 by Joe 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 by Joe Raposo. Elmo's later version appears on Best of Elmo.
• "Ten Tiny Turtles", sung/written/animated by Bud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley.
• "Toucan Two-Step", sung/written/animated by Bud Luckey with lyrics by Don Hadley.
• "Touch, Feel"/"Touch, Hold, Feel", sung/written by Joe Raposo.
• "Trying And Trying Again", sung/written by Joe Raposo.
• "Up and Down", sung by Harry Monster (Jerry Nelson) and Cookie Monster (Frank Oz)
• "Up And Down, Left And Right", sung by Joe Raposo.
• "Upside Down World", sung by Ernie and Bert from "Follow That Bird".
• "Water Baby", sung/written by Joe 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 by Joe Raposo.
• "We're a Family", accompanied film.
• We are the Seven Dwarves
• "Which Come First (The Chicken Or the Egg)", sung/written by Joe Raposo.
• "What Do You Do When You're A Kangaroo", sung/written by Joe Raposo.
• "What's the Name of That Song?", Words by David Axlerod Music by Sam Pottle,