# Do you have a favorite Sesame Street song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839 "2017-02-26T17:04:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/41 "2017-02-27T00:15:40Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Ah, I do have trivia. Mah Na Mah Na started its life on the soundtrack of a Italian soft core movie. That version is also heard on some episodes of _The Benny Hill Show_. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/42 "2017-02-27T00:25:17Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > My favorite was “Bert and Ernie Sing Along” which had a premise - Bert is taking a bath and Ernie invites the entire neighborhood into the bathroom for a sing along. NSFW? :dubious: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh5pAtgubMY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh5pAtgubMY) ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/43 "2017-02-27T01:19:19Z")
So many good ones. I always liked Joe Raposo’s “I Believe in Little Things” and “A Little Bit at the Beginning.” (and “I’m an Aardvark”!) ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/44 "2017-02-27T01:25:47Z")
Feist’s Sesame Street version of “1234” [https://youtu.be/fZ9WiuJPnNA](https://youtu.be/fZ9WiuJPnNA) ---
**Author:** ![txjim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@txjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txjim)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/45 "2017-02-27T02:08:49Z")
The closing theme has always been my #1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5zYjx0F3vk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5zYjx0F3vk) ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/46 "2017-02-27T02:21:45Z")
Most of the ones I remember fall under the category of “fun” more or less. However it doesn’t get any more riveting than [Starfish](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIeIQU75PIY). ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/47 "2017-02-27T02:51:15Z")
[There Are Chickens in the Trees](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvv5gL1pGb0). ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/48 "2017-02-27T02:56:53Z")
I always liked “Born to Add.” ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/49 "2017-02-27T03:15:12Z")
[Teeny little super guy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjvt6xqKwV8) ---
**Author:** ![Annoying\_Buzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Annoying\_Buzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annoying_Buzz)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/50 "2017-02-27T03:27:29Z")
[Round.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTGO3IaOiOM) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/51 "2017-02-27T04:34:46Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Ab-kadefky-jeckle-ma-nop-kwur-stoove-wix-is! This one. Big Bird is just so EXCITED about finding this gigantic new word and so eager to find out what it means. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/52 "2017-02-27T06:09:46Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [Onetwothree FOUR FIVE sixseveneightnineten ELEVEN TWELVE! TWO!!! (Or which ever number is being featured).](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOaZbaPzdsk) > > So surreal. This one. To this day, counting to 12 is to this song. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/53 "2017-02-27T06:41:43Z")
Mary Had A [Bicycle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eneNtW-lVhE), by the legendary Don Music. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/54 "2017-02-27T07:51:03Z")
No love for "If I knew you were coming I’d have baked a cake "? ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/55 "2017-02-27T07:56:14Z")
I’m partial to the Crows singing 1 2 3. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/llezjMibxp4/hqdefault.jpg "Sesame Street - "Counting 1-2-3"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llezjMibxp4) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/56 "2017-02-27T11:51:32Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > No love for "If I knew you were coming I’d have baked a cake "? > [@What\_Exit](#): > > [The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqU9PqIhuIY) Just a very good song. I can’t say for certain, but I don’t think those are _Sesame Street_ songs. ---
**Author:** ![Cheerful\_Pessimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Cheerful\_Pessimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheerful_Pessimist)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/57 "2017-02-27T12:54:16Z")
Going for a Ride. I had the 45 in 1971. The B side was I Love Trash. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/58 "2017-02-27T16:04:03Z")
A couple of my favorites don’t seem to be on a whole lot of people’s favorites lists: [“My Name Is You”](https://youtu.be/MYXJlfcfFKU) and [“That’s About The Size Of It”](https://youtu.be/2ABxl46Ovv8) “The big becomes the little, that’s the way it seems to go. That they make up a larger thing is something good to know. It’s nice to know that though we’re small, there’s always room to grow, And that’s about the size of it. That’s about the size, where you put your eyes, That’s about the size of it.” ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/59 "2017-02-27T16:44:50Z")
> [@txjim](#): > > The closing theme has always been my #1 > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5zYjx0F3vk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5zYjx0F3vk) Jesus, I’m listening to this and I’m five years old again. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839/60 "2017-02-27T17:59:50Z")
“I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon”. Although if I had to choose my favorite from my childhood, it would be “Rubber Ducky”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-sesame-street-song/780839.md?page=4)