A New Way to Walk
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| Written by | |
| Music by | Joe Raposo |
| Lyrics by | Mark Saltzman |
| Date | 1986 |
| Source | |
| Publisher | Instructional Children's Music Inc., Sesame Street Inc. |
"A New Way to Walk" is a celebration of pedestrianism and the individual, as performed by The Oinker Sisters.
The original 1986 version featured Old MacDonald introducing the music video ("for fans of good music and pork bellies"), and was filmed in front of a black background. The song features MTV-style captions that refer to "Deutsche Hamaphone Records" at the beginning of the music video.
A new version was filmed in 1993, intercutting the Oinker Sisters with shots of children in the park, and prominently featured tap dancing by Savion. As with early all-star epics like "Put Down the Duckie" and "Monster in the Mirror", a raft of celebrities also appeared, including Bill Irwin and David Shiner (interacting with Savion), Maya Angelou, Garth Brooks, Ruth Buzzi (as Gladys Ormphby), Michael Chang, John Goodman, Kevin Kline, Cheech Marin, the Neville Brothers, Rosie O'Donnell, Bert (footage from "Doin' the Pigeon"), Marisa Tomei and Sally Jessy Raphaël.
Other versions
- The Sesame Street cast performed it in the 1997 Sesame Street Live show Elmo's Coloring Book.
- Destiny's Child performed the song with Elmo, Zoe, and Grover in 2001. (First: Episode 3984)
- Miles and Gabi sang this song in a 2002 episode.
Releases
Audio
- Sing: Songs of Joe Raposo (1992)
- Sesame Street Celebrates! (1994)
- Elmo's Coloring Book (1997, Sesame Street Live version)
- Hot! Hot! Hot! Dance Songs (1997)
- Songs from the Street (2003, with Destiny's Child)
Video
- Dance Along! (1990)
- Get Up and Dance (1997, celebrity version)
- Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days (2009, Destiny's Child version)
- Online
- Sesamestreet.org
- Original Version
- Destiny's Child version
- Hulu (Destiny's Child version)
