Changes: Count It Higher (song)

Written by	Christopher Cerf
Date	1973
Publisher	Splotched Animal Music (BMI)
EKA	Episode 0670

Revision as of 02:01, 20 June 2014

Sesame_Street_Song_-_Count_It_Higher_with_little_Chrissy — Sesame Street Song - Count It Higher with little Chrissy

Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Count It Higher."

"Count It Higher" is a Sesame Street song about the thrill of counting, performed by Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats in their debut appearance. During the song, the Alphabeats attempt to count several times, first up to three, then up to five. Finally trying once again, they count all the way up to ten.

Count von Count performed the song in the Sesame Street Live show, Let's Be Friends. The song is a parody of The Isley Brothers' song, "Twist and Shout".

Notes

In their first appearance, there are three Alphabeats (besides Little Chrissy) instead of two, and the two members who regularly appeared look slightly different: The Lavender Alphabeat sports messy blond hair instead of a smooth brown pompadour, the Green Alphabeat has fuzzy black hair as opposed to his usual blonde hair, and they both have wide, circular eyes with no eyelids; this was the Hot Pink Alphabeat's only gig with the band. The Alphabeats' voices are provided by Jeff Moss, Christopher Cerf and Jerry Nelson in this song.
On Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street, the video has MTV-style captions that refer to Letters of Love and "Broken Records". In addition, it was listed as number 1 on The Count's Countdown Show, because it was The Count's favorite song. The lyrics to this song were released on a songbook in the original VHS release.

Releases

Audio (Little Chrissy's version)

Letters ...and Numbers, Too! (1974)
The Count Counts (1975)
60 Favorite Songs from Sesame Street (1975)
Count It Higher/Exit (single, 1976)
Born to Add (1983, remix)
Sesame Street Celebrates! (1994)
Sesame Street Best (1997)

Audio (Count von Count's version)

Let's Be Friends (soundtrack) (2000)

Video

Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street (1988)
Shalom Sesame: Passover (1990, partially dubbed in Hebrew)
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years (1993)
Sesame English: Make Me a Sandwich (2000, edited)
Best of Sesame Street Spoofs! (2011)

Online

Sesamestreet.org Template:SSvideo
SesameStreet's YouTube Channel
Hulu Template:Hulu

Other

Numbers (computer game) (released as audio)

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-"'''Count It Higher'''" is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' song about the thrill of counting, performed by [[Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats]]. The song, somewhat reminiscent of the Beatles' version of "Twist and Shout," featured the debut of Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats. During the song, the Alphabeats attempt to count several times, first up to three, then up to five. Finally trying once again, they count all the way up to ten.
+"'''Count It Higher'''" is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' song about the thrill of counting, performed by [[Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats]] in their debut appearance. During the song, the Alphabeats attempt to count several times, first up to three, then up to five. Finally trying once again, they count all the way up to ten.
+[[Count von Count]] performed the song in the ''[[Sesame Street Live]]'' show, ''[[Let's Be Friends]]''. The song is a parody of The Isley Brothers' song, "Twist and Shout".
-==Trivia==
-* In their first appearance, there are three Alphabeats (besides [[Little Chrissy]]) instead of two, and the two members who regularly appeared look slightly different: The purple Alphabeat has messy blond hair instead of smooth brown hair, the green Alphabeat has spiky black hair instead of smooth blonde hair, and they both have wide circular eyes and no eyelids.
+==Notes==
-* This song was later included in the ''[[Sesame Street Live]]'' show ''[[Let's Be Friends]]''.
+*In their first appearance, there are three Alphabeats (besides [[Little Chrissy]]) instead of two, and the two members who regularly appeared look slightly different: The [[Lavender]] Alphabeat sports messy blond hair instead of a smooth brown pompadour, the [[Green]] Alphabeat has fuzzy black hair as opposed to his usual blonde hair, and they both have wide, circular eyes with no eyelids; this was the [[Hot Pink]] Alphabeat's only gig with the band. The Alphabeats' voices are provided by [[Jeff Moss]], [[Christopher Cerf]] and [[Jerry Nelson]] in this song.
-* In ''[[Count it Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street]]'', it was listed as number 1 on ''The Count's Countdown Show'' because it was [[Count von Count|The Count]]'s favorite song.
-* On the "Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street" vhs, the video has [[MTV]]-Captions that refer to as "Broken Records".
+*On ''[[Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street]]'', the video has [[MTV]]-style captions that refer to ''Letters of Love'' and "Broken Records". In addition, it was listed as number 1 on ''The Count's Countdown Show'', because it was The Count's favorite song. The lyrics to this song were released on a songbook in the original VHS release.
 ==Releases==
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 *''[[Letters ...and Numbers, Too!]]'' (1974)
 *''[[The Count Counts]]'' (1975)
+*''[[60 Favorite Songs from Sesame Street]]'' (1975)
-*''[[Sesame_Street_Singles#countithigher|Count It Higher/Exit]]'' (single, 1976)
+*''[[Sesame Street Singles#countithigher|Count It Higher/Exit]]'' (single, 1976)
 *''[[Born to Add (album)|Born to Add]]'' (1983, remix)
 *''[[Sesame Street Celebrates!]]'' (1994)
 *''[[Sesame Street Best]]'' (1997)
-;Audio (Count Von Count's version)
+;Audio (Count von Count's version)
 *''[[Let's Be Friends (soundtrack)]]'' (2000)
 ;Video
 *''[[Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street]]'' (1988)
-*''[[Shalom Sesame]]'': [[Show 10: Passover]] (1990)
+*''[[Shalom Sesame]]'': [[Show 10: Passover|Passover]] (1990, partially dubbed in Hebrew)
 *''[[Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years]]'' (1993)
-*''[[Sesame English]]'': [[Make Me a Sandwich]] (edited, 2000)
+*''[[Sesame English]]'': [[Make Me a Sandwich]] (2000, edited)
+*''[[Best of Sesame Street Spoofs!]]'' (2011)
 ;Online
 * [[Sesamestreet.org]] {{SSvideo|333f89f8-1597-11dd-b10a-6119e86ae19b}}
+* [[SesameStreet's YouTube Channel]]
+* [[Hulu]] {{Hulu|394366}}
 ;Other
-*''[[Numbers (CD-ROM)]]'' (1997)
+*''[[Numbers (computer game)]]'' (released as audio)
-[[Category: Sesame Street Songs|Count It Higher]]
+[[Category:Sesame Street Songs|Count It Higher]]
-[[Category: Numbers|Count It Higher]]
+[[Category:Numbers|Count It Higher]]
+[[Category:Song Spoofs]]


Written by	Christopher Cerf
Date	1973
Publisher	Splotched Animal Music (BMI)
EKA	Episode 0670