Do De Rubber Duck
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| Written by | Christopher Cerf and Norman Stiles |
| Music by | |
| Lyrics by | |
| Date | 1986 |
| Source | |
| Publisher | Sesame Street, Inc. (ASCAP), Splotched Animal Music Company (BMI) |
"Do De Rubber Duck" was a reggae song sung by Ernie, who was joined by several other Muppets in the bathroom for a special dance.
Ernie was joined by Telly Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Kermit the Frog, Count von Count, Biff, Guy Smiley, Gladys the Cow, Hoots the Owl, and Elmo. Near the end of the song, Bert stands outside the bathroom door and listens in on the song.
When this song was included on the Put Down the Duckie! album, the verses by Kermit, Guy Smiley, Biff and Hoots were excluded, and the backing track was re-recorded. Other albums featured the televised version.
Trivia
- In his solo line, the Count says "don't forget to count the bubbles." When showing the video in Count It Higher, he claimed to have done so -- there were 247,561 bubbles in Ernie's tub.
- Elmo sings only on the chorus and does not have a solo line.
- On the "Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street" vhs, the video has MTV-Captions that refer to as "The Harder They Scrub".
Releases
- Audio
- Put Down the Duckie! (1990)
- Splish Splash: Bath Time Fun (1995)
- Hot! Hot! Hot! Dance Songs (1997)
- Sesame Street Best (1997)
- Video
- Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street (1988)
- Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration (as part of the Rubber Duckie medley) (1993)
- What's the Name of That Song? (listed as "Do De Duck") (2004)
- Shalom Sesame Show 6: Chanukah (partially dubbed in Hebrew as "Bo Barvaz Vaz")
- Online
