I Love Trash

Written by	Jeff Moss
Date	1970
Publisher	Festival Attractions, Inc.

Oscar sings "I Love Trash" to Gordon and a young visitor named Lance.

1973 version.

1991 version.

"I Love Trash" is Oscar the Grouch's signature song.

It was first sung during the Season 1 of Sesame Street. The song was retaped several times as the Oscar puppet evolved.

In an Season 29 episode Oscar sang "Grouches Love Trash" a variation of this song to his niece Irvine. In Episode 3891 his old friend Felix the Grouch sang a variation called "I Love Cleaning" while Oscar sang I Love Trash. Yet another variation occurs when Oscar's trash can was grown to a larger size and the lyrics were adjusted to accomodate (a clip can be seen in Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!).

Oscar and Bruno the Trashman sang this song in Here Come the Puppets!.

K.d. lang also sang this song when she guest starred in The Jim Henson Hour episode about Garbage.

Steven Tyler recorded a new version for the album release of Elmopalooza.

A brief portion of the song was also sung by a group of socks in Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic, during Oscar's imagination sequence where Sesame Street is turned into a vast garbage dump.

Trash mentioned

• A sneaker that's tattered and worn. It's all full of holes and the laces are torn
• Some newspaper 13 months old w/ fish wrapped inside
• A clock that won't work
• An old telephone
• A broken umbrella
• A rusty trombone

Versions

• (EKA: Episode 0291)
• (EKA: Episode 2980)
• Episode 3815
• Episode 3959

Releases

Audio

• The Sesame Street Book & Record (1970)
• Goin' for a Ride/I Love Trash (single, 1970)
• I Love Trash/Up and Down (single, 1970)
• Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella (album) (1974)
• Sing the Hit Songs of Sesame Street (1974)
• I Love Trash/Grouch's Lullaby (single, 1976)
• 10th Anniversary Album (1978)
• Muppet Masquerade (1978)
• The Best of Oscar the Grouch (1983)
• My Record (1983)
• Sesame Street Celebrates! (1994)
• Platinum All-Time Favorites (1995)
• Oscar's Trashy Songs (1997)
• Sesame Street Best (1997)
• Elmopalooza! (1998) - performed by Steven Tyler
• The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) - performed by Steven Tyler
• Songs from the Street (2003) - both Oscar and Steven Tyler versions

Video

• Old School: Volume 1 (the original 1st season version)
• Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game (1973 version)
• Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years (1991 version)
• Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play ("Grouches Love Trash" version)

Online

• Sesamestreet.org -- 1991 version

Publications

• The Sesame Street Song Book - music and lyrics
• Sesame Street Unpaved (book) - lyrics and pictures from 1991 version