No Matter What Your Language

Written by	Jeff Moss
Date	1972
Publisher	Festival Atractions Inc.
EKA	Episode 0348

"No Matter What Your Language (No Importa Su Idioma)" is a Sesame Street song that first appeared on the show in Season 3. In the song, a Spanish speaker teaches an English speaker that anyone can learn a new language, if they take the time to learn.

The song has been sung by a number of pairs, including Rafael and Bob (EKA: Episode 0348) and Luis and Susan (EKA: Episode 0767).

The album version, first heard in 1974 on Big Bird Sings! and ¡Sesame Mucho!, features Luis and Big Bird.

Season 22 debuted a version at Birdland, with Duck Ellington, the Sesame Street All-Animal Jazz Ensemble, and Wynton Marsalis (First: Episode 2874). Luis and Maria's cousins sing the song to Telly in a 1993 episode to teach him Spanish. Rosita also performed the song in a segment from the late 1990s with the Anything Muppets (EKA: Episode 3664).

Releases

Audio

• Big Bird Sings! (1974)
• ¡Sesame Mucho! (1974)
• 60 Favorite Songs from Sesame Street (1975)
• No Matter What Your Language/Canta (Sing) (single, 1976)
• Just Friends (1982)
• We Are All Earthlings (1993)
• Fiesta Songs! (1998)

Video

• Best of Friends (2012, Rosita version)

Live

• Neighborhood Street Party parade, Sesame Place (2011 on)