Music by | Kathryn Raio-Rende and JP Rende |
Lyrics by | Luis Santeiro |
Publisher | Sesame Street Inc. Easy Reader Music |
First | Episode 4501 |
"Number of the Day" is a Sesame Street song/segment featured in every episode of season 45 and season 46, and irregularly since.
The Count takes the lead (backed up by Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Grover, Rosita, Ernie, Bert, Big Bird, Cookie Monster and Murray Monster) as he sings and stomps to find the number of the day. The segments end with the Count stomping however many times the day's number is.
The Count, Elmo and Abby perform a Halloween variation of the song in Trick or Treat on Sesame Street, counting up to 13. The Count and his bats perform the song (about the number 2) in Sesame Street: The Musical.
The Count, Elmo, Ernie, and Abby performed an abridged version of the song (about the number 2) as a part of a counting medley in a 2023 YouTube video. (YouTube)
Notes[]
- Performers for the segment included Matt Vogel as the Count, Ryan Dillon as Elmo, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as Abby, Carmen Osbahr as Rosita, Eric Jacobson as Grover and Bert (voice), Joey Mazzarino as Murray, David Rudman as Cookie Monster, and Caroll Spinney as Big Bird (voice). Assistant puppeteers included John Kennedy (right hand for the Count), Martin P. Robinson (Bert), Peter Linz (Big Bird), Tyler Bunch (Ernie), and Stephanie D'Abruzzo (right hand for Ernie).[1][2]
- Nadine Zylstra directed the segment.[1]
Releases[]
- Audio
- What's The Number? (2019, extended Number 10 song)
- Video
- Count on Elmo (2015, Number 20 song, during end credits)
- Elmo Loves Animals (2017, Number 5, 15, and 3 songs)
- Trick or Treat on Sesame Street (2017, Number 15 song)
- The Best of Elmo 4 (2018, Number 14 song)
- Love to Learn Vol. 2 (2018, Number 4 song)
- Cool Counting Collection (2021, Number 6 and 20 songs)
- Online
- 2 (sesamestreet.org)