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{{song|writer=[[Joe Raposo]]|composer=|lyricist=|date=[[1975]]|source=}}
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{{song|image=Over.jpg|writer=[[Joe Raposo]]|composer=|lyricist=|date=[[1971]]|source=|publisher=Jonico Music|eka=[[Episode 0258]]}}
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Classic song sung by [[Grover]] about the differences between over, under, around and through, with a little bit of near and far thrown into it.
 
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[[Image:PanchoOUAT.jpg|thumb|300px|Pancho's version]]
   
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"'''Over, Under, Around and Through'''" is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' song performed by [[Grover]] as he demonstrates the differences between the prepositions in the song's title. While he's at it, he also explains the difference between near and far.
In the version done on the show, Grover goes around, over, under and through a swinging doorway. In the album version of this sketch, Grover encourages the listener to look at the record as it goes around.
 
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[[Category: Sesame Street Songs]]
 
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The song premiered on the [[Season 2 (1970-1971)|second season]] of ''Sesame Street'', in a sketch where Grover goes over, under, around, and through a set of swinging saloon doors. By the end of the song he is exhausted from his efforts.
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[[Pancho Contreras]] performed this song in a ''[[Plaza Sésamo]]'' insert, ending with the same results.
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==Notes==
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*Because the sketch was so visual, a separate recording was made for ''[[The Official Sesame Street 2 Book-and-Record Album]]'', in which Grover encouraged the listener to look at the record as it went around and jumped over his cute, little hobby horse. This version has been used in all subsequent album releases, except for ''[[A Celebration of Me, Grover (album)|A Celebration of Me Grover]]'', which used the broadcast version.
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==Releases==
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;Audio (album version of original version)
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*''[[The Official Sesame Street 2 Book-and-Record Album]]'' (1971)
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*''[[Grover Sings the Blues]]'' (1974)
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* [[60 Favorite Songs from Sesame Street]] (1975)
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*[[Sesame Street Singles#Igrover|I, Grover/Over, Under, Around and Through]] (single, 1976)
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*''[[Muppet Masquerade]]'' (1978)
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*''[[The Best of Grover]]'' (1983)
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*''[[Cookie Monster and Grover: True Blue]]'' (1990)
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*''[[Sesame Street Best]]'' (1997)
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*''[[Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music]]'' (2003)
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;Audio (brodcast version)
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*''[[A Celebration of Me, Grover (album)|A Celebration of Me, Grover]]'' (2004)
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;Video
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*''[[Play-Along Games and Songs]]'' (1986)
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*''[[Sesame English]]'': [[Mouse Hunt]] (2000)
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*''[[A Celebration of Me, Grover]]'' (2004)
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*''[[Old School: Volume 1]]'' (2006)
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;Online
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*[[Sesamestreet.org]] {{SSvideo|7fde6af8-155c-11dd-a62f-919b98326687}}
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;Special
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*''[[Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music]]''
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;Publications
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*''[[Sesame Street Songbook Vol. 2]]''
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==See also==
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* [[Grover Songs]]
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* [[Around and Around (Over, Under, Through)]]
 
[[Category:Sesame Street Songs]]

Revision as of 17:47, 3 September 2014

Over
Written by Joe Raposo
Date 1971
Publisher Jonico Music
EKA Episode 0258
Under
PanchoOUAT

Pancho's version

"Over, Under, Around and Through" is a Sesame Street song performed by Grover as he demonstrates the differences between the prepositions in the song's title. While he's at it, he also explains the difference between near and far.

The song premiered on the second season of Sesame Street, in a sketch where Grover goes over, under, around, and through a set of swinging saloon doors. By the end of the song he is exhausted from his efforts.

Pancho Contreras performed this song in a Plaza Sésamo insert, ending with the same results.

Notes

Releases

Audio (album version of original version)
Audio (brodcast version)
Video
Online
Special
Publications

See also