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Grover again
Written by Sam Pottle and Tony Geiss
Date 1977
Publisher Sesame Street Inc.
First Episode 1112

"Sing After Me" is a Sesame Street song that works in echo: one performer sings a line which is meant to be repeated by another vocalist.

It was first performed by Madeline Kahn and Grover in 1977. Kahn explains the concept to Grover, which he does not get at first. As the song progresses, Grover catches on, but he struggles to emulate Kahn's performance. After embellishing in two verses, Grover truncates her vocalizing; when she resumes, he gives up, calling her a "show off." Unable to copy Kahn's low baritone in the end, Grover finishes the song on a bombastic note.

Other versions[]

Image Year Description
SingAfterMe-BobHopeChina
1979 Big Bird sings an a capella version of the song with Shields and Yarnell in front of an audience of children, in the television special On the Road to China.
Album.singalong-lp
1982 Big Bird on Sesame Street Sing-Along! and The Best of Big Bird.
Cleveland Orchestra news ad June 1984 Big Bird
1983 Led by Big Bird at the Cleveland Orchestra
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1983 Big Bird and the cast (Episode 1808)
Around the world 2
1983 Grover and Cookie Monster in Around the World. The two perform the song amid the Alps in Switzerland.
Marilynhorn-singafterme
1994 Ruthie and Marilyn Horne (First: Episode 3198)
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1994 Ruthie and Wolfgang the Seal sing the song in a talent show act called the "Laughing Seal Duet" (Episode 3213)
Art-gallery3
1994 Big Bird, Ernie, and Bert in When I Grow Up and the revised edition, When Elmo Grows Up.
3622b
1997 Celina and Telly Monster in Episode 3622
3983o
1998 Ernie and Elmo (First: Episode 3802)

This is a rare example of Elmo referring to himself as "I" and "me" instead of replacing the song lyrics to do so in the third person.

3956d
1999 Bob and the Kids (Episode 3808)
3830h
1999 Big Bird and Alan (Episode 3830)
3911 ernie sing after me
2000 Big Bird, Ernie, and the kids (Episode 3911)
Pops2001b
2000 Evening at Pops
Episode 3974
2001 Zoe and her jacket (Episode 3974)
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2002 Telly and Joshua Bell on the tuba and violin, respectively (First: Episode 3994)
4020d
2002 Elmo, Zoe, and Bob (Episode 4020)
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2002 Elmo, Zoe, Alan, and Aladdin, played by David Alan Grier (Episode 4025)
M G Singafterme
2003 Grover, Prairie Dawn, Bert, and Ernie on Play with Me Sesame
ZingMeNa
2005 Elmo and Ieniemienie as "Wees Mijn Echo," Open Huis in Sesamstraat
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2007 Horatio the Elephant and Chris as "Dance After Me" (Episode 4136)
ErnstIenie
2009 "Wees mijn echo" (literally Be My Echo) is sung by Ernst Daniël Smid and Ieniemienie. (YouTube)
IsabelLascuráinPancho
2009 Pancho and Isabel Lascuráin on Plaza Sésamo
Elmo rocks pic
2010 Elmo, Zoe, Ernie, Bert, and Cookie Monster in Elmo Rocks
Rachel Dratch and John Tartaglia
2012 Rachel Dratch and John Tartaglia at Jim Henson's Musical World
2012 White House Easter Egg Roll Sing After Me
2012 Elmo and Abby Cadabby at The White House Easter Egg Roll.
Noimage-landscape
2018 Big Bird, Rosita, and Bret McKenzie at The Jim Henson Retrospectacle Live in Concert.
Lyric-Sing
2019 An animated version of Ernie and Elmo's performance from 1998.
SesameJazz09
2019 Big Bird and Abby Cadabby at A Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration
Sing After Me NPR Tiny Desk
2019 Big Bird and Bert at Tiny Desk Concerts
Big Bird Sing After Me 2019 SDCC
2019 Big Bird performed a special version of the song at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con with lyrics altered to appeal to the audience of pop culture enthusiasts. [1] References include:
Daniel-Sing-After-Me
2020 Daniel with Julia and Samuel, in a Caring for Each Other segment, "Sing After Me." Daniel also plays the song at the end of "A Park Problem."
SingAfterMe2021
2021 Rosita, Elmo, and Cookie Monster performed a bilingual version of the song in a 2021 YouTube video. (YouTube)
AlanElmoSingAfterMe
2021 Alan and Elmo sing it in the "Little Neighbors Launch" video. (YouTube)
RositaSofiaSingAfterMe
2021 Rosita and Sofía sang a bilingual version for Latinx Heritage Month. (YouTube)
SSMusical-SingAfterMe
2022 Rosita and Stephen Fala sing the song in Sesame Street: The Musical.
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2023 Ernie, Elmo, and Abby Cadabby in Best Friends Band.

Releases[]

Sesame_Street_Sing_After_Me

Sesame Street Sing After Me

"Sing After Me" as sung by Ernie and Elmo.

Audio (Grover and Madeline's version)
Audio (Big Bird's version)
Video (Grover and Madeline's version)
Video (Ernie and Elmo's version)
Publications

See also[]

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