Sesame Street Sing After Me(02:15)
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"Sing After Me" was first performed on Sesame Street by Madeline Kahn and Grover in 1977. It is an echo song, where the first singer croons a verse and the other performer repeats it.

Versions

• Madeline Kahn and Grover
• Ruthie and Marilyn Horne (EKA: Episode 3298)
• Ruthie and Wolfgang the Seal sing the song in a talent show act called the "Laughing Seal Duet" (EKA: Episode 3499)
• Bob and the Kids (EKA: Episode 3956)
• Ernie and Elmo (EKA: Episode 3983)
  • 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.
• Telly and Joshua Bell on the tuba and violin, respectively (First: Episode 3994)
• Big Bird (albums and Evening at Pops appearance)
• Elmo, Zoe and Bob sing it in Episode 4020.^{[citation needed]}
• Horatio Elephant sings a variation in Episode 4136
• Elmo and Ieniemienie as Wees Mijn Echo
• Pancho and Isabel Lascuráin on Plaza Sésamo.

Releases

Audio (Grover and Madeline's version)

• The Stars Come Out on Sesame Street (1979)
• Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music (2003)

Audio (Big Bird's version)

• Sesame Street Sing-Along! (1982)
• The Best of Big Bird (1983)

Video (Grover and Madeline's version)

• Sing Along (1987)
• Old School: Volume 2 (2007)

Online

• Sesamestreet.org
  • Original version (SSvideo)
  • Remake with Ernie and Elmo (SSvideo)

Publications

• The Sesame Street Songbook (1992 edition only)

See also

• Grover Songs