Sesame Street Ernie sings "Somebody Come and Play"(02:57)
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Sesame Street Song Somebody Come and Play(01:46)
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"Somebody Come and Play" has been performed many times on Sesame Street.

The song was first used as an insert in Season 1, performed by composer Joe Raposo over a film of a lonely orangutan in the zoo. The original soundtrack was also used when the film was replaced in the late 1980s with snow leopards playing (EKA: Episode 2638). It was then sung by The Kids on The Sesame Street Book & Record.

It has appeared on albums performed by Big Bird and the Kids. This version (minus the Kids) was performed in the mid-1970s as Big Bird roamed the street looking for his friends. (EKA: Episode 0703)

Snuffy sang the song in Episode 3672. Suzie Kabloozie sang this song in a season 30 segment, (EKA: Episode 3786) and Ernie appeared in a remake of the song, shown in a park with no one to play with. (EKA: Episode 4023)

Elmo sang it in Episode 4046 as he was looking for Rosita to meet for their playdate. Also, Elmo and Whoopi Goldberg sang a slightly modified version of the song while they played the violin and drum. (YouTube)

A re-written version of the song is used as the theme song for Play With Me Sesame.

A new version debuted in Season 42, featuring the kids of the PS22 chorus singing and playing with large, red balls. (First: Episode 4267)

Releases

Audio (The Kids version)

• The Sesame Street Book & Record (1970)
• People in Your Neighborhood/Somebody Come and Play (single, 1970)
• The Sesame Street Book & Record (1970)
• Somebody Come and Play (1974)
• 25 Greatest Hits (1975)
• Somebody Come and Play/A Very Simple Dance (single, 1976)
• The Best of Sesame Street (1987)
• Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music (2003)

Audio (Big Bird and the Kids version)

• Sing: Songs of Joe Raposo (1992)
• Sesame Street Celebrates! (1994)
• Platinum Too (1997)

Video

• Making Friends (2012, PS22 version)
• Old School: Volume 3 (2012, original version)

Online

• Sesamestreet.org
  • Suzie Kabloozie's version (SSvideo)
  • Ernie's version (SSvideo)
  • Whoopi Goldberg and Elmo version (SSvideo)
  • P.S. 22 Chorus version (SSvideo)
• SesameStreet's YouTube Channel