Songs about rainbows

Sing-along version of "The Rainbow Connection" from The Muppets' YouTube channel. (YouTube)

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The Rainbow Connection illustration by Norman Green from The Muppet Show: On Tour!

Crooned from a seemingly insignificant log in an otherwise normal swamp at the beginning of The Muppet Movie, one of the most enduring questions in Muppet history is asked, "Why are there so many songs about rainbows...?" The opening lines of "Rainbow Connection", as sung by Kermit the Frog, take on an allegorical meaning left open to interpretation, but the question has sometimes been asked literally.

In The Muppet Show episode 509, Kermit and guest star Debbie Harry entertain a small number of examples before partnering up on their rendition of "The Rainbow Connection". The following is a list of songs about rainbows as performed by or connected to the Muppets.

Muppet songs

The Muppets

• "Rainbow Connection" — Sung by Kermit the Frog with multiple encore performances.

Sesame Street

• "Nearly Missed" — Susan, Barbara Eden, Rosie O'Donnell, and Elmo are amongst those who "nearly missed the rainbow."

• "There's a Big Heap of Trash at the End of the Rainbow" — Oscar the Grouch sings about his treasure.

• "Nature's Family" — Rainbows are amongst those things Big Bird identifies as what connects us to nature.

• "Just Three Colors" — Big Bird and Oscar sing about how the three primary colors make up all the hues of the rainbow.

• "I Finally Saw a Rainbow" — Rosita and Elmo sing about the first rainbow Rosita's ever seen.

• Big Bird sings "Without Colors" on the book at tape set The Colors of Spring.

• All the colors of the rainbow are explored in the Sesame Street Live Show, Elmo's Coloring Book.

• "The Paperclip" — Bert sings, "Anyone can look at a rainbow..."

• "I'm So Blue" — "I'm a blue bird, that's been dreaming, of a rainbow I can follow..."

• "Fabulous Rainbow" — Lillian compares the many colors of Sesame Street to that of a rainbow.

• "Somehow You'll Make a Rainbow" — The Super Foods sing about the rainbow of healthy foods.

• "All the Colors in the Rainbow" — Sung by Ed Lipton, Big Bird and The Kids.

• "Rainbow Round My Shoulder" — by Leon Bibb

• "I Eat the Colors of the Rainbow" — a boy sings about healthy foods.

• "Three Primary Colors" — Sung and illustrated by OK Go.

International Sesame Street

• Abelardo, Pancho, and Lola sing about colors of the rainbow in Episodio 797.

• Bert and Ernie sing "De Regenboog (The Rainbow)" on several Sesamstraat albums.

• Tingo sings "Rainbow Song" on Tingo 2 Songs and Chants.

Other

• "Good-bye, Good-bye (Just a Rainbow in the Sky)" — sung by Gobo and Wembley in preparation for going to exotic destinations.

• "Art Is in Your Heart‎" — Baby Kermit sings "You might like rainbow colors on the canvas..."

• Bear sings about "Some of the Colors I See"

Songs covered by the Muppets

• "Over the Rainbow" — The other famous rainbow song from The Wizard of Oz performed by Robin the Frog, and by Miss Piggy as part of a medley.

• "Windy" — "Who's bending down to give me a rainbow..."

Non-Muppet songs

• "Make Me Rainbows" from the Dick Van Dyke movie Fitzwilly by John Williams and Alan and Marilyn Bergman.

• "Look to the Rainbow" from Finian's Rainbow.

• "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" by Judy Garland — mentioned by Kermit and Debbie Harry in The Muppet Show episode 509.

• "Reading Rainbow Theme" — Kermit appears on the PBS series whose theme played before all 155 episodes.

• "Rainbow Connection" — from Garfunkel and Oates.