Changes: The Ten Commandments of Health

	File:CommandmentsofHealthSong.jpg
Music by	Christopher Cerf
Lyrics by	Thad Mumford
Date	1978
Publisher	Splotched Animal Music Company (BMI), Sesame Street, Inc. (ASCAP)
EKA	Episode 1163

Revision as of 21:13, 6 June 2014

"The Ten Commandments of Health" is a Sesame Street song performed by Dr. Thad and the Medications, a group of singing doctors.

This song is about the top ten things that someone should do to stay healthy. The Fat Blue Anything Muppet patient keeps sitting up and repeating some of Dr. Thad's lines but keeps getting pushed back down into his bed by one of the doctors.

The song is a parody of the 1958 song "The Ten Commandments of Love" as recorded by Harvey and the Moonglows.

Notes

Christopher Cerf, the song's composer, also supplies backing vocals.
On Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street, the video has MTV-style captions that refer to as "Medical Records."; lyrics to this song were released on a songbook in the original VHS release.
At the beginning, a voice on the intercom can be heard saying "Dr. Stone needed in operating room".

Releases

Audio

Video

Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street (1988)
Old School: Volume 2 (2007)

Online

Sesamestreet.org Template:SSvideo

Other

Numbers (computer game) (released as audio)

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-"[[Image:10CommandmentsofHealth.jpg|thumb|300px]]
-'''The Ten Commandments of Health'''" is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' song performed by a group of doctors known as [[Dr. Thad and the Medications]].
 This song is about the top ten things that someone should do to stay healthy. The [[Fat Blue]] [[Anything Muppet]] patient keeps sitting up and repeating some of [[Dr. Thad|Dr. Thad's]] lines but keeps getting pushed back down into his bed by one of the doctors.
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 The song is a parody of the [[1958]] song "The Ten Commandments of Love" as recorded by Harvey and the Moonglows.
-==Album Releases==
+==Notes==
+*[[Christopher Cerf]], the song's composer, also supplies backing vocals.
-*''[[Born to Add (album)|Born to Add]]''
+* On ''Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street'', the video has [[MTV]]-style captions that refer to as "Medical Records."; lyrics to this song were released on a songbook in the original VHS release.
-*''[[The Best of Sesame Street]]''
+*At the beginning, a voice on the intercom can be heard saying "[[Jon Stone|Dr. Stone]] needed in operating room".
-*''[[Sesame Street Best]]''
-==Video Releases==
+==Releases==
+;Audio
-{{ekabox|3164}}
+*''[[Born to Add (album)|Born to Add]]'' (1983)
-*''[[Count it Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street]]''
+*''[[The Best of Sesame Street]]'' (1987)
+*''[[Sesame Street Best]]'' (1997)
-==Audio Releases==
-*''[[Numbers (CD-ROM)|Numbers]]'' CD-ROM
+*''[[Healthy Habits Collection]]'' (2013)
+;Video
+*''[[Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street]]'' (1988)
-[[Category: Sesame Street Songs|Ten Commandments of Health]]
+*''[[Old School: Volume 2]]'' (2007)
+;Online
+*[[Sesamestreet.org]] {{SSvideo|4ab3b0e6-1550-11dd-8ea8-a3d2ac25b65b}}
+;Other
+*''[[Numbers (computer game)]]'' (released as audio)
+[[Category:Sesame Street Songs|Ten Commandments of Health]]
 [[Category:Medical|Ten Commandments of Health]]
 [[Category:Song Spoofs|Ten Commandments of Health]]
+[[Category:Numbers]]

File:CommandmentsofHealthSong.jpg
Music by	Christopher Cerf
Lyrics by	Thad Mumford
Date	1978
Publisher	Splotched Animal Music Company (BMI), Sesame Street, Inc. (ASCAP)
EKA	Episode 1163