Born to Add (song)



"Born to Add" is a Sesame Street song that parodies Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It was performed by Bruce Stringbean, Clarice, and the S Street Band. A clip was featured in The Street We Live On.

The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Recording for Children", but lost to E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.

In Sesame Street Unpaved, it states that Count von Count's favorite songs are "Born to Add" and "Count on Me."

Album releases

 * Born to Add (1983)

Audio releases

 * Numbers CD-ROM

Video releases

 * Learning to Add and Subtract
 * Elmo's World: The Street We Live On