I Love Trash





"I Love Trash" is Oscar the Grouch's signature song.

It was first sung during the first season of Sesame Street. The song was retaped several times as the Oscar puppet evolved.

In an episode from Season 29, Oscar sang "Grouches Love Trash," a variation of this song, to his niece Irvine. In Episode 3891, his old friend Felix the Grouch sang a variation called "I Love Cleaning" while Oscar sang "I Love Trash." Yet another variation occurs when Oscar's Trash Can was grown to a larger size and the lyrics were adjusted to accomodate (a clip can be seen in Stars and Street Forever!).

Oscar and Bruno the Trashman sang this song in Here Come the Puppets.

K.D. Lang also sang this song when she guest starred in The Jim Henson Hour episode about Garbage.

Steven Tyler recorded a new version for the album release of Elmopalooza.

"Ich mag Müll" is the German translation of the song.

Here are the lyrics to the song:

Oh, I love trash! Anything dirty or dingy or dusty. Anything ragged or rotton or rusty. Yes, I love trash.

I have here a sneaker that's tattered and worn. It's all full of holes and the laces are torn... A gift from my mother the day I was born. I love it because it's trash.

Oh, I love trash! Anything dirty or dingy or dusty. Anything ragged or rotton or rusty. Yes, I love trash.

I have here some newspaper thirteen months old. I've wrapped some fish inside it, it's smelly and old. But I wouldn't trade it for a big pot o' gold! I love it because it's trash

Oh, I love trash! Anything dirty or dingy or dusty. Anything ragged or rotton or rusty. Yes, I love trash.

I've a clock that won't work, And an old telephone. A broken umbrella, a rusty trombone... And I am delighted to call them my own! I love them because they're trash

Oh, I love trash! Anything dirty or dingy or dusty. Anything ragged or rotton or rusty. Yes, I love, I love, I love trash!

Versions

 * Episode 3815
 * Episode 3815
 * Episode 3815

Audio Releases

 * The Sesame Street Book & Record (1970)
 * Goin' for a Ride/I Love Trash (single, 1970)
 * I Love Trash/Up and Down (single, 1970)
 * Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella (album) (1974)
 * Sing the Hit Songs of Sesame Street (1974)
 * I Love Trash/Grouch's Lullaby (single, 1976)
 * 10th Anniversary Album (1978)
 * Sesame Street Celebrates! (1994)
 * Platinum All-Time Favorites (1995)
 * Oscar's Trashy Songs (1997)
 * Sesame Street Best (1997)
 * Elmopalooza! (1998) - performed by Steven Tyler
 * The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) - performed by Steven Tyler
 * Songs from the Street (2003) - both Oscar and Steven Tyler versions

Video Releases

 * Old School: Volume 1 (the original 1st season version)
 * Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game
 * Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration (1991 version)

Publications

 * The Sesame Street Song Book - music and lyrics
 * Sesame Street Unpaved (book) - lyrics and pictures from 1991 version