Believe in Yourself

Written by	Joe Raposo
Date	1973
Publisher	Green Fox Music Co.; Jonico Music Inc.

"Believe in Yourself" is a Sesame Street song of encouragement. The central message of the song is that you can be or do anything you want if you just believe in yourself. Even when other people doubt you can do something, or say you are crazy, you should believe in yourself and not get too scared to try.

The song has been performed by Luis, Jelani, the Neville Brothers, *NSYNC, Diana Ross, Ray Charles and the Sesame Street cast, and as a trio between Bob, Gordon, and Susan. The song was also featured in the Sesame Street Live stage show Super Grover! Ready for Action.

Don Boni performed the song in the opening scene for a 2005 episode of Plaza Sésamo.

Releases

Audio (Luis' version)

• Sesame Street LIVE! (1973)

Audio (Bob, Gordon and Susan's version)

• Aren't You Glad You're You? (1977)
• Don't You Know You're Beautiful?/Believe in Yourself (single, 1977)
• 10th Anniversary Album (1978)
• Sing: Songs of Joe Raposo (1992)
• Platinum Too (1997)
• Sesame Street Best (1997)

Audio (NSYNC's version)

• Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music (2003)

Audio (Sesame Street Live version)

• Super Grover! Ready for Action (2005)

Video (Diana Ross version)

• Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days (2009)

Video (Ray Charles version)

• The Best of Elmo 2 (2010, edited)

Online

• Sesamestreet.org NSYNC version: Template:SSvideo Ray Charles version: Template:SSvideo