Changes: Count It Higher (song)

Written by	Christopher Cerf
Date	1973
Publisher	Splotched Animal Music (BMI)
First	Episode 0553

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Sesame_Street_Song_-_Count_It_Higher_with_little_Chrissy — Sesame Street Song - Count It Higher with little Chrissy

Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Count It Higher."

"Count It Higher" is a Sesame Street song about the thrill of counting, performed by Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats in their debut appearance.

A number-themed parody of the rock 'n' roll standard "Twist and Shout," Little Chrissy eggs on the Alphabeats to count higher than before, first up to three, then up to five. Finally trying once again, they count all the way up to ten.

Count von Count performed the song in the Sesame Street Live show, Let's Be Friends.

Notes

In the Alphabeats' first appearance, there are three backup singers instead of two, and the two members who regularly appeared look slightly different: The Lavender Alphabeat sports messy blond hair instead of a smooth brown pompadour, the Green Alphabeat has fuzzy black hair as opposed to his usual blonde hair, and they both have wide, circular eyes with no eyelids; this was the Hot Pink Alphabeat's only gig with the band. In this song, the Alphabeats are voiced by Jeff Moss, Richard Hunt, and Jerry Nelson, with Christopher Cerf pulling double duty on later verses by voicing an Alphabeat in addition to Little Chrissy.

On Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street, the video has MTV-style captions that refer to Letters of Love and "Broken Records". In addition, it was listed as number 1 on The Count's Countdown Show, because it was The Count's favorite song. The lyrics to this song were released on a songbook in the original VHS release.

Releases

Audio (Little Chrissy's version)

Letters ...and Numbers, Too! (1974)
The Count Counts (1975)
60 Favorite Songs from Sesame Street (1975)
25 Greatest Hits (1975)
Count It Higher/Exit (single, 1976)
Born to Add (1983, remix)
Sesame Street Celebrates! (1994)
Sesame Street Best (1997)

Audio (Count von Count's version)

Let's Be Friends (soundtrack) (2000)

Video

Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street (1988)
Shalom Sesame: Passover (1990, partially dubbed in Hebrew)
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years (1993)
Sesame English: Make Me a Sandwich (2000, edited)
Best of Sesame Street Spoofs! (2011)

Online

SesameStreet's YouTube Channel

Other

Numbers (computer game) (released as audio)

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-"'''Count It Higher'''" is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' song about the thrill of counting, performed by [[Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats]]. The song featured the debut of Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats. During the song, the Alphabeats attempt to count several times, first up to three, then up to five. Finally trying once again, they count all the way up to ten.
+"'''Count It Higher'''" is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' song about the thrill of counting, performed by [[Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats]] in their debut appearance.
+A number-themed parody of the rock 'n' roll standard "[[Twist and Shout]]," [[Little Chrissy]] eggs on the Alphabeats to count higher than before, first up to three, then up to five. Finally trying once again, they count all the way up to ten.
-[[Count von Count]] performed the song in the ''[[Sesame Street LIVE!]]'' show, ''[[Let's Be Friends]]''. The song is a parody of The Isley Brothers' song, "Twist and Shout".
+[[Count von Count]] performed the song in the ''[[Sesame Street Live]]'' show, ''[[Let's Be Friends]]''.
 ==Notes==
-*In their first appearance, there are three Alphabeats (besides [[Little Chrissy]]) instead of two, and the two members who regularly appeared look slightly different: The [[Lavender]] Alphabeat sports messy blond hair instead of a smooth brown pompadour, the [[Green]] Alphabeat has fuzzy black hair as opposed to his usual blonde hair, and they both have wide, circular eyes with no eyelids.
+*In the Alphabeats' first appearance, there are three backup singers instead of two, and the two members who regularly appeared look slightly different: The [[Lavender]] Alphabeat sports messy blond hair instead of a smooth brown pompadour, the [[Green]] Alphabeat has fuzzy black hair as opposed to his usual blonde hair, and they both have wide, circular eyes with no eyelids; this was the [[Hot Pink]] Alphabeat's only gig with the band. In this song, the Alphabeats are voiced by [[Jeff Moss]], [[Richard Hunt]], and [[Jerry Nelson]], with [[Christopher Cerf]] pulling double duty on later verses by voicing an Alphabeat in addition to Little Chrissy.
-*This song was later included in the ''[[Sesame Street Live]]'' show ''[[Let's Be Friends]]''.
-*On the "Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street" VHS, the video has [[MTV]]-style captions that refer to "Broken Records". In addtion, it was listed as number 1 on ''The Count's Countdown Show'', because it was [[Count von Count]]'s favorite song.
+*On ''[[Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street]]'', the video has [[MTV]]-style captions that refer to ''Letters of Love'' and "Broken Records". In addition, it was listed as number 1 on ''The Count's Countdown Show'', because it was The Count's favorite song. The lyrics to this song were released on a songbook in the original VHS release.
-*Lyrics to this song were released on a songbook in the original release of the "Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street" VHS.
 ==Releases==
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 *''[[Letters ...and Numbers, Too!]]'' (1974)
 *''[[The Count Counts]]'' (1975)
-*''[[60 Favorite Songs from Sesame Street]]'' (1975)
+* ''[[60 Favorite Songs from Sesame Street]]'' (1975)
+* ''[[25 Greatest Hits]]'' (1975)
-*''[[Sesame_Street_Singles#countithigher|Count It Higher/Exit]]'' (single, 1976)
+*''[[Sesame Street singles#countithigher|Count It Higher/Exit]]'' (single, 1976)
 *''[[Born to Add (album)|Born to Add]]'' (1983, remix)
 *''[[Sesame Street Celebrates!]]'' (1994)
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 ;Video
 *''[[Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street]]'' (1988)
-*''[[Shalom Sesame]]'': [[Show 10: Passover|Passover]] (1990)
+*''[[Shalom Sesame]]'': [[Show 10: Passover|Passover]] (1990, partially dubbed in Hebrew)
 *''[[Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years]]'' (1993)
 *''[[Sesame English]]'': [[Make Me a Sandwich]] (2000, edited)
+*''[[Best of Sesame Street Spoofs!]]'' (2011)
 ;Online
+* [[SesameStreet's YouTube Channel]]
-* [[Sesamestreet.org]] {{SSvideo|333f89f8-1597-11dd-b10a-6119e86ae19b}} --ending cut off
 ;Other
-*''[[Numbers (CD-ROM)]]'' (1997, released as audio)
+*''[[Numbers (computer game)]]'' (released as audio)
-[[Category: Sesame Street Songs|Count It Higher]]
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-[[Category: Numbers|Count It Higher]]
+[[Category:Sesame Street Songs|Count It Higher]]
+[[Category:Numbers|Count It Higher]]
 [[Category:Song Spoofs]]


Written by	Christopher Cerf
Date	1973
Publisher	Splotched Animal Music (BMI)
First	Episode 0553