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| Music by | Sam Pottle |
| Lyrics by | David Axlerod |
| Date | 1977 |
| Publisher | Sesame Street, Inc. (ASCAP) |
| First | Episode 1134 |
"Count Up to Nine" was sung by the Count with Ftatateeta and the Bats in their castle (with added musical effects by some distant wolves). It is written in a 1950s doo-wop style, as the singer croons to "his baby," pleading that she counts up to 9 for him.
In the Sesame Street Live show Around the World, the Count (accompanied by his bats) performs the song on the pipe organ in his native land of Transylvania.
Notes[]
- The background singers are male voices (including Richard Hunt's, Chris Cerf's and Jerry Nelson's) sped up.
Releases[]
- Audio
- Born to Add (1983)
- The Best of the Count (1983)
- The Count's Countdown (1997)
- N is for Numbers! (2018)
- Video
- Rock & Roll! (1990, beginning and ending cut)
- Sesame English: The Fugitive (edited)
- Online