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{{song|image=Countupto9a.jpg|writer=|composer=[[Sam Pottle]]|lyricist=[[David Axlerod]]|date=1977|source=|publisher=Sesame Street, Inc. (ASCAP)|eka=[[Episode 2342]]}}
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{{song|image=Countupto9a.jpg|writer=|composer=[[Sam Pottle]]|lyricist=[[David Axlerod]]|date=[[1977]]|source=|publisher=Sesame Street, Inc. (ASCAP)|first=[[Episode 1134]]}}
   
 
"'''Count Up to Nine'''" was sung by [[Count von Count|the Count]] with [[Ftatateeta and the Bats]] in their [[Count von Count's Castle|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]].
 
"'''Count Up to Nine'''" was sung by [[Count von Count|the Count]] with [[Ftatateeta and the Bats]] in their [[Count von Count's Castle|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]].
   
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
*The background singers are male voices (including [[Richard Hunt|Richard Hunt's]], [[Chris Cerf|Chris Cerf's]] and [[Jerry Nelson|Jerry Nelson's]]) sped up.
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*The background singers are male voices (including [[Richard Hunt|Richard Hunt's]], [[Christopher Cerf|Chris Cerf's]] and [[Jerry Nelson|Jerry Nelson's]]) sped up.
   
 
==Releases==
 
==Releases==
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* ''[[The Best of the Count]]'' (1983)
 
* ''[[The Best of the Count]]'' (1983)
 
* ''[[The Count's Countdown]]'' (1997)
 
* ''[[The Count's Countdown]]'' (1997)
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*''[[N is for Numbers!]]'' (2018)
 
;Video
 
;Video
* ''[[Rock & Roll!]]'' (1990, beginning and ending edited)
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* ''[[Rock & Roll!]]'' (1990, beginning and ending cut)
 
* ''[[Sesame English]]'': ''[[The Fugitive]]'' (edited)
 
* ''[[Sesame English]]'': ''[[The Fugitive]]'' (edited)
 
;Online
 
;Online
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==See also==
 
==See also==
*[[Count von Count Songs]]
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*[[Count von Count songs]]
   
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[[Category:Sesame Street Songs]]
 
[[Category:Sesame Street Songs]]
 
[[Category:Numbers]]
 
[[Category:Numbers]]
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Revision as of 00:17, 19 June 2020

Countupto9a
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.

Notes

Releases

Audio
Video
Online

See also