Count Up to Nine

Music by	Sam Pottle
Lyrics by	David Axlerod
Date	1977
Publisher	Sesame Street, Inc. (ASCAP)
EKA	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

• 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)

Video

• Rock & Roll! (1990, beginning and ending edited)
• Sesame English: The Fugitive (edited)

Online

• SesameStreet's YouTube Channel (YouTube)

See also

• Count von Count Songs