Counting Is Wonderful

Music by	Sam Pottle
Lyrics by	Emily Kingsley and David Axlerod
Date	1975
Publisher	Sesame Street Inc.

"Counting Is Wonderful" is a Sesame Street song sung by the Count, in which he rhapsodizes about the wonder of counting. He gleefully points out that you can count in any mood, add things up, and keep track of how much of anything you might have.

The song was first performed by the Count in Episode 0751, where it serves as the official anthem for National Counting Day. He and the cast later sang an abridged version of the song to Big Bird in Episode 3396. This version was released on the two 1997 albums listed below.

Releases

Audio

• The Count Counts (1975)
• Counting is Wonderful/The Song of the Count (single, 1976)
• The Count Presents Numbers (1981)
• The Best of the Count (1983)
• The Count's Countdown (1997)
• Platinum Too (1997)
• ABCs and 123s (2012)

Publications

• The Songs of Sesame Street in Poems and Pictures (1983)
• The Sesame Street Songbook (1992 and 2007 editions only)

See also

• Count von Count songs