Just Happy to Be Me

Written by	Gail Sky King
Date	1993
Publisher	Sesame Street, Inc. (ASCAP)
First	Episode 3178

"Just Happy to Be Me" is a Sesame Street song performed by Kingston Livingston III, with some back up from his friends. In this song, Kingston sings about preferring to do things his own way, as opposed to doing things just because everybody else does them.

The song was later performed by The Fugees, who added additional lyrics, on Elmopalooza. On Plaza Sésamo, Lola and Kadjaly Marichal Ibar performed the Fugees version of the song.

Notes

• Prior to its debut on the show, an instrumental version of the song was used in Episode 3163 at a party Kingston attends.

Releases

Audio

Original:

• Platinum Too (1997)
• M is for Me! (2019)

Fugees:

• Elmopalooza! (1998)
• Songs from the Street (2003)
• Giving Thanks Collection (2012)
• V is for Valentine (2014)

Video

Fugees:

• Elmopalooza (1998)

Online

• Sesamestreet.org (sesamestreet.org) -- includes post-roll of Kingston walking off
• SesameStreet's YouTube Channel