La, La, La

Written by	Joe Raposo
Date	1971
Publisher	Jonico Music, Inc.
First	Episode 0321

"La, La, La" is a Sesame Street song sung by Ernie and Bert.

In the sketch, Bert is standing behind a wall with a letter L, wondering what he can do with it, when Ernie suggests that he can sing a "La, La, La" song. Ernie sings about a lot of fun words while Bert sings about a lot of dull words.

The sketch was later remade with new puppetry performed to the original soundtrack. (First: Episode 3841) Bert and Ernie have also performed this song on The Dick Cavett Show. Ernie spontaneously sang the beginning line of his verse of the song in We're Bert and Ernie.

Barenaked Ladies recorded a version of this song for the 2002 album For the Kids called "La La La La Lemon."

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The Sesamestreet.org release of the 1999 remake retains Jim Henson and Frank Oz's original vocal track, but features new orchestration. This version was included in the DVD Awesome Alphabet Collection.

For the 1999 version, Kevin Clash and David Rudman puppeteered Bert and Ernie respectively, with Matt Vogel as Ernie's right hand.^[1] This version was taped on January 26, 1999, and was directed by Victor DiNapoli.^[2]