La, La, La

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

Season 30 remake.

"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.

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

Notes

• The Sesamestreet.org release of the 1998 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 the characters.

Releases

Audio

• The Muppet Alphabet Album (1971)
• Muppet IJKL (single, 1971)
• Bert's Blockbusters (1974)
• 60 Favorite Songs from Sesame Street (1975)
• 25 Greatest Hits (1975)
• La La La/Dee Dee Dee (single, 1976)
• Muppet IJKL (single, 1976)
• Letters, Numbers and Signs (1977)
• At Home with Ernie and Bert (1979)
• Sesame Street Treasury (1980)
• The Best of Bert (1983)
• Bert and Ernie's Greatest Hits (1996)
• Sing the Alphabet (1996)
• Sesame Street Best (1997)

Video

• Learning About Letters (1986)
• Sesame English: What Time is It? (remake) (Ernie's Part Cut)
• Best of Friends (2012, remake)
• Alphabet Songs (2014, remake)
• Awesome Alphabet Collection (2019, remake)

Online

• Sesamestreet.org
  • Remake (sesamestreet.org)

Publications

• The Sesame Street Songbook (1992 and 2007 editions only)

See also

• Ernie and Bert songs