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| Written by | Jimmie Thomas |
| Date | 1958 |
| Publisher | Recordo Music Company |
"Rockin' Robin" is performed by Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem in The Muppet Show episode 510.
This is one of the two Electric Mayhem songs where Janice sang lead vocals; the other is "With a Little Help from My Friends".
The band performs in a tree, joined by a few birds, including the Rockin' Robin, who was performed by Karen Prell. Animal soloed the enthusiastic line "Tweet, tweet, tweet!"
This version of the song appears on the videos Rock Music with the Muppets (1985) and "It's the Muppets: More Muppets, Please!" (1993).
Other versions
- Michael Jackson's cover of the song was used over footage of children doing gymnastics in a film insert on Sesame Street (First: Episode 3147). A new recording of the song sung by Luis, Telly and Rosita was used in later airings.
- Performed by Big Bird with the Seedy Birds and Baby Bear on wash tub bass, in the Sesame Street Live show Everyone Makes Music.
- The Muppet Show On Tour: 2nd Edition also featured a rendition of the song.
- A shortened version of the song was featured in Dreams of Dancing at Universal Studios Japan (sung in Japanese).
- A brief instrumental snippet of the song appears in "Elmo's World: Babies," as Elmo (in Dorothy's imagination) hatches from an egg as a baby bird. Elmo also sings a brief portion of the song in "Elmo's World: Drawing," when Dorothy imagines him as a bird flying in the sky.
