Written by | Jeff Moss |
Date | 1970 |
Publisher | Festival Attractions, Inc. |
First | Episode 0266 |
"The Grouch Song" is a song that Oscar the Grouch sings to explain what Grouches love (rain, garbage trucks, etc.) and hate (ice cream, kittens, etc.).
Appearances[]
- Oscar sings the song in Episode 0266.
- Oscar sings the song to David and the kids in Episode 0318, using the same recording from 0266.
- Oscar sings the song to Molly in Episode 0360.
- Oscar sings the song to Mr. Hooper in Episode 0606.
- Oscar's band including Elmo performs a raucous version of this song in episode 3950.
- Gabi, Oscar and Grundgetta perform the song in episode 4072.
- He sang the song in the Sesame Street Live shows Big Bird's Super Spectacular Totally Amateur Show and Elmo's Coloring Book (in the latter, the song features cheerier lyrics to fit his bout of niceness).
- He also sang it with Elmo and Grizzy on The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland soundtrack.
- An instrumental version of the song accompanies Oscar's cameo in "Elmo's World: Building Things."
Releases[]
- Audio
- The Official Sesame Street 2 Book-and-Record Album (1971)
- Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella (1974)
- 60 Favorite Songs from Sesame Street (1975)
- The Grouch Song/Rain Falls (single, 1976)
- Muppet Masquerade (1978)
- Platinum Too (1997)
- Oscar's Trashy Songs (1997)
- The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
- O is for Oscar! (2019)
- Publications
- Sesame Street Songbook Vol. 2
- Songs of Sesame Street (1977)
- The Songs of Sesame Street in Poems and Pictures (1983)
- The Sesame Street Songbook (1992 and 2007 editions only)
- The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)