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"'''X Marks the Spot!'''" is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' song about the letter [[X]], sung by [[Sherlock Hemlock]] on ''[[The Muppet Alphabet Album]]'', and later taped as a segment on the show. The items included in the song were an X target, a crossroad sign, an X-ray machine, a railroad crossing sign, a skull-and-crossbones sign which was a symbol for danger, poison and pirates. And finally, a xylophone.
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"'''X Marks the Spot!'''" is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' song about the letter [[X]], sung by [[Sherlock Hemlock]] on ''[[The Muppet Alphabet Album]]'', and later taped as a segment on the show. The items included in the song were an X target, a crossroad sign, an X-ray machine, a railroad crossing sign, a skull-and-crossbones sign which was a symbol for danger, poison and pirates. And finally, a xylophone.
 
   
 
==Releases==
 
==Releases==
;Audio (album version)
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;Audio
 
*''[[The Muppet Alphabet Album]]'' (1971)
 
*''[[The Muppet Alphabet Album]]'' (1971)
*[[Sesame Street Singles#1971xyz|Muppet XYZ]] (single, 1971)
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*[[Sesame Street singles#1971xyz|Muppet XYZ]] (single, 1971)
 
*''[[Letters ...and Numbers, Too!]]'' (1974)
 
*''[[Letters ...and Numbers, Too!]]'' (1974)
*[[Sesame Street Singles#1976xyz|Muppet XYZ]] (single, 1976)
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*[[Sesame Street singles#1976xyz|Muppet XYZ]] (single, 1976)
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*''[[Letters, Numbers and Signs]]'' (1977)
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*''[[Sesame Street Treasury (album)|Sesame Street Treasury]]'' (1980)
 
*''[[Sing the Alphabet]]'' (1996)
 
*''[[Sing the Alphabet]]'' (1996)
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*''[[Lyrical Letters]]'' (2014)
;Online
 
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;Video
*[[Sesamestreet.org]] {{SSvideo|ffb2cf85-1548-11dd-8ea8-a3d2ac25b65b}}
 
*''[[The Sesame Street Podcast]]'': The Letter X
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*''[[Awesome Alphabet Collection]]'' (2019)
 
;Other
 
;Other
*''[[Letters (CD-ROM)]]'' (1997, released as audio)
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*''[[Letters (computer game)]]'' (released as audio)
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[[Category: Sesame Street Songs]]
 
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[[Category:Sesame Street Songs]]
 
[[Category:Alphabet]]
 
[[Category:Alphabet]]

Revision as of 22:08, 7 September 2020

Xmarksthespot
Written by Joe Raposo
Date 1971
Publisher Green Fox Music Inc.
Jonico Music, Inc.
First Episode 0351

"X Marks the Spot!" is a Sesame Street song about the letter X, sung by Sherlock Hemlock on The Muppet Alphabet Album, and later taped as a segment on the show. The items included in the song were an X target, a crossroad sign, an X-ray machine, a railroad crossing sign, a skull-and-crossbones sign which was a symbol for danger, poison and pirates. And finally, a xylophone.

Releases

Audio
Video
Other